Best pictures from July 1
Fire fighters tackle a large blaze at a recycling centre in Smethwick, near Birmingham, central England July 1, 2013 in a handout picture provided by the West Midlands Fire Service. The fire service said they suspected the blaze was started when a Chinese lantern, a collapsible paper lantern lit by a candle, drifted into the centre which holds 100,000 tonnes of recycled paper and plastic. Up to 200 firefighters and 40 fire engines have been deployed.HANDOUT/Reuters
Smoke rises behind the Union Flag from a fire at a recycling plant in Smethwick, central England July 1, 2013. Firefighters are tackling the blaze involving 100,000 tonnes of plastic recycling material and the factory unit has claimed that the plastic materials were first set alight by falling paper lanterns.DARREN STAPLES/Reuters
In this Sunday, June 30, 2013 photo released by Whitney Rufo, a woman holds her child as a plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean with two off-duty police officers off the beach from Ocean City Md. Troopers say the plane took off from the Ocean City Municipal Airport between 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Sunday. The destination is not known. Investigators believe Thomas J. Geoghegan Jr., who owned the single-engine Nanchang CJ-6A, was piloting it and 27-year-old Joshua D. Adickes, the lone passenger, was seated behind him.Whitney Rufo/The Associated Press
Pakistani vendor Gul Rehman cuts wood logs in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, July 1, 2013. Wood is in great demand used as fuel for cooking.B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press
Military helicopters fly above Tahrir Square while protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans against him and Brotherhood members during a protest in Cairo July 1, 2013. Five Egyptian military helicopters trailing national flags circled over Cairo on Monday after the armed forces gave politicians 48 hours to resolve a crisis over calls for the resignation of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/Reuters
Antonio Lopez Chaj, a 43-year-old house painter, appears with his attorneys at a news conference in Los Angeles Monday, July 1, 2013. Lopez Chaj is so badly brain damaged for a beating in a bar that left him with half his skull permanently bashed in that he cannot speak. His lawyers announced he has been awarded a $58 million by a jury in Torrance Superior Court.Nick Ut/The Associated Press
A giant Canadian flag is seen during the national anthem to commemorate Canada Day before the Toronto Blue Jays play Detroit Tigers in their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto, July 1, 2013.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
Toronto Blue Jays Rajai Davis hits the ball against the Detroit Tigers during the first inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto, July 1, 2013.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista (R) gets hit in the helmet with the ball before scoring on the play as Detroit Tigers' Brayan Pena tries the catch the ball during the third inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto, July 1, 2013.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
Jonathan Bartoletti, jockey of the Valmontone parish, rides Lo Specialista during four of six trial horse races in Del Campo square in Siena July 1, 2013. Every year on July 2 and August 16, almost without fail since the mid-1600s, 10 riders compete bareback around Siena's shell-shaped central square in a bid to win the Palio, a silk banner depicting the Madonna and child.STEFANO RELLANDINI/Reuters
President Barack Obama and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete walk in front of first lady Michelle Obama and Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete greeting the cheering crowd as they arrive at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Monday, July 1, 2013.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press
Dressed a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, Stephane Delage carries a Canadian flag while on stilts as he entertains the crowd during Canada Day festivities in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday July 1, 2013.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Chantal Limoges walks on stilts while dressed as a totem pole as she entertains the crowd during Canada Day festivities in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, July 1, 2013.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press
Australia's rugby captain James Horwill bodysurfs during a warm down session at Coogee Beach in Sydney Monday, July 1, 2013. Horwill will front a judicial hearing on Monday charged with stomping during the first test against the British Lions in Brisbane on June 22.Rob Griffith/The Associated Press
People light up and release lanterns outside Nelson Mandela's house in Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday July 1, 2013. Mandela remains in critical condition in a hospital in Pretoria.Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/The Associated Press
Orthodox Jews attend speeches at a protest in Brussels, Monday, July 1, 2013. About 1,000 rabbinical leaders and delegates from all over the world called for universal recognition and support for the oppressed Orthodox minority in Israel.Yves Logghe/The Associated Press