Today in Pictures, July 4, 2017

New Sesame Street Muppet 'Zeerak' from Afghanistan, Dior exhibition in Paris, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jul 04, 2017, 02:40 PM

Afghan puppeteers Seema Sultani (R) holds new Sesame Street Muppet 'Zeerak' as she performs with colleague Mansoora Shirzad, holding Muppet 'Zari', during a recording at a television studio in Kabul. The Afghan creators of Zeerak, a bespectacled orange muppet on Sesame Street who adores his older sister, are hoping that the latest addition to the beloved children's show will strike a blow for gender equality and inspire his young audience. PHOTO: AFP

A man adjusts a dress prior tot the opening of the Dior exhibition that celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the Christian Dior fashion house on July 3, 2017 in Paris.The exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts (Musee des Arts Decoratifs) is a retrospective presenting some 400 dresses, and runs through July 5, 2017 PHOTO: AFP

An install team member works on Studio Gang's "Hive", the latest Summer Block Party interactive installation, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

The 104th Tour de France cycling race . At the 212.5-km, Stage 3 from Verviers, Belgium to Longwy, France. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Massachusetts State Police officer walks past the scene where a taxi cab crashed into a group of bystanders at the taxi pool at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., July 3, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

The relative of a juvenile offender reacts as policemen blocks a road during a riot at Las Gaviotas juvenile detention center in Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 3, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Prisoners occupy the roof of a correctional facility for minors in Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 3, 2017. Authorities were trying to quell a riot at a juvenile detention facility in Guatemala after two teenage inmates apparently committed suicide.The rioting juveniles inmates on the roof of the facility are demanding improved conditions, including conjugal visits. PHOTO: EPA

Eliza Burbank, an assistant animal care manager with City Wildlife, holds the bald eagle while it is treated. PHOTO: The Washington Post

Unaccompanied children who travelled alone alone from South Sudan to the Ethiopian border, play on swings at the children friendly space of Plan International Nguenyyiel refuge camp in Gambela, Ethiopia. Around 1.8 million South Sudanese have fled the country, making it the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world. Of that number, one million are children, according to the UN, and of those, 75,000 have fled unaccompanied by their parents. PHOTO: AFP

A general view of a destroyed mosque in the Old City of Mosul, during the government forces' offensive to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. More than eight months since the country's forces launched a gruelling operation to retake Mosul, IS has gone from fully controlling the city to holding a few neighbourhood on its western side. PHOTO: AFP

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