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Our world in photos: July 19

July 19, 2023 Daniel Cody

FRANCE – Tour de France: The pack with Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, climbed Cormet de Roselend pass during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers with start in Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and finish in Courchevel, Wednesday. Photo: Daniel Cole/AP

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ARIZONA – Heat waves: Shimmering heat waves rose off the pavement as vehicles drove along a downtown street as temperatures are expected to hit 115 degrees Fahrenheit, in Phoenix.
Photo: Ross D. Franklin/AP

UKRAINE – Honoring fallen soldier: Ukrainian servicemen attended a farewell ceremony of their fallen comrade Nicholas Maimer, a U.S. citizen and Army veteran who was killed during fighting in Bakhmut, in Ukrajinka, Wednesday.
Photo: Evgeniy Maloteka/AP

UNITED KINGDOM – Readying for PM’s questions: The U.K.’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak left 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session in parliament, London, Wednesday.
Photo: Frank Augstein/AP

PAKISTAN – Monsoon rains: A man cried outside the mortuary after he lost his son during monsoon rains on the outskirts of Islamabad, Wednesday.
Photo: Rahmat Gul/AP

KENYA – Taxation protest: Protesters threw rocks at police during clashes next to a cloud of teargas in the Kibera area of Nairobi, Wednesday. Kenyans were back protesting on the streets of the capital against newly imposed taxes and an increase in the cost of living.
Photo: Brian Inganga/AP

TEXAS – Hot prisons: Advocates for cooling off Texas prisons constructed a make-shift cell before a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Tuesday.
Photo: Eric Gay/AP

FRANCE – Cooling off!!: Slovenia’s Tadej Pogaca, weaning the best young rider’s white jersey, cooled off after the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France with start in Passy and finish in Combloux, Tuesday.
Photo: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/pool photo via AP

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