Pictures of the day: July 4, 2016

We look at 13 pictures from events around the world


Multimedia Desk July 04, 2016
A general view of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul's tourist hub of Sultanahmet. The magic of Turkey's biggest city has been seducing visitors for centuries, from its array of historic mosques and palaces to its stunning views over the sparkling Bosphorus.PHOTO: AFP

Yemeni shop owners sell sweets in the capital Sanaa ahead of Eidul Fitr. PHOTO: AFP

Lightning flashes east of McCarran International Airport on July 2, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two days of monsoon thunderstorms brought strong winds, hail and heavy rain to parts of the valley causing street flooding and power outages. PHOTO: AFP

Men attend Tarawih prayers at the Al-Rifai Mosque in the old Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt. PHOTO: REUTERS

Afghan men make sweets at a small traditional factory during Ramazan in preparation for Eidul Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan. PHOTO: REUTERS

A gull flies with the "Dents du Midi" multi-summited mountain as the background in Montreux. PHOTO: AFP

People attend a candle light vigil for the victims of the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. PHOTO: REUTERS

The Soyuz MS spacecraft for the next International Space Station (ISS) crew of Kate Rubins of the US, Anatoly Ivanishin of Russia and Takuya Onishi of Japan is transported from an assembling hangar to the launchpad ahead of its launch scheduled on July 7, at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan July 4, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman stands as she looks at a book stall trade in Caracas, Venezuela. PHOTO: REUTERS

A youth inspects the family house of Palestinian assailant Essa Assaf after it was partially destroyed by Israeli troops on Monday, in Qalandia refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah. PHOTO: REUTERS

A picture taken with a long exposure in the village of Gornaya Mayevka in the Tian Shan mountains, above 1,500 meters above sea level, some 30 kms from Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, early on July 4, 2016, shows stars trails around the Polaris, commonly know as North Star or Pole Star. PHOTO: AFP

Zoo Miami communications director Ron Magill holds a juvenile American Alligator as he describe the animal to the media at Zoo Miami in Florida, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A young man with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders looks on after residents lost their homes to a fire that swept through destroying 300 make shift houses in Plastic View, Pretoria. PHOTO: AFP

This photograph taken on July 3, 2016, shows a general view of debris of rocks and fallen trees after monsoon floodwaters receded from the village of Jakhane, near Karanprayag, Chaomli District in the northern state of Uttarakhand. PHOTO: AFP

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