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Photos of the Day: The American Flag and Floods

From a Buddhist monk who leads an honor guard carrying the coffin of Saman Kunan, a former Thai navy Seal who died working to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave to people who ride across stagnant floodwaters on a makeshift boat, these highlights will give you a clue about what happened this day.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

Chiang Rai, Thailand

A Buddhist monk leads an honor guard carrying the coffin of Saman Kunan, a former Thai navy Seal who died working to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave. For updates follow our live blog

Photograph: Reuters

Pamplona, Spain

People drink and celebrate before the opening of the San Fermín festival

Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

Quito, Ecuador

Supporters of the former president Rafael Correa clash with police near the government palace during a rally. It was held in support of Correa after a judge ordered him jailed for failing to appear in court as part of a kidnapping investigation

Photograph: Dolores Ochoa/AP

Istanbul, Turkey

Supporters of the mostly Muslim Uighur minority and Turkish nationalists protest about China’s treatment of Uighur people during a deadly riot in Ürümqi in July 2009

Photograph: Kemal Aslan Depo Photos via Zuma Wire/REX/Shutterstock

London, UK

A tennis fan arrives at Wimbledon dressed as a strawberry

Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Alamy Live News

Sieversdorf, Germany

A meadow salsify ( Tragopogon pratensis) at sunset in a field

Photograph: Patrick Pleul/AFP/Getty Images

Ashigarh, India

A woman steps off a boat as she carries her child in a flood-affected village. Heavy monsoon rains bring floods to parts of north-eastern India each year, affecting the lives of millions of people

Photograph: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China

Women look at their phones near a rocket shaped bench with an American flag used as a marketing gimmick for a US clothes shop. The US has hiked tariffs on Chinese imports, and Beijing said it immediately retaliated

Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Manila, the Philippines

People ride across stagnant floodwaters on a makeshift boat. Health officials have said the surge in leptospirosis cases can be attributed to seasonal flooding. Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection that can cause bleeding of the lungs, meningitis and kidney failure

Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

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