People walk through flooded roads as vehicles are seen caught in bumper-to-bumper traffic after heavy rains in Mumbai on June 19. India’s financial capital came to a standstill as several parts of the city were flooded following heavy rain. The flood also triggered a debate on the civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) preparedness for the monsoon
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French President Francois Hollande looks at a flying display with Airbus Group Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer Marwan Lahoud (L), Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier (2nd R) and Dassault Group Chairman Serge Dassault (R) during the 51st Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport near Paris on June 15. Aerospace companies from across the globe showed off their latest jets and cutting-edge t
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Republican US presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush acknowledges supporters while formally announcing his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination during a kickoff rally in Miami, Florida on June 15
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi participates in a yoga session to mark International Day of Yoga, in New Delhi on June 21. Modi led tens of thousands of people in the yoga session in the centre of the capital to showcase the country’s signature cultural export. The session also prompted criticism of fomenting social divisions at home
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A race-goer poses as she arrives at the Royal Ascot horse racing festival, in Ascot, England on June 16. Ascot is one of the leading racecourses in the United Kingdom, hosting nine of Britain’s 32 annual Group 1 horse races
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A man poses with a Zimbabwean bank note at a bank in central Harare on June 15, 2015. Zimbabweans are exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe’s government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. The southern African country started using foreign currencies like the US dollar and South African rand in 2009 after the Zimbabwean dollar was ru
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A man cools off from a public tap after filling bottles in Karachi on June 23. Intense heat waves in Pakistan’s southern city have killed over 400 people, health officials said. The harsh weather has come at a time when citizens in the predominantly Muslim country are observing Ramadan: a month of fasting
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A Muslim woman uses a theodolite to perform ‘rukyah’, the sighting of the new moon which signals the start of the holy month of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 16. For 30 days, Muslims are expected to fast during daylight hours
