Best pictures from July 3
An unnamed new born male giraffe sits beneath his mother Jasiri at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago, Illinois. The calf was born on June 21, and is the 59th giraffe born at the zoo.JIM YOUNG/Reuters
Montreal Impact's Andres Romero is pictured through the smog and smoke from pre-match flares as he scores his team's opening goal against Toronto FC during first half MLS action in Toronto.Chris Young/The Canadian Press
Belarussian servicemen salute from tanks, as they take part in a military parade, during celebrations marking Independence Day in Minsk.VASILY FEDOSENKO/Reuters
A snowy owl observes the photographer at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.Martin Meissner/The Associated Press
Race leader yellow jersey holder Orica Greenedge team rider Simon Gerrans of Australia cycles past Sisters of the Consolation congregation during the 228.5 km fifth stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Cagnes-Sur-Mer to Marseille.JACKY NAEGELEN/Reuters
Supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi hold up his posters during a rally to show support to him at the Raba El-Adwyia mosque square in Cairo.Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Makka Djouma is seen at Camp Abilities in Brockport, New York. Camp Abilities is a not-for-profit week-long developmental camp using sports to foster greater independence and confidence in children who are blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
A boy swims swims in the algae-filled coastline of Qingdao, Shandong, China.CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/Reuters
Lehlohonolo Nkosi, 7, carries a poster of former South African President Nelson Mandela as she walks with her mother, Flora as they leave the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital, where Mandela is being treated, in Pretoria.SIPHIWE SIBEKO/Reuters
A German tourist bathes in the Aegean sea in Arcadia prefecture on the east coast of Paloponnese south of Athens.YANNIS BEHRAKIS/Reuters