Today in Pictures, July 15, 2024
Spain wins its fourth Euro 2024 title, a giant sand sculpture in Massachusetts, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.
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Spain’s captain Alvaro Morata holding the trophy and celebrating with his teammates, after winning the UEFA Euro 2024 final football match between Spain and England, at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, on July 14, 2024. It is Spain’s fourth Euro title, having previously won in 1964, 2008 and 2012.
PHOTO: AFP
Sculptors working on a giant sand sculpture centerpiece during the 20th annual Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival in Revere, Massachusetts, the US, on July 13, 2024. The festival opens on July 19 and runs till July 21.
PHOTO: AFP
A woman in yukata, or casual summer kimono, holding an umbrella in front of lanterns during the annual Mitama Festival at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on July 13, 2024. About 30,000 lanterns lit up the shrine, where more than 2.4 million war dead are enshrined.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Argentina’s defender Cristian Romero celebrating winning the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament's final football match between Argentina and Colombia at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, on July 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
A rescued male orangutan sitting in a sanctuary island where non-releasable orangutans are protected for life, at the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre run by the non-profit Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, in Samboja, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on July 12, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spewing volcanic ash during an eruption, as seen from Boru village in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, on July 14, 2024.
PHOTO: AFP
Supporters and relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza since the Oct 7 attacks role-playing being dead, injured and captured during a rally to demand their release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas.
PHOTO: AFP
A Balinese Hindu praying before taking a bath during a cleansing ritual called Banyu Pinaruh, which is believed to purify body and soul, at Tirta Empul temple’s holy spring in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia, on July 14, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Officials taking part in a mass Buddhist novice monk ordination ceremony, ahead of the beginning of the three-month Buddhist Lent on July 21, and honouring Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s 72nd birth anniversary at Ratchabophit temple in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 14, 2024.
PHOTO: REUTERS
