Editor’s choice: Photos from around the world

A pictorial summary of life and events in select locations around the globe.

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July 14, 2012

Supporters cheer at the sight of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez as he arrives in a caravan to a campaign rally in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Chavez is on the road campaigning for re-election in October.

Ariana Cubillos / AP

July 14, 2012

Revellers hold candles and red scarves during the closing ceremony of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Thousands of people gathered in front of the city's town hall to sing the traditional farewell song "Pobre de mi" (Poor me). The song is sung by revellers to show their sadness at the end of the festival.

SUSANA VERA / REUTERS

July 13, 2012

Palestinian competitors warm up during a bodybuilding championship in Bethlehem.

Nasser Shiyoukhi / AP

July 13, 2012

Police officers walk near a plane that crashed on landing at Le Castellet airport, near Toulon, France.

Claude Paris / AP

July 13, 2012

Egyptian protesters chant slogans supporting President Mohammed Morsi during a rally at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Thousands of Egyptians rallied in support of the new president's decision to reconvene the Islamist-dominated parliament despite a military-backed court ruling that dissolved the body.

Khalil Hamra / AP

July 12, 2012

U.S. Olympian sprinter Michael Johnson holds up the Olympic torch at Stonehenge in England. The torch is being carried around England in a relay of torchbearers to make its way to the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony.

Danny Lawson / AP

July 12, 2012

Women sit under a plastic sheet to shelter themselves from the rain in New Delhi, India. The monsoon rains, which usually hit India from June to September, are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

Saurabh Das / AP

July 12, 2012

Girls jump in the Ohrid Lake in Ohrid, Macedonia, at sunset. Macedonia was hit by a heat wave as temperatures exceeded 104 degrees, forcing the residents of the Balkan country to look for refreshment in the rivers and lakes.

ROBERT ATANASOVSKI / AFP/GETTY IMAGES

July 11, 2012

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is greeted at the Ho Phra Keo Temple in Vientiane, Laos.

Brendan Smialowski / AP

July 11, 2012

Commuters walk across London Bridge on a wet summer's morning in London. Many parts of Britain are due to receive an average month's rainfall in the next 24 hours, according to local forecasters.

ANDREW WINNING / REUTERS

July 11, 2012

Bosnian Muslims carry caskets with remains of their relatives during a mass burial ceremony for the 520 Srebrenica massacre victims at the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center. Tens of thousands of people came to Potocari on July 11 to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the moment the UN-protected enclave fell to Bosnian Serb troops. The remains of 520 people will be buried alongside the 5,137 victims of the massacre already buried in the vast cemetery that faces the former UN army base. Some 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed in just a few days after the eastern town under UN protection was captured by Bosnian Serb forces 17 years ago.

ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP/GETTY IMAGES

July 10, 2012

Two female Egyptian lawmakers greet each other at a brief session of parliament in Cairo, the first since the country's high court ruled the election of some of its members unconstitutional. Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament convened Tuesday in defiance of a decision by the country’s military rulers to dissolve the body and swiftly voted to seek a legal opinion on the matter.

Mohammed Asad / AP

July 10, 2012

People watch as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives to speak at an event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Fulbright program in Vietnam at the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi. Clinton is visiting Vietnam during a multiple-stop tour of Asia where she is expected to meet with leaders and others to strengthen U.S. economic and strategic interests.

Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images

July 10, 2012

Revelers run on Estafeta street during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Fiesta in Pamplona, Spain.

Alvaro Barrientos / AP

July 10, 2012

A soldier digs a grave for those who died during floods in Krymsk, Russia. Intense flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia killed nearly 170 people after torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water, forcing many to scramble out of their beds to seek refuge in trees and on roofs, officials said Saturday.

Sergey Ponomarev / AP

July 9, 2012

A man holds South Sudanese flags as he prepares to dance at the country's anniversary celebrations at the John Garang mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan. The world's newest nation, South Sudan is celebrating its first birthday. Although the South avoided a return to all-out war with Sudan, its economy was crippled after it shut down its oil industry and thousands of refugees fled into the country to escape violence on Sudan's side of the border.

