Pictures of the day: July 15, 2016

We look at 13 pictures of events from around the world


Multimedia Desk July 15, 2016
A graffiti artist works on a wall as he creates a massive mural on Rio's Olympic Boulevard featuring native people from five continents ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

A member of the Barrete Verde forcados group performs during a bullfight at Campo Pequeno bullring in Lisbon, Portugal. PHOTO: REUTERS

A bullfighter performs a pass to a bull during the last bullfight at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain. PHOTO: REUTERS

French troops of the Republican Guard on horseback take part in the annual Bastille Day military parade, on July 14, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

An aerial view of Paris with the Seine river, the Eiffel tower, the Trocadero, and the Montparnasse Tower. PHOTO: AFP

Children rest after a day of work in Kiwanja, North Kivu. PHOTO: AFP

Alphajet aircrafts from the French elite acrobatic flying team Patrouille de France (PAF) release smoke in the colours of the French national flag above the La Defense business district during the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A gamer uses the Pokemon Go application on his mobile in the main fish market in Kuwait City. PHOTO: AFP

A man uses an umbrella to protect himself against the rain while having a nap on his scooter in Shanghai. PHOTO: AFP

Children look for metal scraps at a pier in Manila. The Philippines' economy grew a better-than-expected 6.9 per cent in the first quarter. PHOTO: AFP

Fireworks light up the sky at the Eiffel Tower to end the traditional Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, France. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man stands between thousands of paper lanterns, which were displayed and lit up the precincts of the shrine, where more than 2.4 million war-dead are enshrined, during the Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man holding a Palestinian flag protests as he sits in the scoop of an Israeli excavator as he tries to prevent it from clearing his land during a protest against Jewish settlements, near the village of Deir Qaddis near the West Bank city of Ramallah. PHOTO: REUTERS

People swing mid-air on a ride during the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. PHOTO: REUTERS

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