World in photos
The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Endeavour mission, delayed more than a month because of weather and technical problems, will deliver components for Japan’s Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Artists perform at the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games near Tel Aviv. The Games bring together Jewish athletes from around the world. (Ariel Schalit / Associated Press)
White herons in flight during a cricket match at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St. Vincent. (Jewel Samad / AFP/Getty Images)
Spanish bullfighter Joselillo is tossed during a bullfight at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza / Associated Press)
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Cricket fans in fanciful costumes wait during a rain break in a match between England and Australia in Cardiff, Wales. (Jon Super / Associated Press)
Participants in the Boryeong Mud Festival southwest of Seoul show off their multicolored mud-covered faces. (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)
Mourners escort the coffin of slain Iraqi traffic police officer Hussein Qassim, 19, in Baghdad. (Khalid Mohammed / Associated Press)
Eun Hee Ji gets a champagne shower after winning the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa. (Mel Evans / Associated Press)
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Killer whale Lovey with her baby, Earth, at Kamogawa Sea World in Japan. (Itsuo Inouye / Associated Press)