A motor tricycle loaded with recyclable plastic bottles drives along a street in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China. Stringer/Reuters
A schoolboy looks out from the window of a bus as it rains in Mumbai, India. Rafiq Maqbool/AP
A truck containing Przewalski horses is seen during the journey to Takhin Tal National Park in southwest Mongolia, on Tuesday. Petr Josek/Reuters
An illegal immigrant reaches through the window bars at the Safi detention center in Safi, Malta, on Tuesday. Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
A visitor walks through a sculpture by Ukrainian artist Zinayida Likhachova in the museum of Ukrainian traditional architecture in Pyrogovo, Kiev, Ukraine. Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
Swiss farmer Jean-Daniel Waber harvests his organic wheat field near Sullens, western Switzerland. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
Inmates perform for school children in Qunu, South Africa, during a celebration of South African former president Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
People dance at a square near a rebuilt Ming Dynasty city wall in Beijing, China. Alexander F. Yuan/AP
Muslim students march during a gathering marking Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia. Achmad Ibrahim/AP
A worker cleans the Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park in London. Opening Ceremonies for the London Olympics will be held Friday July 27. Jae C. Hong/AP
A dead fish lies in Mitchell Lake in the Ballard Wildlife Management Area near Barlow, Ky., as lack a of rain and excessive heat deplete oxygen from the water. Stephen Lance Dennee/AP
Children listen to the history of former president Nelson Mandela at the Melville Primary School as they join in celebrations of Mandela's 94th Birthday in Johannesburg, South Africa. Denis Farrell/AP
Riders in the cyclist pack cast shadows on the road as they climb towards Aubisque pass during the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 122.4 miles with its start in Pau and its finish in Bagneres-de-Luchon, France. Christophe Ena/AP
Human Rights and Peace Society activists shout from a police vehicle after getting arrested during their sit-in protest outside Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's official residence, condemning Bhattarai for failing to bring out the new constitution, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
North Korean soldiers attend a meeting at the April 25 House of Culture announcing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's new title of marshal, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim Kwang Hyon/AP
Employees use irons on chair covers before Louis Vuitton's news conference in Shanghai, China. Aly Song/Reuters
A Cambodian temple security guard stands near a UNESCO World Heritage Site flag (l.) and a Cambodian flag while patrolling Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Heng Sinith/AP
A homeless woman bathes her son between railway tracks in Karachi, Pakistan. Shakil Adil/AP
An aircraft drops water over a forest fire as a firefighter gives directions to a colleague during a wildfire in Magoula village, near the western Greek port city of Patras. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
A child reacts to the camera during the Ghantakarna festival at the ancient city of Bhaktapur, Nepal, on Tuesday. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Torch security officer Sakira Suzia carries the Olympic torch into harbor aboard an RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institute) lifeboat after the official torch carrier Jamie Clarke became seasick in Dover in southeast England. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Middle school students compete in a race using newspaper glued together as they take part in teamwork building activities at a summer camp in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Sean Yong/Reuters
An artist creates a sand sculpture on a beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters
An Occupy Wall Street movement activist raises his fist while protesting in front of a digital flag of the United States in Manhattan's Time Square in New York on Tuesday. Adrees Latif/Reuters
Trajineras (boats) are seen parked at one of the canals of Xochimilco in Mexico City on Tuesday. Tomas Bravo/Reuters
A boy plays in a water feature at the Marina Barrage, a reservoir in Singapore. Wong Maye-E/AP
Freedom for Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni was a cause célèbre among dissidents and human rights groups critical of the Chávez regime. Venezuela conditionally released her after three years in detention.
Jailed Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, often referred to as “Hugo Chávez’s political prisoner,” was freed on Friday after spending more than three years in detention. Following petitions from international bodies and human rights groups, the court decision immediately ignited social media networks, with many celebrating the release as a victory for human rights and Venezuela's political opposition.
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