Shannon Jensen / AP

July 9, 2012

Vietnamese soldiers carry a wreath as Cuban President Raul Castro, center, follows during a ceremony at the mausoleum of the late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi. Castro was in Hanoi on a four-day official visit to Vietnam from July 7 to 10.

Kham / Reuters

July 9, 2012

Acquaintances of Pyotr Ostapenko, 35, a flood victim, take part in a funeral ceremony at the central cemetery of the town of Krymsk in southern Russia's Krasnodar region. Russia began a day of mourning for the 171 victims of the floods that drove thousands from their homes, with the causes of the disaster posing hard questions for the authorities, including President Vladimir Putin.

Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

July 8, 2012

A parasail glides above the Mediterranean near Nice, France.

Lionel Cironneau / AP

July 8, 2012

Acquaintances of Pyotr Ostapenko, 35, a flood victim, mourn inside a church before a funeral in the village of Moldavanskoye outside Krymsk in southern Russia, where scores of people were killed in floods.

Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters

July 8, 2012

Revelers swarm into a bullring during the second running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, in northern Spain.

Ivan Aguinaga / AP

July 8, 2012

Spanish bullfighter Rafaelillo performs at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.

Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP

July 8, 2012

Workers sweep the streets of the South Sudan's capital, Juba, on the eve of the young country's independence day. South Sudan broke away from Sudan last year and is celebrating its first anniversary.

Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

July 9, 2012

South Sudanese celebrate into the night on their country's first anniversary after breaking away from Sudan.

Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

July 6, 2012

During a demonstration in Idlib, in northern Syria, a boy holds a poster that translates: “A message to Bashar (al-Assad), you cut water and electricity, but you will not cut prayer.”

/ Shaam News Network via AP

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A protestor in a Guy Fawkes mask walks past razor wire outside a security perimeter of the G-8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland on Monday, June 17, 2013. The summit is taking place under heavy security, with some 7,000 police lining roads and checking vehicles. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Photos of the day

G-8 summit, massive protests rock Brazil, Britain’s Royal Ascot and more.

Two-year old male rat named Dyatlik wears a costume during a rodent exhibition in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Animal views

Rodent exhibition, swimming with elephants, Mexico’s feline mayoral candidate and more.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, laughs with family and friends after his school's graduation ceremony at Howard University on Friday, June 14, 2013, in Washington, DC. Carrington, who grew up in Tyler House public-housing apartments and is graduating from one of DC's low-performing high schoolsy, where academic expectations are high. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

Johnathon’s journey

Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University. But Carrington, 17, is nervous, and so are...

U.S. actress Sandra Bullock poses for the media during a photocall to promote her latest move 'The Heat' in Berlin June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

Eye on entertainment

Sandra Bullock, Jessica Sanchez, Snooki, Billy Porter, Billy Crystal, Sean Hayes, Gwen Stefani and other celebrities.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 16: Reenactors dressed as knights stage a medieval jousting competition at Eltham Palace on June 16, 2013 in Eltham, England. The 'Grand Medieval Joust' event at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property which was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to give a great insight into life at the palace during the medieval period. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

The Grand Medieval Joust

The Grand Medieval Joust at Eltham Palace, an English Heritage property that was the childhood home of King Henry VIII, aims to lend insight through reenactment into life at the palace...

In this June 8, 2013 photo, youth compete in the Sao Carlos slum local soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pitch is just dirt and the incandescent lights aren't so bright. But when the boys' feet strike the football in the Sao Carlos slum as night falls every Saturday, big league dreams glow, inflated by the hope of escaping the shantytown with sporting skills. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil’s other soccer fields

With the Confederations Cup opening this week and the World Cup one year away, all eyes are on Brazil, where soccer is arguably played with more passion and art than anywhere else....

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: John F. Tatum Sr. hugs his grandson John F. Tatum III during his annual Father's Day block party on Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Amanda Voisard/For the Washington Post)

Father’s Day picnic in Northeast D.C.

A decades-old backyard barbecue in Northeast Washington draws hundreds in honor of dads everywhere. “It’s off-the-chain fun,” says Butch McNair, who has worked one...

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 16: Miss Connecticut USA Erin Brady reacts after being crowned Miss USA during the 2013 Miss USA pageant at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on June 16, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Miss USA 2013

Miss Connecticut USA Erin Brady is crowned Miss USA 2013 in Las Vegas.

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