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OUR pick of the best photographs from around the world this week ... People are seen reflected in a shopping mall mirror at a busy intersection in the shopping district of Harajuku on June 18, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Picture: Getty
1/20OUR pick of the best photographs from around the world this week ... People are seen reflected in a shopping mall mirror at a busy intersection in the shopping district of Harajuku on June 18, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Picture: Getty
A soccer fan grabs a shoe at The Nike Underground, a pop-up experience in downtown Vancouver on June 16, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada. Picture: AFP
2/20A soccer fan grabs a shoe at The Nike Underground, a pop-up experience in downtown Vancouver on June 16, 2015 in Vancouver, Canada. Picture: AFP
People are silhouetted as they watch the exhibition ‘micro macro’ by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda in Karlsruhe, southern Germany on June 17, 2015. Picture: AAP
3/20People are silhouetted as they watch the exhibition ‘micro macro’ by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda in Karlsruhe, southern Germany on June 17, 2015. Picture: AAP
Nepalese children Juna Gurung (L) and Nati Gurung as they hold their pet goats in the grounds of The Shree Buddha Secondary School in the village of Sirdibas in Gorkha District, some 250kms north-west of Kathmandu on June 14, 2015. Picture: AFP
4/20Nepalese children Juna Gurung (L) and Nati Gurung as they hold their pet goats in the grounds of The Shree Buddha Secondary School in the village of Sirdibas in Gorkha District, some 250kms north-west of Kathmandu on June 14, 2015. Picture: AFP
A picture of “La Mano del Desierto” (The Hand of the Desert), an 11 meter-tall monument by Chilean sculptor Mario Irrazabal produced in 1992, is seen in the outskirts of Antofagasta, Chile on June 14, 2015. Picture: AFP
5/20A picture of “La Mano del Desierto” (The Hand of the Desert), an 11 meter-tall monument by Chilean sculptor Mario Irrazabal produced in 1992, is seen in the outskirts of Antofagasta, Chile on June 14, 2015. Picture: AFP
Performers pose during rehearsal of 15th China Ankang Hanjiang River Dragon Boat Festival on June 18, 2015 in Ankang, Shaanxi Province of China. Picture: Getty
6/20Performers pose during rehearsal of 15th China Ankang Hanjiang River Dragon Boat Festival on June 18, 2015 in Ankang, Shaanxi Province of China. Picture: Getty
Local farmers pause from their work as Mount Sinabung spews pyroclastic smoke, seen from Tiga Kicat village on June 17, 2015 in Sukanalu village, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Picture: Getty
7/20Local farmers pause from their work as Mount Sinabung spews pyroclastic smoke, seen from Tiga Kicat village on June 17, 2015 in Sukanalu village, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Picture: Getty
People practice ballroom dancing in a shopping mall in Beijing on June 17, 2015. Picture: AFP
8/20People practice ballroom dancing in a shopping mall in Beijing on June 17, 2015. Picture: AFP
Contestants joke as they wait to walk on the catwalk during an Afro hair contest in Havana on June 13, 2015. Picture: AAP
9/20Contestants joke as they wait to walk on the catwalk during an Afro hair contest in Havana on June 13, 2015. Picture: AAP
One of three young oriental small-clawed otters eats a meatball on June 18, 2015 in a zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany. Picture: AFP
10/20One of three young oriental small-clawed otters eats a meatball on June 18, 2015 in a zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany. Picture: AFP
An Indian Sikh vendor sorts onions as he sell vegetables from his horse cart in Amritsar on June 18, 2015. Picture: AFP
11/20An Indian Sikh vendor sorts onions as he sell vegetables from his horse cart in Amritsar on June 18, 2015. Picture: AFP
Children cool down from the heat wave gripping the US east coast at the outdoor interactive water fountain on June 16, 2015 at the Fairfax Square shopping mall courtyard in Fairfax, Virginia. Picture: AFP
12/20Children cool down from the heat wave gripping the US east coast at the outdoor interactive water fountain on June 16, 2015 at the Fairfax Square shopping mall courtyard in Fairfax, Virginia. Picture: AFP
Green Sea Turtle floats up to the surface of the Red sea in Abu Dabab, Egypt. Picture: Getty
13/20Green Sea Turtle floats up to the surface of the Red sea in Abu Dabab, Egypt. Picture: Getty
Austria’s Lorenz Peter Petutschnig (R) vies with Estonia’s Rivo Vesik during the men’s beach volleyball preliminary round pool G match Austria vs Estonia at the 2015 European Games in Baku on June 18, 2015. Picture: AFP
14/20Austria’s Lorenz Peter Petutschnig (R) vies with Estonia’s Rivo Vesik during the men’s beach volleyball preliminary round pool G match Austria vs Estonia at the 2015 European Games in Baku on June 18, 2015. Picture: AFP
A Malaysian Muslim man is silhouetted as he performs his prayers at a mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia on June 17, 2015. [Picture: AAP
15/20A Malaysian Muslim man is silhouetted as he performs his prayers at a mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia on June 17, 2015. [Picture: AAP
Tourists take selfies next to the Bernini colonnade, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
16/20Tourists take selfies next to the Bernini colonnade, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, June 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cheetah mother Freela relaxes with three of her six babies at the zoo in Erfurt, central Germany on June 17, 2015. Picture: AAP
17/20Cheetah mother Freela relaxes with three of her six babies at the zoo in Erfurt, central Germany on June 17, 2015. Picture: AAP
The Tootsie Rollers laugh as they break up from a group photo on day 2 of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 17, 2015 in Ascot, England. Picture: Getty
18/20The Tootsie Rollers laugh as they break up from a group photo on day 2 of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 17, 2015 in Ascot, England. Picture: Getty
A Fouga Magister CM170 performs during the International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget on June 17, 2015. Picture: AFP
19/20A Fouga Magister CM170 performs during the International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget on June 17, 2015. Picture: AFP
Yanacona indigenous ethnic group members perform the Yachak Yurak (Plants of Wisdom) ritual around a fire in a rural area of Felidia, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia on June 17, 2015, as preparation for the Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun), which take splace every winter solstice. Picture: AFP
20/20Yanacona indigenous ethnic group members perform the Yachak Yurak (Plants of Wisdom) ritual around a fire in a rural area of Felidia, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia on June 17, 2015, as preparation for the Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun), which take splace every winter solstice. Picture: AFP
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