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Our world in photos: July 26

July 26, 2021 By Michaela Keil
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MINNESOTA — Emmett Till’s birthday: Deborah Watts, Emmett Till’s cousin, center, released balloons with a crowd during a celebration to commemorate the 80th birthday of Till outside the Governor’s Mansion in St. Paul, Sunday.
Photo: Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP

 

JAPAN — Boxing: Kazakhstan’s Saken Bibossinov, left, got hit with a punch by Puerto Rico’s Yankiel Rivera Figueroa during their men’s flyweight 52-kg boxing match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Monday, in Tokyo.
Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP

 

SPAIN — Smoke: Residents look at a wildfire near Tarragona, in the northeastern region of Catalonia, on Sunday. Firefighters in northeast Spain were battling a wildfire that has consumed over 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) of woodland. High temperatures and winds fanned the flames in the rural area.
Photo: Joan Mateu Parra/AP

 

VIETNAM — Empty: An empty intersection was seen from an aerial view in Ho Chi Minh City on July 22, 2021. Vietnam’s southern metropolis Ho Chi Minh City tightened restrictions with a curfew order starting from Monday evening to contain a surge of COVID-19.
Photo: Huu Khoa/AP

 

JAPAN — Surfing: Australia’s Julian Wilson maneuvered on a wave during the third round of the men’s surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Monday, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya.
Photo: Francisco Seco/AP

 

MEXICO — Cartel battle: Relatives cried outside a house where two young men were gunned down in Fresnillo on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Fresnillo has the highest perception of insecurity in Mexico: more than 96 percent of its population lives in fear, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography.
Photo: Marco Ugarte/AP

 

BRAZIL — Protest: The shadows of demonstrators were cast on a Brazilian flag during a protest demanding the impeachment of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia, on Saturday. Activists called for nationwide demonstrations against Bolsonaro to call for his impeachment amid allegations of potential corruption in the Health Ministry’s purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and his handling of the pandemic.
Photo: Eraldo Peres/AP

 

CALIFORNIA — Wildfires: A firefighter passed a burning home as the Dixie Fire flared in Plumas County on Saturday. The fire destroyed multiple residences as it tore through the Indian Falls community.
Photo: Noah Berger/AP

 

TUNISIA — Guard: Tunisian soldiers guarded the parliament’s main entrance as demonstrators gathered outside the gate in Tunis on Monday. Troops surrounded Tunisia’s parliament and blocked its speaker from entering on Monday after the president suspended the legislature and fired the prime minister following nationwide protests over the country’s economic troubles and the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Photo: Hedi Azouz/AP
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