Dancers in brightly colored costumes perform at the 25th annual Tropical Carnival in Paris, France
A sheriff's deputy wipes away tears while searching the banks of the Guadalupe River following a devastating flash flood in Hunt, Texas
Dutch cycling champion Mathieu van der Poel dodges a bee at the start of Stage 4 of the Tour de France
A man is tossed into the air by the crowd during the San Fermin Festival in Spain
A protester gathers tires to build a barricade in Nairobi, Kenya
Nearly 7,000 people participate in a three-day peace march to honor the victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Nezuk, Bosnia
People attend a prayer ceremony celebrating the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday in McLeod Ganj, India
A manatee munches on lettuce at the Duisburg Zoo in Germany
Armed officers stand in a sunflower field near a protest camp in Maurens-Scopont, France
A roe deer doe and her fawn are seen in a field of grain in Neu-Anspach, Germany
A farmer sprays an apple orchard with pesticides in the village of Agia, Greece
Two people participate in the LGBTQ+ Christopher Street Day demonstration in Cologne, Germany
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