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OMG! These images are simply BRILLIANT

July 13, 2015 10:25 IST

All the action from around the world last week, in case you missed it

Girls just wanna have fun: Revellers enjoy the atmosphere during the opening day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls fiesta in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway entitled 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the daily running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona to the bull ring. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images

Surf's up: A surfer jumps off a pier in Durban. Photograph: Rogan Ward//Reuters

Ouch! Diamond Trusty cries in grief over the death of her cousin, seven-year-old Amari Brown in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Extra police patrols and long shifts were not enough to prevent nine deaths and about 50 injuries from gun violence in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, when homicides jump almost every year. Chicago, with 2.7 million people, is the most violent large city in the United States, with poverty, segregation, dozens of small street gangs, and a pervasive gun culture all contributing to the problem. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters


Water kingdom: A boy tugs on a water basin with his friend wearing a mask as he wades through deep flooding caused by typhoon Linfa, locally named Egay, at Longos town in Malabon City, north of Manila. Photograph: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters



Catch the bull by its horns
: A boy stops a toy bull during the Encierro Txiki (Little Bull Run) during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain. Photograph: Susan Vera/Reuters

Too hot to handle: A woman swings her hair back after dipping her head into a fountain in Budapest, Hungary. Over the weekend, a heat wave has reached Hungary with temperatures topping 38 degrees Celsius. Photograph: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters


Big fat Greek crisis: A Greek woman pauses by a broken marble National Bank sign outside a branch in Athens. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

Hat trick: Pope Francis receives a typical sombrero from Bolivian President Evo Morales during a World Meeting of Popular Movements in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The word ‘Tahuichi’ is from the Tupi-Guarani and means ‘Big Bird’. Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters

Taking a stand: United States Secretary of State John Kerry leaves after delivering a statement on the Iran talks in Vienna, Austria. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the talks between the six powers and Iran over the country's disputed nuclear programme have entered their final stages, the Students News Agency ISNA reported. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters

Pane-ful: lDamage in the building of the Houthi movement's politburo is seen through a broken window of an adjacent house after it was hit by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa. Saudi-led coalition air strikes and clashes killed at least 176 fighters and civilians in Yemen last Monday, residents and media run by the Houthi movement said, the highest daily toll since the Arab air offensive began more than three months ago. Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

The ultimate photobomb: Don't miss Prince William in the background as the England women's football team takes a selfie. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/Reuters

 


Need a helping hand: A pensioner leans against the main door of a branch of the National Bank as he waits to receive part of his pension in Athens, Greece. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters