Two bicycles with sidecars slog through the flooded streets of Manila after overnight storms brought havoc to the Philippine capital, forcing schools, offices and the country’s stock exchange to close. (Jay Directo / AFP/Getty Images)
A stranded passenger peers out from a train car at a deserted railroad station in Calcutta, India, where a 12-hour general strike called by the Congress Party interrupted rail and road traffic in West Bengal state. (Sucheta Das / Associated Press)
Children cool off in a fountain on Independence Square in Kiev, the capital of Ukrainian, where temperatures neared 90 degrees. (Sergei Supinsky / AFP/Getty Images)
His kneepad almost grazing the pavement, Spanish Yamaha driver Jorge Lorenzo leaves into a turn during a training session for Sunday’s MotoGP race at the Sachsenring in Hohenstein-Ernsttahl, Germany. (Robert Michael / AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. diver Brittany Viola performs during preliminary rounds of the women’s 10-meter platfom competition at the World Swimming Championships in Rome. (Al Bello / Getty Images)
A flamingo flushes water through its beak hoping to filter out a morsel to eat at Erfurt Zoo in Germany. (Jens Meyer / Associated Press)
Hundreds of Falun Gong practioners gather on the National Mall in Washington to perform meditative exercises, marking the 10th anniversary of the practice being outlawed in China. (Tim Sloan / AFP/Getty Images)
Wen-Chong Liang of China hits his approach shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the British Open at Turnberry Golf Club in Turnberry, Scotland. (Warren Little / Getty Images)
