South Koreans celebrate at a ski jump stadium in Pyeongchang, about 180 km (112 miles) east of Seoul as they hear that Pyeongchang won in a first round of voting for the 2018 Winter Olympics Games. City of Pyeongchang is chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics, defeating rivals Annecy of France and Munich of Germany. (Reuters)

Indian school children of Himalayan Buddhist Cultural School along with Tibetan monks offer prayers by candle light for spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during his 76th birthday celebration at Tashi Gomang Stupa at Salugara Monastery, the outskirts of Siliguri, India. (AFP)

A Tibetan exile tussles with Nepalese police officers as she is prevented from proceeding to the venue where a birthday celebration for spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is being held, in Katmandu. Nepalese authorities prevent exiled Tibetans from celebrating their spiritual leader Dalai Lama's birthday over concerns that gatherings will turn anti-Chinese. (AP)

A French Rafale jet flying over the Paris Tuileries garden during a rehearsal of the Bastille Day military parade scheduled on July 14. (AFP)

Models display dresses by Belarusian designer Alissa Ilyushina in Minsk during the Festival of Modern Arts and Avant-garde Fashion. (AFP)