Posted July 15th, 2012 at 1:05 pm (UTC-4)
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide to the International Space Station. (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Japan’s Self-Defense Force soldiers search for missing people at an area devastated by heavy rains in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture. (Reuters)
Revelers hold candles and red scarves during the closing ceremony of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Thousands of people gathered in front of the city’s town hall to sing the traditional farewell song ‘Pobre de mi’ (Poor me) to show their sadness at the end of the festival. (Reuters)
Rescue workers look for survivors buried under debris of damaged buildings following the collapse of an 11-story building under construction onto three adjacent buildings that killed at least 10 people in the Gomrouk neighborhood of Alexandria, Egypt. (AP)
An airplane flies in the sky over Rome, Italy, July 14, 2012. (AFP)
Somali women receive food aid at a distribution station in the Howlwadaag district of Mogadishu. (AFP)
Extreme dancers perform hanging from the Millennium Bridge in London as part of London 2012 Olympic Festival. The performances ‘Surprises: Streb’ choreographed by New Yorker Elizabeth Streb take place on various London’s landmarks. (AP)
The Ferrari Formula One car piloted by Giancarlo Fisichella of Italy drives past St. Basil’s during the Moscow City Racing event in Moscow, Russia. (Reuters)
Fans react during the concert of British folk rock band Mumford & Sons at the Optimus Alive music festival in Lisbon, Portugal, July 14, 2012. (AP)
Participants of the Duhnen tideland race speed on their sulkies through the mud in Duhnen near Cuxhaven, northern Germany. (AP)