An Indian woman uses a makeshift raft to float through flood waters after heavy rains at Pingla, east of Calcutta, India. (Piyal Adhikary / EPA)
Visitors gather to watch the water gush from the Xiaolangdi reservoir on the Yellow River in Luoyang, China, in an effort clear out the silt deposited at the dam. Large areas of southern China were hit by the worst storms and floods in decades. (AFP / Getty Images)
Zimbabwean opposition party member Tendai Biti, in red jacket, gets out of a prison van at the Harare magistrate’s court, where a judge ruled he should remain jailed for treason against Robert Mugabe’s government. (Desmond Kwande / AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi police conduct a house-to-house search for weapons and militants in Amara, Iraq. (Essam al-Sudani / AFP/Getty Images)
A young boy offers cold water to an Iraqi army soldier during the beginning of combat operations in Amara. (Hadi Mizban / Associated Press)
A Palestinian woman screams as Israeli settlers from the nearby Yitzhar Jewish settlement try to set her olive trees on fire in the West Bank village of Burin. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP/Getty Images)
Nepalese police detain a Tibetan activist during an anti-Chinese demonstration in front of the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu. Police detained more then 700 Tibetan protesters. (Pradeep Shrestha / AFP/Getty Images)
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Nepalese students activists in Kathmandu, Nepal, scuffle with police during a protest against increases in gas prices. (Narendra Shrestha / EPA)
Customers walk across a translucent floor during the official opening of a new Apple store in Sydney, Australia. (Cameron Spencer / Getty Images)
Laura Meakin, center, gets help with her hat on Ladies Day at the Royal Ascot horse races. (Alastair Grant / Associated Press)
A woman in an elaborate hat poses for a photograph during Ladies Day in Ascot, England. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)
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Women laugh as they arrive at Ascot in a stretch limousine for Ladies Day at the Royal Ascot. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)
