World in pictures this week, July 3, 2025

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Christie’s auction house staff adjust a pair of paintings of Jan Van Huysum’s Still Life, 1744-1745, during a press preview in London. The paintings is expected to sell for 1.2-1.8 million pounds sterling (US$1.7-2.4 million).Credit:AP

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An Icelandic horse drinks water from a water hose at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, at the beginning of a multi-day heat wave.Credit:AP

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Smoke fills the air the day after a shooter ambushed and killed multiple firefighters responding to a wildfire at Canfield Mountain in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.Credit:AP

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Two nuns walk in a street in downtown Rome, Italy.Credit:AP

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The Project ICECHIP command vehicle drives toward an approaching rainstorm with a rain shaft during an operation near Tipton, Oklahoma.Credit:AP

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Racers take to the track during a preliminary heat during the “T-Rex World Championship Races” at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington.Credit:AP

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Prive, right, a 19-month-old Ladoum sheep, affectionately nuzzles another after winning the adult male Ladoum beauty pageant in Dakar, Senegal.Credit:AP

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A land art painting titled “Le terrain des possibles” created by Swiss French artist SAYPE in the parc La Grange to mark the upcoming Euro 2025 soccer tournament, in Geneva, Switzerland.Credit:AP

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The cityscape at sunset as seen from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government observatory in Tokyo, Japan.Credit:AP

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Bubbles form on a puddle during rainfall in central St. Petersburg.Credit:AP

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A red sun umbrella stands on a balcony of a residential apartment building during a sweltering summer day in Berlin, Germany. Weather forecasters are predicting record high temperatures for early July as a heat wave sweeps the country.Credit:Getty Images

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A kea parrot drops an ice cube that was brought to its enclosure on a hot and sunny day at the Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic.Credit:AP

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People cross the stepping stones in the River Dove at Dovedale in the Peak District National Park in Ashbourne, United Kingdom.Credit:Getty Images

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A woman sunbathes on a dry meadow at a park in Frankfurt, Germany, on a hot Tuesday.Credit:AP

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Farmers sow paddy saplings in a field on the outskirts of Lucknow, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.Credit:AP

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Ashlyn Krueger of United States serves as she competes against Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil during the Round of 32 on Day Three of the Bad Homburg Open powered by Solarwatt at Bad Homburg Tennis Club Kurpark in Bad Homburg, Germany.Credit:Getty Images

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Men jump into the water on a hot day in Barcelona, Spain.Credit:AP

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The sun sets over damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel.Credit:AP

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King Charles III inspects the Royal Company of Archers during the Ceremony of the Keys in the Gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland.Credit:Getty Images

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Paramilitary police unit Mobile Brigade (Brimob) members rappel down the National Monument during a show marking the 79th anniversary of the Indonesian National Police in Jakarta, Indonesia.Credit:AP

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The teams of Australia, Romania, Germany, the United States, China and Poland, from top, compete in the Women’s Eight preliminary race on the first day of the 2025 World Rowing Cup at Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland.Credit:AP

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People light flares during a protest called by the main opposition Republican People’s Party or (CHP), outside the City Hall in Istanbul, Turkey.Credit:AP