Today in Pictures, July 4, 2022

Alfa Romeo's Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu skids across the track after a collision at the start of the Formula One British Grand Prix, Mass Buddhist monk ordination ceremony for hill tribe men and youngsters in Bangkok, Thailand, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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July 4, 2022 at 4:48 PM

Alfa Romeo's Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu skids across the track after a collision with Mercedes' British driver George Russell (unseen) at the start of the Formula One British Grand Prix at the Silverstone motor racing circuit in Silverstone, central England on July 3, 2022. PHOTO: AFP

Newly ordained hill tribe Buddhist novice monks put on face masks during the annual 57th Buddhist monk ordination ceremony for hill tribe men at Wat Benchamabophit Dusitwanaram, also known as the Marble Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, 03 July 2022. A total of 174 hill tribe men including young boys from northern provinces were to be ordained as Buddhist monks and novices in the annual mass ordination ceremony to mark the three-month Buddhist Lent which this year begins on 14 July. For the duration of the Buddhist Lent, monks remain in one location, typically in a monastery or on temple grounds, where they engage in meditation and prayer, while laypeople choose to observe Lent by giving up meat, alcohol, and perform other ascetic practices. In Thailand, a Buddhist man is expected to become a monk during some period of his life. PHOTO: EPA

A woman carries a plastic bag containing recyclable plastic material at al-Azraqain garbage dumping site on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen June 29, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

Italian jockey Stefano Piras (2ndL), who races for the "Bruco" district, falls during a false start of his horse "Uragano Rosso" during the historical Italian horse race "Palio di Siena" on July 2, 2022 in Siena, Tuscany. PHOTO: AFP

Turkish oil wrestlers fight on July 3, 2022, during the 661st annual Kirkpinar oil wrestling tournament in Sarayici, near Edirne, western Turkey. - In Kirkpinar, the contestants, stripped to the waist, are drenched in olive oil from head to toe and wear specially designed leather trousers. The one-on-one combats staged every summer closely resemble the first ones held nearly 650 years ago. Three tons of olive oil are used each year for the occasion. PHOTO: AFP

A rescue helicopter flies on July 4, 2022 over the glacier that collapsed the day before on the mountain of Marmolada, the highest in the Dolomites, one day after a record-high temperature of 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded at the glacier's summit. - Rescuers resumed the search for survivors today after an avalanche set off by the collapse of the glacier, the largest in the Italian Alps, killed at least six people and injured eight others. PHOTO: AFP

Healthcare worker in protective gear assist residents for Covid-19 tests in Shanghai, China, on Sunday, July 3, 2022. China's virus cases continued to climb over the weekend with hundreds of infections detected in Anhui province, where two counties were already in lockdown. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

New South Wales Fire and Rescue look on as the Windsor Bridge is submerged under floodwater from the swollen Hawkesbury River, in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 04 July 2022. New South Wales residents are bracing for more heavy rain and flooding as dangerous downpours continue overnight. PHOTO: EPA

People fish from a pier during sunset in the settlement of Novofedorivka, Crimea July 2, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

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