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Our world in photos: July 6

July 6, 2022 Michaela Keil

COLOMBIA — Pole vault: Nicole Hein Vila of Peru competed in the women's pole vault final of the Bolivarian Games in Valledupar, on Monday. Vila won the gold medal. Photo: Fernando Vergara/AP

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SPAIN — Running of the Bulls: Revelers celebrated while waiting for the launch of the Chupinazo rocket, to mark the official opening of the 2022 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, on Wednesday. The blast of a traditional firework opens nine days of uninterrupted partying in Pamplona’s famed running-of-the-bulls festival.
Photo: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

DENMARK — Podium finish: Belgium’s Wout Van Aert, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrated on the podium after the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 125.8 miles with start in Roskilde and finishing in Nyborg, on Saturday.
Photo: Daniel Cole/AP

INDIA — Mask requirement: A man without a mask alighted from a crowded bus in Kochi, on Wednesday. The southern state made wearing masks mandatory in public places in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases.
Photo: R S Iyer/AP

AUSTRALIA — Floods: People paddled through a flooded street at Windsor on the outskirts of Sydney, on Tuesday. Hundreds of homes were inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that impacted 50,000 people, officials said on Tuesday.
Photo: Mark Baker/AP

CALIFORNIA — Fire fighting: Firefighters burned vegetation while trying to keep the Electra Fire from reaching homes in the Pine Acres community of Amador County, on Tuesday.
Photo: Noah Berger/AP

ILLINOIS — Speech: Vice president Kamala Harris spoke to those gathered near the site of Monday’s mass shooting during the Highland Park July 4th parade, on Tuesday, in Highland Park.
Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

ARGENTINA — Empty bleachers: Plastics with the colors of Argentina’s Boca Juniors laid on the bleachers after the team lost 5-6 to Brazil’s Corinthians in a penalty shootout during a Copa Libertadores round of sixteen soccer match in Buenos Aires, on Wednesday.
Photo: Victor R. Caivano/AP

NEVADA — Throwing a punch: Jared Cannonier was hit by Israel Adesanya in a middleweight title bout during the UFC 276 mixed martial arts event on Saturday, in Las Vegas.
Photo: John Locher/AP

GUATEMALA — Carrying the coffin: Clowns carried the coffin with the remains of Joselin Chacón Lobo known as Chispita upon arrival at a cemetery, in Amatitlan, on Sunday. Chacón Lobo disappeared for almost two months along with his partner, Nelson Estiven Villatoro, who also worked as a clown, both were found buried at a clandestine site on Friday in a peripheral area of the Guatemalan capital.
Photo: Moises Castillo/AP

UNITED KINGDOM — Break: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic looked on during a change of ends break as he played Italy’s Jannik Sinner in a men’s singles quarterfinal match on day nine of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday.
Photo: Alastair Grant/AP

DENMARK — Remembrance: A police officer stood guard with a flower in his pocket as people gathered to remember victims at the entrance of the Field’s shopping center in Copenhagen, on Tuesday. Police said a gunman who killed three people when he opened fire in a crowded shopping mall acted alone and apparently selected his victims at random. Authorities on Monday filed preliminary charges of murder and attempted murder against a 22-year-old Danish man.
Photo: Sergei Grits/AP

OHIO — Footage revealed: Sandra Dees, left, and Marquita Carter cried in front of the Harold K. Stubbs Justice Center, on Sunday, in Akron, after viewing the body cam footage of Jayland Walker’s fatal shooting by Akron Police.
Photo: Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal via AP

CALIFORNIA — Too high: Oakland Athletics center fielder Skye Bolt (11) could not catch a double hit by Toronto Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, on Monday.
Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP

VENEZUELA — Pride: A woman and a participant danced on the street during the Gay Pride parade in Caracas, on Sunday.
Photo: Ariana Cubillos/AP

CHINA — Testing: Residents lined up to get a throat swab at a testing site due to requirements for a negative COVID test in the last 72 hours to enter some buildings and use public transportation, in Beijing, on Monday.
Photo: Andy Wong/AP

FRANCE — Fashion show: A model wore a creation for Schiaparelli’s Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, on Monday, in Paris.
Photo: Lewis Joly/AP

VENEZUELA — Independence Day: A soldier yelled as he marched during the annual Independence Day parade in Caracas, on Tuesday. Venezuela marked 211 years of its declaration of independence from Spain.
Photo: Ariana Cubillos/AP

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