Posted July 5th, 2012 at 6:36 pm (UTC+0)
The pack passes a church in Rouen during the start of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 196.5 kilometers (122 miles) with start in Rouen and finish in Saint-Quentin, France. (AP)
A Mongolian man takes a rest in between the Yolyn Am ice canyon in the Gurvan Saikhan Mountains, located 45km south of Dalanzadgad. (AP)
Police officers stand next to passengers from a coach after it stopped and was surrounded by armed police on the M6 motorway near Litchfield in central England. Bomb disposal teams, fire engines, armed police and ambulances were called to the scene and the motorway was closed in both directions. (Reuters)
A helicopter drops water on the north flank of the Fontenelle Fire outside Big Piney, Wyoming, July 4, 2012. Over 800 firefighters are working 15 hour shifts battling the fire that has exceeded 56,000 acres, according to fire information services. (Reuters)
A man holds up a burnt ballot paper as Libyan firemen extinguish a fire at a warehouse that was used by the election committee for storing materials for the upcoming General National Congress elections in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. (AFP)
The #26 AT – HUI 01, Gasoline Prototype, from Ho Chi Minh University of Industry in Vietnam, runs a lap on day two of the Shell Eco-marathon Challenge Asia at Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Students from Asia and the Middle East have come together to compete in the four-day event. (AP)
Performers of the British group Lords of Lightning entertain the audience at Rock for People music festival held in Hradec Kralove, some 100 kilometers east of Prague, Czech Republic. (AP)
A torchbearer carries the Olympic Flame in front of the beach huts at Southwold, southeast England during Day 48 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. (AP/LOCOG)
Fireworks illuminate the night sky over the Washington Monument during Fourth of July celebrations in Washington, DC, July 4, 2012. (AFP)