Today in Pictures, July 5, 2016

A sign featuring men's winner Joey Chestnut is held above the crowd during Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, USA, tourists walk through a lantern installation in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jul 05, 2016, 05:17 PM

A sign featuring men's winner Joey Chestnut is held above the crowd during Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, on July 4, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Tourists walk through a lantern installation in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, on July 4, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

An aerial view shows flooded houses in villages in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China, on July 4, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Tray Oates reacts as he competes in the men's Pole Vault at the 2016 US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on July 4, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Participants at the men's 3,000m Steeplechase at the 2016 US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on July 4, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Russian police officers stand guard while Muslims attend the Eid al-Fitr morning prayer outside Central Sobornaya Mosque in Moscow, Russia, on July 5, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

People paddle a canoe at sunset on Pog Lake in Algonquin Park, Canada, on July 3, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

People, reflected in a rain puddle, stand in front of the Washington Monument as the Fourth of July fireworks go off on the National Mall on July 4, 2016. PHOTO: JABIN BOTSFORD, THE WASHINGTON POST

Kritter Lamb of Timber Lake competes in bull riding at the Prescott Frontier Days "World's Oldest Rodeo" in Prescott, Arizona, on July 2, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A boy stands under an overflowing dam along the Powai lake after heavy rains in Mumbai, India, on July 4, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A steward keeps watch on an entrance to No. 1 court on the eighth day of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, on July 4, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Tourists look on as the Christ the Redeemer statue is lit up in the colours of the US flag in celebration of its Independence Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 4, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

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