Combat readyIraqi Special Operations Forces members take part in a military exercise at a military base near Baghdad International Airport on June 19. Reuters/Saad Shalash More… |
Theme hatA racegoer wears an equine-themed hat on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing festival at Ascot in southern England on June 19. Reuters/Toby Melville More… |
Palestinian womanA Palestinian woman arranges hand-rolled cigarettes for sale, at her house in the West Bank village of Ya'abad near Jenin. Palestinian farmers sow tobacco sprouts in the rocky earth of the northern West Bank, reaping a harvest of ec More… |
Gemma in new roleBritish actress Gemma Arterton poses for photographers at the British Academy of Film and Arts (BAFTA) awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London in this February 10 file photo. Arterton does not need to worry about typecasting More… |
New CruzeModels pose next to the new Chevrolet Cruze car of the 2013 series, during its launching ceremony in Hanoi on June 19. According to General Motors Vietnam's Gaurav Gupta, two million units have been sold worldwide since the launch o More… |
Super-scale sculptureVisitors look at the artwork "Manifold" by Kohei Nawa before its opening ceremony in Cheonan, south of Seoul on June 19. Measuring about 13 metres (42 feet) in height, 15 metres in width and 27 tonnes in weight, the sculpture More… |
Blast hits Syrian port of LatakiaA loud explosion was heard near a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Wednesday, an opposition monitoring group said, but the cause of the blast was unclear. More… |
Giant pandaA girl watches a giant panda eat an apple cooled on an ice block, at a zoo in Wuhan, Hubei province on June 18. Reuters/China Daily More… |
Obama’s ‘pupil skills’US President Barack Obama and his German counterpart Joachim Gauck (L) meet with the 5th grade pupils of John F. Kennedy school outside Bellevue Castle in Berlin on June 19. Obama will unveil plans for a sharp reduction in nuclear warhe More… |
Chaos in Sao PauloDemonstrators gather in the Praca da Se as part of protests against poor public services, police violence and government corruption, in Sao Paulo on June 18. President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movemen More… |








