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July 30, 2025: Best photos from around the world

July 30, 2025: Best photos from around the world

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A Lime Swallowtail butterfly sits on a plant, in Varanasi
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A woman fetches water from a well as a double rainbow appears in the sky after rainfall, in Kamrup
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Royal Bengal tiger 'Shakti' on International Tiger Day, at Byculla Zoo, in Mumbai
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Sheep walk through a field at sunset on a farm near Merredin, Australia
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People look at the swollen Ganga river at Dashashwamedh Ghat, in Prayagraj
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Seagulls fly over statues on the colonnade of St. Peter's Square during the welcome Mass of the Jubilee of Youth in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican
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