Learners from the Melpark Primary School in Johannesburg listen to the history of former president Nelson Mandela as they celebrate the 95th birthday of Mandela during their school assembly. The presidency has issued a statement that Mandela's condition is steadily improving after fears that he was close to death during ongoing hospital treatment. Denis Farrell/AP
Cycling fans pose while waiting for the riders climbing the Alpe d'Huez mountain during the 172.5km eighteenth stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Gap to l'Alpe d'Huez, in the French Alps. Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters
Tiger Woods of the US waits to putt on the fourth green during the first round of the British Open golf championship at Muirfield in Scotland. Brian Snyder/Reuters
A member of the Italy team is thrown up in the air during a synchronized swimming training session ahead of the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Michael Sohn/AP
A Ladakhi woman adjusts her traditional headgear during a religious function on the outskirts of Leh in Ladakh, India. AP
A Pakistani vendor selling silver rings and precious stones convinces a customer to buy a ring, after breaking their daily fast of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside a shrine in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Genetically engineered Pterophyllum Scalara fish glow in a tank under a blacklight while being displayed at the 2013 Bio Expo in Taipei, Taiwan. Pichi Chuang/Reuters
A Bangladeshi man collects recyclable material from the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A.M. Ahad/AP
Jordan Nance, 9, looks at the bubbles he blew using a plastic vegetable basket during BubbleFest in Evansville, Ind. More than 120 children and over 30 adults showed up at Central Library in Downtown Evansville for BubbleFest which features hands-on stations where those attending can make soap bubbles using various methods. Kevin Swank/The Evansville Courier & Press/AP
Sculptures are seen in front of Gilo, an urban complex built in a part of the occupied West Bank that Israel captured in a 1967 Middle East war and later annexed to Jerusalem. Ammar Awad/Reuters
Sadia Saifuddin attends a meeting of the University of California's governing Board of Regents in San Francisco, California. Sadia, a 21-year-old social welfare major at the university, will become the board's first Muslim student member for a year-long term starting in 2014. Noah Berger/Reuters
A policeman beats a man, who was detained, inside a police bus during a protest against the verdict of a court in Kirov, which sentenced Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to five years in jail, in central Moscow. Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for theft on Thursday, an unexpectedly tough punishment. Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters
A relative of victims of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center pauses on the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The signs read in Spanish "Justice." The bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association in downtown Buenos Aires killed 85 people in 1994 and remains unsolved. Victor R. Caivano/AP
A trout is put into a tank after it was rescued by the Enviroment Agency from a pool on the dry bed of the River Teme near Brampton Bryan, central England. The Met Office raised its heatwave warning for south-west England and the West Midlands to "level three", local media reported. Darren Staples/Reuters
Protesters shout slogans in front of the parliament during a rally against the visit of the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Athens. John Kolesidis/Reuters
A supporter of ousted President Mohammed Morsi cools his face with water during a hot Ramadan day at an encampment in Nasr City in Cairo, Egypt. Pro-Morsi protesters continued their sit-in in front of Rabaah al-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo for the third week. Khalil Hamra/AP
In this image from video made available by NASA, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano (r.) describes the water in his helmet on the Tuesday, July 16, 2013 spacewalk with US astronaut Chris Cassidy (l.) during a news conference with US astronaut Karen Nyberg on the International Space Station. NASA/AP
Saratoga Race Course pony boy Jesse Costa rides Vegas early morning in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The 150th horse racing meet at Saratoga opens on Friday. Mike Groll/AP
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