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Our world in photos: July 20

July 20, 2022 Michaela Keil

NEW YORK — Shark sightings: A surfer arrived at Rockaway Beach on Tuesday in the Queens borough of New York. A number of factors, including warming ocean temperatures, contributed to a proliferation of sharks along the New York coastline this summer. Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP

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GERMANY — Shelter: A woman used an umbrella to shelter from the sun as she looked into a photo automat at the Mauerpark park in Berlin, on Wednesday.
Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP

CANADA — Celebration: Scott Dixon, of New Zealand, celebrated on his car after winning an IndyCar auto race in Toronto, on Sunday.
Photo: Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP

PANAMA — Roadblocks: Commuters walked along the Pan American Highway due to roadblocks set up by protesters demonstrating against inflation, especially surging fuel prices, in Pacora, early on Wednesday.
Photo: Arnulfo Franco/AP

CALIFORNIA — All-Star game: American League outfielder Julio Rodriguez, of the Seattle Mariners, interacted with fans in the outfield during the eighth inning of the MLB All-Star baseball game against the National League, on Tuesday, in Los Angeles.
Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

FRANCE — Breakaway: Germany’s Nils Politt, front, and Denmark’s Mikkel Honore, rode breakaway during the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 125.5 miles, starting in Rodez and finishing in Carcassonne, on Sunday.
Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

OREGON — Medalists: Gold medalist Katie Nageotte, of the United States, walked with silver medalist Sandi Morris, of the United States, right, and Nina Kennedy, of Australia, after the women’s pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, in Eugene.
Photo: Ashley Landis/AP

GREECE — Wildfires: Fire burned next to houses in the area of Drafi east of Athens on Wednesday. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes late on Tuesday as a wildfire threatened mountainside suburbs northeast of Athens. Firefighters battled through the night and struggled to contain the blaze which was intensified by strong gusts of wind.
Photo: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP

MEXICO — Champions: United States’ Alex Morgan lifted up the trophy after winning the CONCACAF Women’s Championship final soccer match against Canada in Monterrey, on Monday.
Photo: Roberto Martinez/AP

BRAZIL — Prayer: Indigenous leader Maximo Wassu said a prayer accompanied by Beatriz Matos, left, the wife of the late Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, and Alessandra Sampaio, right, the widow of British journalist Dom Phillips, during a service promoted by inter-religious organizations in honor of Phillips and Pereira who were killed in the Amazon region, at the Cathedral in Sao Paulo, on Saturday.
Photo: Marcelo Chello/AP

UNITED KINGDOM — Comfort: Belgium’s Davina Philtjens comforted Italy’s Manuela Giugliano sitting on the ground at the end of the Women Euro 2022 group D soccer match between Italy and Belgium at the Manchester City Academy Stadium, in Manchester, on Monday. Belgium won 1-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Photo: Jon Super/AP

IRAN — Joint briefing: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, clapped as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi concluded his speech during their joint press briefing at the Saadabad Palace, in Tehran, on Tuesday.
Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP

UKRAINE — Broken windows: Resident Olena smoked her cigarette after her kitchen’s windows broke in the aftermath of a rocket attack on a residential area, in Kramatorsk, on Tuesday.
Photo: Nariman El-Mofty/AP

ECUADOR — Prison riot: Relatives of inmates at Bellavista prison mourned after learning their relatives were among those who were killed the previous day during a riot at the prison, outside the morgue in Santo Domingo de Los Tsachilas, on Tuesday.
Photo: AP

CYPRUS — Anniversary: A man walked by the graves of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the Tymvos Macedonitissas military cemetery during the 48th anniversary in the divided capital of Nicosia, on Tuesday. Some thousands of Greek and Cypriot soldiers were killed in 1974 during the Turkish invasion and subsequent occupation of the northern part of the island of Cyprus.
Photo: Petros Karadjias/AP

SRI LANKA — Protest: Protesters shouted anti-government slogans outside the president’s office as the Parliament voted to elect a new president in Colombo, on Wednesday.
Photo: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Court appearance: Former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrived at federal court on Wednesday. Bannon was brought to trial on a pair of federal charges for criminal contempt of Congress after refusing to cooperate with the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

FRANCE — Winner: Stage winner Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider’s white jersey, sprinted with Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 80.8 miles, starting in Saint-Gaudens and finishing in Peyragudes, on Wednesday.
Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

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