Best pictures from July 31
Czech Republic's Michal Navratil performs an exhibition dive dressed as Superman at the end of the men's 27m high diving final during the World Swimming Championships at Moll de la Fusta in Barcelona July 31, 2013.GUSTAU NACARINO/Reuters
Thai soldiers wearing biohazard suits take part as cleaning operations continue at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong July 31, 2013. An oil spill that has blackened beaches at the Thai holiday island of Koh Samet was having an extreme impact on tourism and could spread to the coast of the mainland and affect the fishing industry, officials and an environmental group said on Tuesday.ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/Reuters
A boy jumps into waters of the river Ganges to cool himself in the northern Indian city of Allahabad July 31, 2013.JITENDRA PRAKASH/Reuters
A Muslim boy learns to read the Koran at a madrassa, or religious school, during the holy month of Ramadan in the old quarters of Delhi July 31, 2013.AHMAD MASOOD/Reuters
A passenger ferry navigates past the Sydney Opera House, as a rainbow is seen in the sky, on a sunny winter afternoon in central Sydney July 31, 2013.DANIEL MUNOZ/Reuters
Students who masked their faces take part in a demonstration against the government to demand changes in the public state education system in Valparaiso city, about 121 km northwest of Santiago, July 31, 2013. Chilean students have been protesting against what they say is profiteering in the state education system.Eliseo Fernandez/Reuters
A fisherman casts his net to catch fish on Xin'an River in Jiande, Zhejiang province July 30, 2013.CHINA DAILY/Reuters
Lightning is seen above buildings in Beijing, July 31, 2013.PETAR KUJUNDZIC/Reuters
A diver performs with sardines as part of summer vacation events at an Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 31, 2013.Ahn Young-joon/The Associated Press