Best pictures from July 29
People walk across the newly installed permanent rainbow coloured crosswalk on Davie Street in Vancouver July 29, 2013 to kick pride week.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Thai soldiers in white biohazard suits take part in a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong July 29, 2013. Crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand over the weekend has reached a Thai tourist resort, pipeline operator PTT Global Chemical Pcl said on Monday. Around 50,000 litres of crude oil poured into the sea on Saturday around 20 km (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong, southeast of the capital Bangkok.ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/Reuters
Shi'ite people place copies of the Koran on their heads during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of Imam Ali at his shrine in the holy city of Najaf, about 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, July 30, 2013. Imam Ali, the son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad, was wounded in the head during a battle and died after two days in 661 AD in Najaf.STRINGER/IRAQ/Reuters
Boston Red Sox pitcher Felix Doubront throws against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning under a dramatic sky during their MLB American League Baseball game in Boston, Massachusetts, July 29, 2013.DOMINICK REUTER/Reuters
This July 27, 2013 photo shows Hart Sawyer, a singer with The Love Project, from Athens, Ga., at the 18th annual Gathering of the Vibes Musical Festival at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn. The festival draws about 20,000 fans to this small city on the Connecticut coast and features a wide variety of bands including offshoots of the Grateful Dead.Autumn Driscoll/The Associated Press
Graffiti depicting "Lord of the Rings" character Gollum is seen outside a fence surrounding the construction site for the new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, July 29, 2013. The ECB council will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, August 1, in Frankfurt.KAI PFAFFENBACH/Reuters
A person slides down a huge water pipe at a public swimming pool on a hot sunny day in Vienna July 29, 2013. Temperatures in Austria's capital Vienna reached nearly 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit) on Monday, but Austria's Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics predicts a possible record temperature of 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) in the next days.LEONHARD FOEGER/Reuters
People walk past underneath an umbrella canopy in downtown Belgrade July 29, 2013. Temperatures in Serbia have risen up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), according to official meteorological data.MARKO DJURICA/Reuters
Flowers can be seen tied to a pole on Dundas St., at Grace St., where 18 year old Sammy Yatim was shoot by Toronto Police, Toronto July 29, 2013.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
Mother Sahar Bahadi is comforted as she sits next to sister Sarah Yatim at a vigil on Monday, July 29, 2013 at the spot where son and brother Sammy Yatim was shot nine times and killed by Police early Saturday morning in Toronto.Michelle Siu/The Canadian Press
New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner prepares to exit the Nan Shan Senior Center and face reporters after speaking to voters at a campaign stop, Monday, July 29, 2013, in the Queens borough of New York. Weiner confirmed that campaign manager Danny Kedem resigned Saturday after reports surfaced that Weiner continued to exchange lewd photos and messages with women despite resigning from Congress in 2011 over the same behavior.John Minchillo/The Associated Press
A man sitting on a beach chair in his swimming trunks takes his meal at a small table partially dipped into the Hanjiang river to escape the summer heat, as other swimmers look on under a bridge in Wuhan, Hubei province July 28, 2013. The highest temperature in Wuhan reached 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday, local media reported. Picture taken July 28, 2013.CHINA DAILY/Reuters
Protestors march on Yonge Street during an anti-police demonstration in the wake of the Sammy Yatim shooting in Toronto, Ontario Monday, July 29, 2013.Kevin Van Paassen/The Globe and Mail
In this Sunday July 28, 2013 a firefighting plane dumps water on flames in southern Rhodes, Greece. Authorities declared a state of emergency on the holiday island after a weekend fire destroyed an estimated 4,000 hectares of forest and farmland. A 40-year-old Greek man was detained by police for questioning, accused of starting the fire by accident with an outdoor barbecue grill.Nicolas Nanev/The Associated Press