Pictures of the month: July

The moon passes between the sun and the earth during a solar eclipse in Valparaiso City, 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Santiago, Chile, July 11, 2010. The effect was created by shooting part of the image through a piece of exposed X-ray film. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez

A man carries melons as he wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, July 29, 2010. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

Israeli border police arrest a Palestinian man (L) during scuffles that broke out after structures were razed by Israeli authorities in the West Bank village of Luban al-Gharbiya near Ramallah July 21, 2010. The Ministry of Defence said that 10 structures built without the proper building permits were razed in the area of the village. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

A group of men detained for suspected Taliban activities are held for questioning at a schoolhouse in the village of Kuhak in Arghandab District, north of Kandahar July 9, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong

German police officers lift up a woman from the crowd of revellers outside a tunnel at the Love Parade "The art of Love" in the western German city of Duisburg July 24, 2010. A stampede killed 21 people after mass panic broke out in a tunnel at a "Love Parade" techno music festival in Germany. REUTERS/Daniel Naupold

Children play in water pipes at a construction site on the banks of the Yamuna River in the northern Indian city of Allahabad July 26, 2010. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash

A Honduran migrant waits outside of a shelter in Lecheria, Tultitlan, state of Mexico on the way to the border with the United States July 28, 2010. A U.S. judge blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law hours before it was to take effect, handing a victory to the Obama administration as it tries to take control of the issue. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte

A soccer fan takes a picture with her camera before the start of the 2010 World Cup quarter-final soccer match between Argentina and Germany at Green Point stadium in Cape Town July 3, 2010. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

A fisherman rests next to containers filled with oil cleaned up from the oil spill site at a port in Dalian, Liaoning province, China, July 25, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer

Jockey Federico Ghiani of Aquila parish falls from his horse Gammede during the Palio horse race in Siena's main square, Italy, July 2, 2010. Every year on July 2 and August 16, almost without fail since the mid-1600s, 10 riders compete bareback around Siena's shell-shaped central square in a bid to win the Palio, a silk banner depicting the Madonna and child. REUTERS/Marco Bucco

Netherlands' Demy de Zeeuw is kicked in the face by Uruguay's Martin Caceres during their 2010 World Cup semi-final soccer match at Green Point stadium in Cape Town July 6, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

A man wounded by a rubber bullet looks at burning rubber tires during a protest in Villa Hayes, 34 km (21 miles) north of Asuncion, Paraguay, against the dismissal of workers at Acepar's factory July 22, 2010. At least 15 people were injured during the protest held by the workers trade union, police said. REUTERS/Stringer

A soldier walks past birches, which are damaged by fire, on the outskirts of the Russian city of Voronezh July 30, 2010. Forest fires swept across central Russia, killing at least eight people and forcing the evacuation of thousands during the hottest summer since records began 130 years ago. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

A gallery assistant jumps up to try and touch No Title (Table and Four Chairs), 2003, an installation by U.S. artist Robert Therrien, as she poses for photographers during a media viewing for an exhibiton by Therrien at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, Scotland July 23, 2010. REUTERS/David Moir

A cycle rickshaw puller takes a nap in front of closed shops during a day-long strike in New Delhi July 5, 2010. Many flights were cancelled and trucks stayed off the roads in India in response to a day-long strike called by opposition parties to protest fuel price hikes they say will add to double-digit inflation. REUTERS/B Mathur

A boy takes part in an event at a swimming pool during a weight loss summer camp in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, July 28, 2010. REUTERS/Sheng Li

Inmates serving a jail sentence make a phone call at Maricopa County's Tent City jail in Phoenix July 30, 2010. The controversial jail is run by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who supports Arizona's new illegal immigration Senate Bill 1070 law. The jail is known for housing illegal immigrants who are caught living in Arizona without proper legal documents. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray during a protest in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood against the gay pride parade which was held in the nearby town center July 29, 2010, REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A soldier with an injured ankle from the US Army's 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division is assisted past his burning M-ATV armored vehicle after it struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on a road near Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley in this picture taken July 23, 2010. None of the four soldiers in the vehicle were seriously injured in the explosion. REUTERS/Bob Strong

A child of a domestic worker sleeps in a hammock in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh July 26, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

A boy uses cream on his face as he sits in rain water on the street of Karachi July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Positions of victims 14 and 15 of a deadly stampede are marked on the street between two tunnels in Duisburg July 25, 2010. 21 people were killed in a stampede at the "Love Parade" techno music festival in the western German city on Saturday, after overcrowding at an entrance gate sparked a stampede, police said. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

A "Kiliki" rests before dancing on the last day of the San Fermin festival's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of the giants and the big heads) in Pamplona July 14, 2010. Enormous puppets accompanied by brass bands parade daily through the city during the nine-day-long festival made popular by U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Cinema goers watch Bollywood movie "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (The Big Hearted Will Take the Bride), starring actor Shah Rukh Khan, inside Maratha Mandir theatre in Mumbai July 11, 2010. The movie has set a record of completing 770 weeks of continuous screening at a cinema, a feat unmatched by any other Bollywood movie the world over. The movie is screened only in the morning and has special ticket rates which range from $0.30 to $0.40 (15 to 20 Indian rupees). According to Maratha Mandir owner Manoj Desai, the movie, which is still being screened, enjoys at least 60 to 70 percent occupancy on weekdays and a full house on weekends at his theatre. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Participants run during a mud field racing competition held by the local tourism organization in Daishan county, Zhejiang province, China, July 19, 2010. REUTERS/Lang Lang

Soldiers stand in line outside portable toilets during the country's Bicentennial Independence Day celebrations in Bogota July 20, 2010. REUTERS/John Vizcaino

