Day in Photos: Earthquake in Guatemala, Military Exercises in Taiwan, and Sand Sculpture Museum
A man walks past the collapsed wall of a store after a series of earthquakes rattled the area in Palin, Guatemala, on July 9, 2025. Two people were killed when their vehicle was buried under a landslide after a series of earthquakes shook much of the Central American country on Tuesday, authorities said. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images
A man walks past the collapsed wall of a store after a series of earthquakes rattled the area in Palin, Guatemala, on July 9, 2025. Two people were killed when their vehicle was buried under a landslide after a series of earthquakes shook much of the Central American country on Tuesday, authorities said. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Earthquake in Guatemala, Military Exercises in Taiwan, and Sand Sculpture Museum

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A police officer reacts when his shoes catch fire as he tries to douse the flames after leftist activists burned an effigy of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a rally in Kolkata, on July 9, 2025. A nationwide general strike was called by the trade unions against what they say are the government's anti-worker policies. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images
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Guadalupe River in the aftermath of flash floods in Kerrville, Texas, on July 9, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington on July 9, 2025. Netanyahu has met twice this week with President Donald Trump in addition to meetings at the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
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A general view of a burnt-out area in La Castellane, northern District of Marseille, France, on July 9, 2025, after a wildfire swept through areas close to the center of the Mediterranean port city. Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Images
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV stand on a balcony as they meet at the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome, on July 9, 2025. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images
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Revellers run with bulls along Calle Estafeta during the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain, on July 9, 2025. During the Festival of San Fermín, each morning crowds of people race with six fighting bulls and six steers along a winding course through narrow streets to the city's bullring. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images
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Families and local residents pay their respects, offer prayers, and attach flowers to a truck carrying the coffins of seven newly identified victims of the Srebrenica genocide, as it departs for the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on July 9, 2025. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the Bosnian War, and July 11th is the anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre. Pierre Crom/Getty Images
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Farmers plant seedlings across a paddy field during the monsoon season in Jabalpur, India, on July 9, 2025. Uma Shankar Mishra/AFP via Getty Images
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Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof takes part in a boxing session as he visits a children's center in Hoogezand, Netherlands, on July 9, 2025, during a working visit to the province of Groningen. Koen Van Weel/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman passes by the area called “Roter Platz” in Saint-Gallen, Switzerland, on July 9, 2025. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
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Firefighters spray water as they attempt to douse flames in Skopje, North Macedonia, on July 9, 2025. The blaze that broke out in the North Macedonian capital involves burning waste, according to initial information from the Skopje City Territorial Firefighting Unit. Robert Atanasovski/AFP via Getty Images
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Tourists walk in front of a sand replica during the annual exhibition at Tottori Sand Dune Museum in Tottori, Japan, on July 9, 2025. The 16th exhibition at the Tottori Sand Dune Museum, themed “Traveling the World with Sand and Japan,” features 19 elaborate sand sculptures that depict the country's history and culture to commemorate the World Expo 2025. Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump speaks during a multilateral lunch with visiting African Leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on July 9, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Italy's Jannik Sinner serves to U.S. player Ben Shelton during their men's singles quarter-final tennis match on the 10th day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, on July 9, 2025. Glyn Kirk/AFP via Getty Images
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Copper pipes are displayed in a home rebuilding store in New York City, on July 9, 2025. After President Donald Trump said he would impose a 50 percent tariff on imports of the metal, the price of copper has continued to rise. Copper is found in a variety of goods, including cars, electronics, and machinery. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, alongside France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, depart following a visit to The British Museum in London, on July 9, 2025, during the second day of a three-day state visit to Britain. Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks at a commemoration event at the Berlin Philharmonic to honor Margot Friedlaender in Berlin, Germany, on July 9, 2025. Friedlaender, a Berlin Jew who survived the Holocaust and emigrated to the United States, returned to Berlin in her 80s and dedicated the rest of her life to sharing her experience under the Nazis with young people. She died earlier this year, aged 103. Nadja Wohlleben/Getty Images
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Reservists join the precombat training during the 41st annual Han Kuang military exercise in Miaoli, Taiwan, on July 9, 2025. On the first day of the live-fire phase of the “Han Kuang 41” exercise, the Army's 5th Theater Command Infantry Brigade conducted specialized refresher training for reservists in conjunction with the “Tongxin Exercise.” Annabelle Chih/Getty Images
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The waxing gibbous moon rises behind the Ali bin Ali mosque in Doha, Qatar, on July 9, 2025. Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images
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Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto reviews the honor guard during his welcome ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on July 9, 2025. Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images
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The owner prepares arabica coffee beans for roasting at a coffee roastery in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on July 9, 2025. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images
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A cyclist rides past the Mont-Saint-Michel in northwestern France, enveloped in the early morning mist, on July 9, 2025. Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images
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A catering employee drinks water as he works in a restaurant kitchen in central Athens, on July 9, 2025. The four-day heatwave confirmed by meteorologists began on July 6, 2025, and is the second to grip Greece since late June. Temperatures are expected to reach 41 Celsius (105.8 Fahrenheit) on June 10, with a maximum of 37 Celsius in Athens, according to the national weather service EMY. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images
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Members of the military prepare to destroy weapons in commemoration of the International Day for the Destruction of Firearms at the Basilica of Guadalupe complex in Mexico City, on July 9, 2025. Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images
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Effigies of migrants wearing life jackets in a small boat, with banners reading ‘Stop the boats’ and ‘Veterans before refugees’ have been placed atop a bonfire in Moygashel, Northern Ireland, on July 9, 2025, prompting condemnation and calls for its removal before the pyre is lit on July 11. Peter Murphy/AFP via Getty Images
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Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey (C) and his French counterpart, Sebastien Lecornu (2L), are shown Storm Shadow missiles during a visit to the MBDA missile factory in Stevenage, UK, on July 9, 2025. Ben Stansall/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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A farmer harvests chrysanthemums in a field in Sunkathonnur village, India, on July 09, 2025. Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images
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Summit participants pose for a group photo during the plenary session of the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 9, 2025. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images
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Commuters cross a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 9, 2025. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images
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Partido Popular (PP) leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo delivers a speech during a plenary session at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, on July 9, 2025, on the corruption cases affecting the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE). Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images
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Dolphins swim before a demonstration as part of a training program at Duisburg Zoo's dolphinarium in Germany, on July 9, 2025. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images