Best pictures from June 24th
A resident, who is covered in mud and wrapped in dried Banana leaves, makes the rounds of houses to beg for candles prior to attending a mass to celebrate the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist at the village of Bibiclat, Aliaga township, Nueva Ecija province in northern Philippines.Bullit Marquez/The Associated Press
A vendor shows off a fish caught in Rio Amazonas as he works in the old fish market in Manaus, Brazil.Martin Mejia/The Associated Press
A local youth takes a selfie photograph in front of Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to St George's indoor market on in Belfast.Peter Macdiarmid/The Associated Press
Members of the Coast Salish First Nations, the Portuguese community and Silvey family join master carver Luke Ts'uts'umutl Marston as they bless the ground for the future home of a 6.4 metres high sculpture in Vancouver's Stanley Park.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Two colourful members of the crowd enjoy the annual St-Jean-Baptiste Day parade in Montreal.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
Indian youth play soccer on the Arabian Sea shore in Mumbai, India.Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press
Castellers Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls start to form a human tower called "castells" during the Sant Joan festival at Plaza del Blat square in Valls, south of Barcelona.ALBERT GEA/Reuters
Saam Gabbay of the U.S. visits the Maze Cave of Beit Guvrin-Maresha, central Israel.Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press
BBC journalists and staff, some with black tape over their mouths to illustrate the silencing of free speech and journalists around the world, hold a minute of silence in support of the jailed journalists in Egypt, outside the BBC headquarters in central London.Lefteris Pitarakis/The Associated Press
A man takes pictures in front of the painting Sandwiches during a press preview before the opening of a Jeff Koons retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.LUCAS JACKSON/Reuters