Sports events, festivals, religious observances and protests — this July was hot in more ways than one. Here's a photo recap of some of the past month's more notable events.
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Athletes of the Spanish female national synchronized swimming team compete in the free combination event at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) during the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia.
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Armenian police officers detain a protester in Yerevan.
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A participant at the closing ceremony of the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Girl walking down the street in Kazan, Russia.
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Pilots of the Russian Knights aerobatic team conduct an exhibition performance during the 7th International Maritime Defense Show in St. Petersburg.
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Protesters in Yerevan.
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A female manul with her cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo.
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Servicemen of the honor guard detail at the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Military Glory at the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex in Volgograd.
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A Kamov Ka-27PS (NATO reporting name: Helix-D) naval search and rescue helicopter takes part in a dress rehearsal of the Russia's Navy Day military parade.
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Ablution during the Kupala Night celebrations in the village of Novo-Pokrovka near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
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Rapier fighters Nzingha Prescod (US, left) and Aida Shanayeva (Russia, right) compete in the semifinal of the World Fencing Championships in Moscow.
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Russia's Svetlana Romashina competes in synchronized swimming technical routine during the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan.
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Participants of the Red Bull Flugtag 2015 homemade human-powered flying machines competition launch their contraption in the air.
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Participants of the Ukrainian Right Sector's 'Veche' gathering in Kiev.
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A sailor aboard the four-masted barque "Kruzenshtern", a Russian training ship.
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© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
"Air Balloon Night Glow" show at the 14th "Golden Ring of Russia" ballooning festival in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia.
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Russian tycoon Sergei Polonsky (second from the left) at Moscow's Tverskoy Court.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets South African President Jacob Zuma at the 7th BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia.
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Man lighting a bonfire during the Kupala Night celebrations in the Novgorod Region of Russia.
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Australia's Domonic Bedggood and James Connor take part in a preliminary bout of men's synchronized springboard diving at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan.
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Yemeni civilians who were evacuated from the country by Russia's EMERCOM due to ongoing hostilities disembark from the plane in Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
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Participants of the royal procession pilgrimage in Yekaterinburg pay their respects to the members of the Russian royal family who were executed there 97 years ago.
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras takes part in the referendum on the terms of an international bailout. Athens, Greece.
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Singer Polina Gagarina (C) at the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifying draw ceremony in St. Petersburg.
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Christina Jones and Bill May (US) compete in mixed duet technical synchronized swimming at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan.
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Japan's Yuki Ota (L) and US' Gerek Meinhardt compete in a semifinal rapier bout at the World Fencing Championships in Moscow.
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Natalia Ishchenko, triple Olympic gold medalist in synchronized swimming, acts as Russia's team flag-bearer during the opening ceremony of the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.
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Visitor of the FINA Park in Kazan, Russia.
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Muslims celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
