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The world in pictures (click thumbnail to see full image)

  • BULGARIA - Girls dressed in wedding dress attends the celebrations of the Orthodox feast Eniovden (Midsummer Day) in the town of Asenovgrad, some 150kms (90 miles) east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
  • UNITED STATES - A mailbox sticks out of the water near a flooded corn field.
  • SPAIN - A shepherd bathes his goat in the sea during a ritual of purification at the festival of Saint John in Puerto de la Cruz.
  • SAUDI ARABIA - Grooms take part in a mass wedding ceremony in Riyadh June 24, 2008. Governor of Riyadh Prince Salman and a local group organized a mass wedding for about 1600 couples to help young people who are unable to afford expensive ceremonies because of the rising cost of living.
  • UNITED STATES - Alicia Keys, centre, performs at the BET Awards.
  • BELARUS - Women sing and dance during the Ivana Kupala festival near the town of Rakov, some 45 km (28 miles) northwest of Minsk.
  • AFGHANISTAN - Two Afghan athletes fight at a Kick Boxing club in the city of Kandahar, south of Kabul.
  • UNITED KINGDOM - Viktoriya Kutuzova of Ukraine returns the ball to Peng Shuai of China during their match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London.