Today in Pictures, June 22, 2017

The slowdown of Hong Kong Jockey Club's Happy Valley racecourse, Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts in Britain, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jun 22, 2017, 02:58 PM

A man reacts during a race at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Happy Valley racecourse in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. One of the city's most-venerable institutions, the Hong Kong Jockey Club, which has been called an "ATM for the government" for its huge contributions to the city's tax coffers and charity efforts, is facing trouble. Disinterest among many young people and an upcoming bridge link to the glittering casinos of Macau threaten the future of the money-spinning gambling monopoly. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

A reveller walks among the tipi tents at the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm near the village of Pilton in Somerset, South West England, on June 21, 2017 PHOTO: AFP

A supplied image of a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A Hornet refueling from a KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport in the skies over the Middle East region April 22, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Animal rights activists take part in a protest against bullfighting in Madrid, Spain June 21, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. June 21, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

People take part in a "Sup Yoga, Boston" stand up paddle board yoga class on Fort Point Channel on International Yoga Day in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 21, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Australian Senator Larissa Waters of the Greens Party breastfeeds her daughter Alia Joy as she speaks in the Australian Senate on school funding at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, June 22, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Children walk through their flooded house in Penal, Trinidad and Tobago, June 21, 2017. Tropical Storm Bret, the second of the year and already lowered to the category of tropical wave, caused material damage to houses and infrastructures due to floods after passing through Trinidad and Tobago, according to authorities. PHOTO: EPA

Portraits of victims of forced disappearance hang on empty chairs during the ceremony to commemorate the National Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances at Constitution Square in Guatemala City on June 21, 2017. PHOTO: AFP

Nguyen Huy Tho organizes chicken feathers at his home in the outskirts of Hanoi. Fluffy, soft and easy to buy off the back of a bike: Vietnam's chicken feather dusters have ruled the roost for generations. But artisans fear for their future as buyers turn to cheaper alternatives. Cheap synthetic dusters have flooded the market -- the latest influx of mass-produced goods to chip away at traditional artisans' profits. PHOTO: AFP

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