Photos of the Day: 740 Teddy Bears and a Destroyed Mosque

Mosul, Iraq

Boys walk inside a destroyed mosque in the old city of Mosul, eight months after the Iraqi government forces retook the city from the control of the Islamic State group
Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China

Photographers study a People’s Liberation Army soldier standing guard before the close of the first session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People
Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA