A competitor dives during a practice session at the Aquatics Center in the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. (AP)

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)

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)

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)