Today in Pictures, July 27, 2015

FINA World Championships in Kazan and heavy storms forecast in The Netherlands. These, and more from around the world, in Today in Pictures.

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Jul 27, 2015, 11:09 AM

Great Britain's divers James Richard Denny and Matthew Lee compete in the Men's 10m platform synchronised preliminaries diving event at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, on July 26, 2015. Photo: AFP/Francois Xavier Marit

Pedestrians struggle with the wind near the coast in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, on July 27, 2015. A heavy storm is forecast in the area. Photo : EPA/Bart Maat

Hot air balloons fly during the international Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons festival, in Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on July 26, 2015. More than 300,000 visitors are expected to attend one of the biggest international hot air balloon festivals. Photo: EPA/Mathieu Cugnot

One Eurofighter and some C-101 Aviojets from the Spanish Air Force aerobatic group Patrulla Aguila fly over San Lorenzo beach during an aerial exhibition in Gijon, northern Spain, on July 26, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Eloy Alonso

Electrolite mass display made of 650 students from 15 secondary schools using customised LED light strips to accentuate a dance item at the official opening of Sports Hub in conjunction with MOE and MCCY-led Youth Day event called Youth Celebrate!. Photo:The Straits Times/Ong Wee Jin

A general view of hands reaching for the ball during the Men's Volleyball finals at the Pan Am Games on July 26, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. Photo: AFP/Al Bello

A body lies in the rubble next to damaged cars near the Jazeera Palace hotel following a suicide attack in Mogadishu on July 26, 2015. Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people when they detonated a huge car bomb at a heavily guarded hotel in the capital housing diplomatic missions. Photo: AFP/Abdulfitah Hashi Nor

Spectators at the wrestling arena during the Swiss Wrestling contest Schwingen, on the Bruenig Pass, Switzlerland, on July 26, 2015. Photo: EPA/Urs Flueeler

People throw coloured powder during the Holi Festival of Colours in Moscow on July 26, 2015. Photo: AFP/Alexander Utkin

A residential housing development stands in northwest Atlanta, Georgia. Builders in the United States broke ground on the fewest houses in 17 years in July, signaling the residential-construction slump will continue to hurt economic growth. Photo: Bloomberg/Chris Rank

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