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Propaganda Thunderstorm:
Lightning flashes in the sky of Beijing as people watch a light show marking the 100th anniversary of the all-powerful Communist Party.
70,000 invited guests came to the propaganda ceremony in China's capital.
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Photo: NOEL CELIS / AFP
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2/22
Hammer and sickle:
These artists also performed at the celebrations of the 100th birthday of the Communist Party in Beijing to pay homage to the Communist Party and the state flag of China.
Head of State Xi Jinping traced the "irreversible" rise of China to a world power in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Photo: THOMAS PETER
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3/22
Green protest:
Palestinian protesters from the village of Beita near the city of Nablus aim laser beams at Jewish settlers in their Eviatar-occupied West Bank outpost.
After weeks of tension with the Palestinians, the settlers had to give up their self-built settlement for the time being.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Wednesday evening that he had reached an agreement, which, however, did not rule out a possible return of the settlers.
Photo: MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP
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4/22
Mock battle:
Young people crawl across the ground with wooden rifle dummies in a military training camp in Gaza City.
The training camp was organized by the extremist organization Islamic Jihad.
Photo: Adel Hana / AP
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5/22
Colorful protest:
This member of the Tupiniquim indigenous population demonstrates in front of the parliament in Brasilia against the government of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro.
The head of state had removed the protection of their living space in favor of economic exploitation.
Photo: ADRIANO MACHADO / REUTERS
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6/22
Back in life:
discos and dance halls are open again in Switzerland.
You can celebrate without restrictions and masks if you present a GGG certificate: vaccinated, recovered or tested.
Photo:
VALENTIN FLAURAUD / EPA
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7/22
Confetti rain:
In Israel, 57 percent of the population are completely vaccinated against the corona virus.
The mood at the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv was correspondingly relaxed.
Photo: CORINNA KERN / REUTERS
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8/22
Art on the beach
: 50-year-old Rodrick Mims, who has been homeless over and over again for the past 15 years, is standing on Venice Beach in Los Angeles between one of his works of art and his tented accommodation.
There are now around 200 homeless tents on the stretch of coast in California, which has been a magnet for surfers and tourists for decades.
Photo:
PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP
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9/22
Tears of desperation:
a man cries in front of his destroyed house in the Czech town of Mikulcice.
A massive tornado destroyed several villages in the South Moravian region last week, leaving numerous injuries.
Photo: Gabriel Kuchta / Getty Images
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10/22
Sheer anger: angry
demonstrators approach a police car on the sidelines of a memorial service in Teplice, Czech Republic.
Hundreds of people remembered Stanislav Tomas, a Roma who died in June after being arrested by the police.
According to the authorities, Tomas should have previously approached the emergency services.
Video footage of the arrest shows police officers kneeling on the man's neck and back.
Photo: MARTIN DIVISEK / EPA
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11/22
Hopp Schwiiz:
The Swiss national soccer team is celebrating its first quarter-finals in a major tournament since 1954. In the second round of the European Championship, the "Nati" defeated world champions France on penalties.
Goalkeeper Yann Sommer (center) saved the decisive penalty.
Photo: JUSTIN SETTERFIELD / Pool via REUTERS
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12/22
Defending champion goodbye:
Portugal's superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in the first attempts to process the European Championship.
Beside him, the Belgians celebrate their success against the 2016 winner. At the age of 36, the world will probably no longer see Ronaldo in many major tournaments.
Photo:
LLUIS GENE / AFP
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13/22
Party like it's 1966:
55 years after the legendary Wembley goal (inside or not?) England wins again against Germany in the national soccer temple.
England captain Harry Kane (in the background) scored the 2-0 shortly before the end of the game.
Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
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14/22
Pure ecstasy:
this English trailer was probably not born in 1966.
The first win in a knockout phase of a major tournament in five and a half decades is still a joy.
Photo:
Kieran Cleeves / AP
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15/22
Unbearable:
for Germany's goalkeeper it was probably Thomas Müller's missed opportunity to equalize.
When his team-mate from Bayern Munich put the ball just next to the goal, Manuel Neuer needed a moment just for himself.
Photo: Carl Recine - Pool / Getty Images
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16/22
There's rice, baby:
farmers covered in mud are playing in a rice field in the village of Tokha not far from the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.
The occasion of the campaign is the »National Paddy Day«, which marks the beginning of the annual rice-planting season.
Photo:
PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
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17/22
Low clouds over tall buildings:
black storm clouds darken the sky over Frankfurt am Main.
In many parts of Germany there have been sometimes violent storms in the past few days, in many places there have been floods and destruction by the masses of water.
Photo: Arne Dedert / dpa
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18/22
Bad weather in the USA too:
people are reflected in a glass wall of the Willis Tower in Chicago, while lightning flashes over Lake Michigan.
Photo: Shafkat Anowar / AP
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19/22
Biking against the taboo:
a young girl trains tricks on her bike in a hall in Kabul.
In Afghanistan, cycling is a huge taboo for girls and is often viewed as a sin, but some girls have dared to join the Freestyle Cycling Club.
Photo: HEDAYATULLAH AMID / EPA
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20/22
Farewell:
Brigadier General Ansgar Meyer is standing at the Mazar-i-Sharif airfield.
He is the commander of the Bundeswehr troops in Afghanistan.
After almost 20 years in the Hindu Kush, the loss-making German mission in the crisis state came to an end.
Photo: Torsten Kraatz / dpa
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21/22
Above the clouds:
a British Typhoon fighter plane escorts a transport plane on its way to Jordan.
There the British paratroopers trained the British together with Jordanian soldiers on a joint maneuver.
Photo: Petros Karadjias / AP
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22/22
There is a horse in
the open
:
a man brings a horse to Mount Batok in Probolinggo, Indonesia, on the island of Java during the Yadnya Kasada ritual.
The ceremony of the Tenggerese ethnic group in the east of the country's most populous island was Indonesia's most visited tourist attraction before the pandemic.
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Photo: Robertus Pudyanto / Getty Images
