Pictures of the day: June 26, 2016

We look at 13 pictures of events from around the world


Multimedia Desk June 26, 2016
A street performer plays the bagpipes next to a statue of Scottish philosopher David Hume on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 25, 2016. PHOTO: AFP / OLI SCARFF

Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders (L-R) attend a press conference after a foreign minister meeting of the EU founding members in Berlin, Germany, June 25, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

 

The pack rides during the 2016 French cycling championships on June 26, 2015 in Vesoul, eastern France. PHOTO: AFP / Sebastien Bozon

Himisaboo, a mutt with a Donald Trump inspired hairdo, is held up by his owner Heather Wilson during the World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, California on June 24, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Youth throw coloured powder at each other during the Festival of Colours in Kiev, Ukraine, June 25, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

 

Venezuela's soldiers participate in a military parade to celebrate the 195th anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo in Caracas in Caracas, Venezuela June 24, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Syrian man displays traditional sweets for sale in Damascus' Midan neighbourhood, which is renowned for it's sweet delicacies, as people shop prior to breaking their fast during Ramazan. Desserts and syrup-covered sweets are an integral part of iftars across the Middle East and are a special delicacy in the Syrian capital. But today, they have become too expensive for many Damascenes. PHOTO: AFP

Kamel, 56, a brass carver and vendor of souvenirs, works at his shop as he waits for customers in the old city of Sousse, Tunisia. PHOTO: REUTERS

People perform the Alasr prayers during the holy month of Ramazan at a mosque in Yemen's capital Sanaa, Yemen. PHOTO: REUTERS

Poland's Arkadiusz Milik scores during the penalty shootout at Euro 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

 A 58-year-old Palestinian man, fills a jerrican with spring water on June 23, 2016 in Salfit, north of Ramallah, where some of the West Bank village's inhabitants have been without water for days. Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have gone without water in recent weeks, victims of the latest dispute between Israeli and Palestinian officials over the region's most valuable resource. PHOTO: AFP / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH

Samuel Dorman competes in the Men's 3m Springboard final during day 8 of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for diving at Indiana University Natatorium on June 25, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. PHOTO: AFP/Streeter Lecka

Sunset is seen at a lake near the village of Novosyolki, Belarus, June 25, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

 

 

 

 

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