A Palestinian boy stands near the reflection of a shrine on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City on Ramadan. (Reuters)
The Flame Nebula sits on the eastern hip of Orion the Hunter, a constellation most easily visible in the northern hemisphere during winter evenings. The nebula is the brightest and largest in the image. This view was taken by WISE, NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA)
A cross dedicated to Aurora, Colorado shooting victim Alex Sullivan is shown at sunrise at a memorial. It was a week ago that a gunman opened fire during a late-night showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” Batman movie, killing 12 and injuring dozens of others. (AP)
Bodo people who fled riots in India’s remote northeast rest at the Kambari Beel relief camp in Kokrajhar. A top official has appealed for an end to ethnic violence that has killed at least 45 people and left nearly 400,000 homeless in the past week. (AP)
Members of the New Zealand cycling team train ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (AP)
In this photo taken Wednesday, July 25, 2012 and released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Friday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right in the middle, reacts on a ride of an amusement attraction as he attends the completion ceremony of the Rungna People’s Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP)
People are reflected in mirrors at an entrance of a shopping complex in Tokyo. Japan’s core consumer prices fell 0.2 percent in June from a year earlier, in a sign the country is still far from achieving the central bank’s target of 1 percent inflation. (Reuters)
Participants wearing their outfits featuring animation characters perform at the annual Comics Festival and Game Fair in Hong Kong. The fair is expected to attract more than 170 local and international exhibitors displaying their latest comics, video games and accessories. (AP)
A young Yemeni soldier, center, stands guard as protestors demanding that the relatives of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh be fired from army and police posts demonstrate in Sanaa. (AP)
A competitor dives during a practice session at the Aquatics Center in the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (AP)
The Olympic rings light up the stadium during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (AP)
