July 14, 2025: Best photos from around the world
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People rest on a lawn with a backdrop of new apartment blocks under construction on a hot day in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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A Palestinian child, wounded in an Israeli strike that killed people, who gathered to collect water from a distribution point, according to medics, receives treatment at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik makes a sand sculpture of Lord Shiva during the holy month of 'Shravan', at Puri beach.
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Dark clouds hover in the sky, in New Delhi.
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