June 19, 2014

A woman cries outside the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina. A mass shooting took the lives of nine people in the church on Wednesday.

Indian Muslim boys pray in the compound of Jama Masjid on the first day of Ramadan in New Delhi. Muslims throughout the world are marking Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk.

Soldiers carry the coffin of Turkey's former President Suleyman Demirel during his funeral in Ankara. Demirel, who was twice toppled by the military during seven stints as the head of government, died early on Wednesday.

A young woman walks past graffiti reading "Mrs. Merkel we still love you - Greece" in central Athens. The European Central Bank's decision-making governing council held an emergency session Friday to discuss a request for an increase in liquidity to Greek banks.

First lady Michelle Obama holds a U.S. flag made by a child during a visit to the U.S. Army Garrison at Vicenza, northern Italy.

A resident stands on his cabbage field as Mt. Sinabung volcano spews ash, as seen from Pintu Besi village in Karo Regency, Indonesia's North Sumatra province. More than 10,000 people from 12 villages nearby have left their homes and moved to refugee camps.

Couples kiss during a mass wedding in the coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus. According to local media around 70 couples from Russia and Israel tied the knot on the Mediterranean island.

People look at a pile of artwork made out of ivory during a ceremony at Times Square in New York. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service destroyed more than one ton of confiscated illegal ivory in a public show to raise awareness of the elephant poaching and wildlife trafficking crisis.

An man carries children and crosses a waterlogged street as it rains in Mumbai, India. Heavy rains disrupted normal life, including rail and air traffic that left thousands of commuters stranded.

Students practice yoga on the lawn of their school ahead of International Day of Yoga, in Chennai, India. The Day of Yoga will be celebrated on June 21.

A boat captain grabs her finish line flag during a traditional Chinese Dragon Boat race in Taipei, Taiwan. The Dragon Boat races are in remembrance of Chu Yuan, an ancient Chinese scholar-statesman, who drowned in 277 B.C. while denouncing government corruption.

People attend a pie fight in Berlin, Germany. The event was organized by a movie theater as part of an opening for a 10-day retrospective of the comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.