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Our world in photos: July 5

July 5, 2022 Michaela Keil
OHIO — Fireworks: New York Mets' Brandon Nimmo (9) sat on the field to watch fireworks after a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, on Monday. Photo: Aaron Doster/AP
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ITALY — Rescue: A rescue helicopter hovered over the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps, on Monday, a day after a huge chunk of the glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers. Rescuers said conditions downslope from the glacier, which had been melting for decades, were still too unstable to immediately send rescuers and dogs into the area to look for others buried under tons of debris.
Photo: Luca Bruno/AP

 

HUNGARY — Dive: Samuel Fricker, of Australia, competed during the men’s diving 10m platform semifinal at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, on Saturday.
Photo: Petr David Josek/AP

 

DENMARK — Tour de France: The pack rode during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 182 kilometers (113 miles) starting in Vejle and finishing in Sonderborg, on Sunday.
Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

 

CANADA — Dropping in: On Friday, a Skyhawk member glided beside the Peace tower during Canada Day events in Ottawa, Ontario.
Photo: Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press via AP

 

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SAUDI ARABIA — Hajj: Pigeons surrounded pilgrims outside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia was expected to receive one million Muslims to attend the Hajj pilgrimage, which will begin on July 7, after two years of limiting the numbers because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Photo: Amr Nabil/AP

AUSTRALIA — Floods: Traffic signs sat submerged along a flooded road in Londonderry on the outskirts of Sydney, on Monday. More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounding areas were told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes on Monday as Australia’s largest city braced for what could be its worst flooding in 18 months.
Photo: Mark Baker/AP

 

URUGUAY — Fishing: Fishermen competed in the Brotola Fishing Contest at Las Toscas beach, on Sunday. More than 500 fishermen competed in the contest.
Photo: Matilde Campodonico/AP

 

COLOMBIA — Bolivarian Games: Cyclists competed in the men’s cycling BMX heat during the Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, on Friday.
Photo: Fernando Vergara/AP

 

UNITED KINGDOM — Dejected: Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur was dejected after losing a point to Belgium’s Elise Mertens during a fourth-round women’s singles match on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Sunday.
Photo: Alberto Pezzali/AP

 

GERMANY — Sunrise: A man rode his bike to work on a small road as the sun rose on the outskirts of Frankfurt, on Monday.
Photo: Michael Probst/AP

 

TURKEY — Oil wrestling: Wrestlers competed during the 661st annual Historic Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling championship, in Edirne, on Saturday. The festival was part of UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritages.
Photo: Francisco Seco/PA

 

UKRAINE — Fire: A farmer reacted as he looked at his burning field caused by the fighting at the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region, on Monday.
Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

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