

A Tibetan child peeks from behind a portrait of spiritual leader Dalai Lama at a Tibetan school in Kathmandu, Nepal. The government prevented the Tibetan community in Kathmandu from celebrating the 76th birthday of exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, over fears of anti-Chinese protests. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
South Koreans cheer for their country in its bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, at a ski jump stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The South Korean city of Pyeongchang was chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics, defeating rivals Annecy of France and Munich of Germany. Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters
Children prepare for the Independence Day ceremony in Juba, South Sudan. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
A park employee fine-tunes a sand sculpture called 'The Egyptian bikers' at a park in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Brazil's Aline (l.) and Marta celebrate their victory over Equatorial Guinea after their Women's World Cup Group D soccer match in Frankfurt, Germany. Brazil won the match 3-0. Ralph Orlowski/Reuters
Women purchase grilled chicken from a street vendor in the main Konyo Konyo market in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba. Pete Muller/AP
Revelers react as water is thrown from a balcony during the 'Chupinazo,' the official opening of the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain. Alvaro Barrientos/AP
A supporter holds a portrait of Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during a session outside a court building in Kiev, Ukraine. Gleb Garanich/Reuters
An employee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) looks down at a working area for employees from an empty visitors' area at the bourse, where lights and air conditioning have been turned off to cope with the power crunch due to shutdowns of nuclear reactors, in Tokyo, Japan. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
An Egyptian boy practices to fly a kite, along an alley in the crowded neighborhood of Mit Oqba in Cairo, Egypt. Khalil Hamra/AP
Andean people from Cuzco yell slogans during a protest against Peru's President Alan Garcia outside the country's constitutional court in Lima, Peru. The protesters are demonstrating against the Majes-Siguas II irrigation project, which they say will leave their land without water. Pilar Olivares/Reuters
An Indian laborer prepares to plant paddy in a field after monsoon rains on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India. The annual monsoon season from June to October brings rains that are vital to agriculture in India. Ajit Solanki/AP
Teams and cars are lined up on the track for a group photo during registration day for the Shell Eco-marathon energy efficiency challenge at Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malaysia. Abdul Ghani Khan/Shell/AP
The Dalai Lama greets the faithful at a Kalachakra for World Peace in Washington. Joshua Roberts/Reuters
Khan Zaman (r.), a local villager, tells 1st Lt. Will Robinson, with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Hawaii, that a teenager who used to work on the base as a security guard has been kidnapped by the Taliban at Combat Outpost Pirtle King in Kunar province, Afghanistan. David Goldman/AP