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An air tanker drops fire retardant while battling a wildfire near Mariposa, California on July 19, 2017. The blaze has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities to evict, officials said. (File photo | AP)
An air tanker drops fire retardant while battling a wildfire near Mariposa, California on July 19, 2017. The blaze has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities to evict, officials said. (File photo | AP)
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A lobsterman's boat leaves a gentle wake as he motors out of a harbour on a foggy morning on July 21,2017 in Boothbay, Maine. (File photo | AP)
A lobsterman's boat leaves a gentle wake as he motors out of a harbour on a foggy morning on July 21,2017 in Boothbay, Maine. (File photo | AP)
A Palestinian protester throws a teargas canister fired by Israeli soldiers back during clashes on the Israeli border with Gaza on July 21, 2017. An escalating dispute over metal detectors at a contested Jerusalem shrine turned violent on Friday, setting off widespread clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops. (File photo | AP)
A Palestinian protester throws a teargas canister fired by Israeli soldiers back during clashes on the Israeli border with Gaza on July 21, 2017. An escalating dispute over metal detectors at a contested Jerusalem shrine turned violent on Friday, setting off widespread clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops. (File photo | AP)
Palestinians run away from tear gas fired by Israeli forces in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2017. (File photo | AP)
Palestinians run away from tear gas fired by Israeli forces in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2017. (File photo | AP)
African penguins swim in a water tank placed on the roof of an aquarium in Tokyo on July 17, 2017. (File photo | AP)
African penguins swim in a water tank placed on the roof of an aquarium in Tokyo on July 17, 2017. (File photo | AP)
Smoke is seen following an airstrike on the western frontline of Raqa on July 17, 2017, during an offensive by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a majority Kurdish and Arab alliance, to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. (File photo | AFP)
Smoke is seen following an airstrike on the western frontline of Raqa on July 17, 2017, during an offensive by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a majority Kurdish and Arab alliance, to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. (File photo | AFP)
Rehearsal for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Ram Nath Kovind at Raisina Hill goes on in New Delhi on July 22, 2017. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
Rehearsal for the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Ram Nath Kovind at Raisina Hill goes on in New Delhi on July 22, 2017. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
A Syrian displaced boy who fled with his family in the battle between U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State militants from Raqqa city, waits to receive foods at the entrance of the main kitchen of a refugee camp, in Ain Issa town, northeast Syria, on July 19, 2017. (File photo | AP)
A Syrian displaced boy who fled with his family in the battle between U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State militants from Raqqa city, waits to receive foods at the entrance of the main kitchen of a refugee camp, in Ain Issa town, northeast Syria, on July 19, 2017. (File photo | AP)
Nurses in Kerala celebrate the announcement by the State government agreeing to hike the minimum wages in private hospitals according to SC-directed norms on July 20, 2017. This comes after their protests that lasted nearly a month. (EPS | BP Deepu)
Nurses in Kerala celebrate the announcement by the State government agreeing to hike the minimum wages in private hospitals according to SC-directed norms on July 20, 2017. This comes after their protests that lasted nearly a month. (EPS | BP Deepu)
Devalued Bolivar bank notes and coins, taped together, serve as makeshift rope at a roadblock set up by anti-government protesters in Caracas, Venezuela on July 20, 2017. Large swaths of Venezuela's capital was silent on Thursday as opponents of President Nicolas Maduro called a major national strike as an expression of disapproval of his plan to convene a constitutional assembly that would reshape the Venezuelan system to consolidate the ruling party's power over the few institutions that remain outside its control. (File photo | AP)
Devalued Bolivar bank notes and coins, taped together, serve as makeshift rope at a roadblock set up by anti-government protesters in Caracas, Venezuela on July 20, 2017. Large swaths of Venezuela's capital was silent on Thursday as opponents of President Nicolas Maduro called a major national strike as an expression of disapproval of his plan to convene a constitutional assembly that would reshape the Venezuelan system to consolidate the ruling party's power over the few institutions that remain outside its control. (File photo | AP)
Tamil Nadu farmers display skulls, which they claim are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide, during a protest demanding a drought-relief package from the Central government, in New Delhi, on July 19, 2017. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
Tamil Nadu farmers display skulls, which they claim are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide, during a protest demanding a drought-relief package from the Central government, in New Delhi, on July 19, 2017. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)
Former Australian batsman Matthew Hayden all geared up for surfing on a cloudy evening at Kovalam near Chennai on July 19, 2107. (EPS | Sunish P Surendran)
Former Australian batsman Matthew Hayden all geared up for surfing on a cloudy evening at Kovalam near Chennai on July 19, 2107. (EPS | Sunish P Surendran)
Even as monsoon rain looms large, people at Kozhikode can't resist taking a selfie. Youngsters at Butt road beach in the city . (EPS | TP Sooraj)
Even as monsoon rain looms large, people at Kozhikode can't resist taking a selfie. Youngsters at Butt road beach in the city . (EPS | TP Sooraj)
A man pedals his bicycle in heavy rain in Kochi on July 19, 2017. The fresh spell of rains gave hopes of a normal monsoon in Kerala this year. (EPS | Albin Mathew)
A man pedals his bicycle in heavy rain in Kochi on July 19, 2017. The fresh spell of rains gave hopes of a normal monsoon in Kerala this year. (EPS | Albin Mathew)
Nothing seems to deter these men in Lalbagh, Bengaluru from leaving anytime soon. (EPS | Jithendra M.)
Nothing seems to deter these men in Lalbagh, Bengaluru from leaving anytime soon. (EPS | Jithendra M.)
A trainee from Nunavut, of Canada's northern territories, looks through binoculars from the bridge of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through ice floating on the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska while traversing the Arctic's Northwest Passage on July 16, 2017.(File photo | AP)
A trainee from Nunavut, of Canada's northern territories, looks through binoculars from the bridge of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through ice floating on the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska while traversing the Arctic's Northwest Passage on July 16, 2017.(File photo | AP)
A construction worker's toddler rests on a hammock by the roadside in Bengaluru. (EPS | Pushkar V)
A construction worker's toddler rests on a hammock by the roadside in Bengaluru. (EPS | Pushkar V)
A light on a dock illuminates the early morning fog on Hodgdon Island on July 21, 2017, in Boothbay, Maine. (File photo | AP)
A light on a dock illuminates the early morning fog on Hodgdon Island on July 21, 2017, in Boothbay, Maine. (File photo | AP)
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