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Hajj in times of a pandemic:
After massive restrictions in recent years, more pilgrims are allowed to take part in the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca this year.
In contrast to 2020 and 2021, people who do not come from Saudi Arabia are also taking part.
One million believers are allowed.
You must be under 65 and vaccinated against Corona.
Photo: - / AFP
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Double role
: In the ballet version of »Don Quixote«, the female characters Kitri and Dulcinea are combined for a ballerina.
In the performance of the Cuban National Ballet, the double role is danced by the Mexican Valeria Mariaud as a guest star - here she can be seen at rehearsals in Havana.
Photo: Yamil Lage / AFP
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Controversial spectacle:
People stand on wooden barriers to watch the first bull hunt of this year's "Sanfermines" festival in Pamplona.
The festival in honor of the city saint San Fermín will take place again for the first time since 2019.
The folk festival attracts locals and tourists to the streets, but is also controversial.
Animal protection groups protest against the event, and there are always injuries or - albeit rare - deaths.
Photo: Alvaro Barrientos/AP
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Blood red:
Activists protest outside the entrance to Los Angeles City Hall after the Supreme Court overturned the nation's abortion law.
They are calling on the Washington government to restore abortion rights across the United States.
Photo: Frederic J. Brown / AFP
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Independence Day:
A lifeguard stands on the beach in San Clemente, California, during the July 4 Independence Day fireworks display.
Photo: Jae C Hong/AP
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Out of Water:
A sunken boat stands upright on the shore of Lake Mead.
The lake is currently releasing many an object that usually slumbers deep under the water surface.
This also included the bodies of people who are said to have been murdered by the mafia.
Lake Mead is the largest artificial reservoir in North America.
Currently, its water level in the US state of Nevada has dropped to the lowest on record.
Photo: Caroline Brehman/EPA
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Good hats:
A model presents the spring and summer collection of the fashion house Schiaparelli in Paris.
Under the motto "An Age of Discipline", the haute couture creations are characterized by extravagant hat fashion, among other things.
Photo: Julien De Rosa / AFP
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Days counted:
A woman knocks on the front door of 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister.
A day later, Johnson announced his resignation as party and government leader.
However, the current prime minister would like to remain in office until a successor is elected.
Photo: Frank Augstein / dpa
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Cold shower:
A participant in the Wrestling Championship in Edirne, Turkey, is clearly suffering from the heat.
The wrestling competition is one of the historical sports competitions classified by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site.
It is taking place for the 661st time.
Since Wimbledon and the Tour de France can only enviously stand aside.
Photo: Francisco Seco/AP
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Celebrations despite the war:
Ukrainians celebrate Ivan Kupala Day, the pagan festival of the summer solstice, in the capital Kiev.
They celebrate the shortest night of the year with traditional clothing, dances and songs.
Photo: Roman Pilipey/EPA
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Thirst and hunger:
A youth stands next to water canisters near a refugee camp in Semera, Ethiopia.
There is a hunger crisis in the region, fueled by the war in the Tigray region and the extreme drought in the Horn of Africa.
According to the World Food Program (WFP), more than a million people in the region are dependent on food aid.
Photo: Eduardo Soteras / AFP
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Raise the handcuffs:
An Israeli protester is arrested during a protest against new Israeli settlements in Yatta, West Bank.
Photo: Mussa Issa Qawasma / REUTERS
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Festival preparations:
This aerial view shows an impromptu cattle market near the town of Maarrat Misrin.
It is located in the Syrian province of Idlib.
Like Muslims all over the world, the people here are preparing for the festival of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha.
According to tradition, various animals are sacrificed, including cows, camels, goats and sheep.
Photo: Abdulaziz Ketaz / AFP
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Floating Swimming Pool:
This image is an aerial view of a fish farm in the Saronic Gulf, Greece.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Mediterranean Sea is the most overfished sea in the world.
62.2 percent of fish stocks will soon be gone, making marine fish farming a more sustainable model for the industry.
Photo: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images
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Trapped again:
Kuje prison inmates hold on to the barred window of a prison vehicle.
They are among the detainees who fled during an armed attack on the prison by Boko Haram members.
Hundreds of inmates - including arrested members of the Islamist terrorist group - were able to escape the prison during the attack.
Photo: Kola Sulaimon/AFP
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Shades of grey:
A person with an umbrella walks along a waterfront in Hong Kong in the rain.
But the weather was to get even worse.
A typhoon warning was issued on the 25th anniversary of the handover of the former British colony to China.
Photo: Paul Yeung / REUTERS
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Through the rubble:
People watch the aftermath of a suspected Russian missile attack on the central market of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine.
Photo: Miguel Medina / AFP
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With flags flying:
China's President Xi Jinping visited the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, 2022.
The occasion was the 25th anniversary of the handover of the former British colony to China.
Government planes flew the flags of the People's Republic and the Special Administrative Region in flight over the convention center.
Photo: Miguel Candela/EPA
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Waterway:
Earlier this month in Sydney, a few people paddle down a road that is typically used by cars.
The suburb of Windsor suffered severe flooding when the River Hawkesbury burst its banks in torrential rain.
Photo: Saeed Khan / AFP
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Typically British:
Wimbledon without rain – even in times of climate change that is unimaginable.
On the first few days, the Tennis Grand Slam tournament was interrupted several times due to rain - but you can still play on the center court: there is now a roof there.
Photo: Sebastien Bozon / AFP
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Disastrous view:
someone looks out the window of the Castiglioni hut at the Punta Rocca glacier.
On the Marmolada massif in the Dolomites it looked like a bomb had hit.
After a record temperature of ten degrees Celsius was measured there, the ice and debris broke off deadly, killing at least seven people - a suspected case of climate change.
Photo: Tiziana Fabi / AFP
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Market day:
A saleswoman is waiting for customers at a market in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.
Photo: Konstantin Chalabov / REUTERS
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Raise the flags!
This girl, as ordered, waved Chinese flags in Hong Kong on July 1, 2022 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China.
Extensive security measures were in place during the visit of China's head of state Xi Jinping.
In the run-up to the celebrations, thousands had to go into quarantine.
Photo: Isaac Lawrence / AFP
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Unrecognizable:
A masked protester drags a log through the streets of the Sudanese capital Karthoum during protests against military rule in the northeast African state.
At least six people died in mass protests in late June.
Photo: - / AFP