Li Zerong, 33, mourns for her relatives who are missing after a landslide hit Shuanghe village, in Hanyuan county, Sichuan province, China, July 28, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer

A demonstrator cries as he is arrested during a protest against Arizona's controversial Senate Bill 1070 immigration law outside Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office in Phoenix July 29, 2010. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked the most controversial sections of the new immigration law, handing a victory to the Obama administration as it tries to take control over the issue. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

Mourners react as the repatriation cortege carrying Marine Matthew Harrison of 40 Commando, Lieutenant Neal Turkington, Corporal Arjun Purja Pun and Major Josh Bowman of 1st battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles passes through Wootton Bassett, southern England July 20, 2010. The four soldiers were repatriated to Britain on Tuesday after being killed in the conflict in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty

Policemen and soldiers raise their hands while shouting "God is great," to lift their spirits as the team worked through heavy rain to search for bodies and a flight data recorder at the site of the Airblue plane crash in Islamabad's Margalla Hills, Pakistan, July 29, 2010. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

A man carries his wife through a flooded street in Xianning, Hubei province, China, July 15, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer

People swim in the river Aare during a hot summer day in Bern, Switzerland, July 9, 2010. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer

A woman attends confession in the garden of a Catholic church during the annual Icon of the Mother of God festival in the village of Budslav, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Minsk, July 1, 2010. Catholics from Belarus and neighboring countries took part in the annual celebration. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

An Afghan policeman fires into the air during clashes with protesters following Friday prayers in Kabul July 30, 2010. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

New Zealand's Mils Muliaina (C) is tackled by Australia's Berrick Barnes (R) and Richard Brown during their Bledisloe Cup rugby match at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium July 31, 2010. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas

Actress Lindsay Lohan reacts beside her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley (R) as Judge Marsha Revel rules that Lohan had violated her probation on a 2007 drunken driving charge in Beverly Hills, California July 6, 2010. Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Tuesday after the Beverly Hills judge ruled that she had violated her probation by missing a string of alcohol education classes imposed for a 2007 drunk driving arrest. REUTERS/David McNew/Pool

Milk farmers throw boots and clothes during a demonstration outside the European Council headquarters in Brussels July 12, 2010. Milk producers protested against lower selling prices of milk outside a meeting of European Union agriculture ministers. REUTERS/ Thierry Roge

A North Korean Soldier (L) looks in through the window of the T2 building as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) tour the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in Panmunjom, South Korea, July 21, 2010. The United States on Wednesday announced new sanctions against North Korea, targeted against its leadership, and warned of serious consequences if it again attacked the South. REUTERS/Cherie Cullen/Defense Department photo/Handout

A resident uses bucket to extinguish a fire that charred a hundred houses made of light materials in Quezon City Metro Manila July 20, 2010. Some 300 families were left homeless as investigators are still examining the cause of the blaze, Fire Marshal Chief Inspector Oscar Villegas said. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo

Paramilitary policemen take part in a training session in a river on the outskirts of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province July 30, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer Shanghai

Dutch supporters react during a public screening of the 2010 World Cup final match between Spain and the Netherlands in Oslo July 11, 2010. Spain won the World Cup for the first time when they beat Netherlands 1-0 thanks to a strike by midfielder Andres Iniesta four minutes from the end of extra time at Soccer City on Sunday. REUTERS/Kyrre Lien/Scanpix

An artist displays her makeup at the 2010 Taiwan International Tattoo Convention in Taipei July 30, 2010. REUTERS/Nicky Loh

Singer Lady Gaga performs during a rain shower on NBC's "Today" show in New York, July 9, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

FC Dallas' George John (C) battles for the ball with Toronto FC's Maicon Santos and Dan Gargan (R) during the first half of their MLS soccer match in Toronto July 24, 2010. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) eats a hot dog with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg outside Penn Station in New York July 21, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Damaged houses are seen after a rain-triggered landslide hit Shuanghe village in Hanyuan county, Sichuan province, China, July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer

A Uruguayan fan reacts at the window of his apartment with a poster of Uruguay's national soccer team striker Diego Forlan below, after the 2010 World Cup semi-final soccer match between Uruguay and the Netherlands, in Montevideo July 6, 2010. Uruguay lost the match. REUTERS/Andres Stapff

Two female shepherds catch an alpaca before shearing it near the Andean district of Larakeri at the highlands of Puno, Peru, 4000 meters (13,120 feet) above sea level, July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil

A local man undergoes an iris scan as US Army soldiers with the 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division conduct a patrol in the village of Saidon Kalacheh in Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar July 28, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong

Tango followers dance during the weekend long Tango Queer Festival in Buenos Aires July 24, 2010. Buenos Aires is a popular destination among gay travelers and this weekend's mini-festival also sought to take advantage of an influx of European tourists on summer vacations. A boom in tourism during the last decade also has rekindled interest in tango, which was born in Buenos Aires' immigrant neighborhoods. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian

U.S. actress Angelina Jolie (2nd L) arrives with her children Shiloh (L), Pax Thien, Maddox (front R) and Zahara (back R) at New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo July 26, 2010. Jolie flew into Japan to promote her movie "Salt". REUTERS/Issei Kato

Dean Grorsuch wrestles a steer in the Steer Wrestling event during the rodeo at the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, July 11, 2010. REUTERS/Todd Korol

A bird rests on the head of a sheep after a heavy snowfall at Balmaceda town, some 1700 km (1056 miles) south of Santiago, July 20, 2010. Some cities in the Chilean central and southern provinces have experienced longer and unusual periods of low temperatures and snowfall that have cut off local villages and closed airports and roads, according to local media. REUTERS/Stringer

Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica looks from a door before a news conference to present the Paris Areva Golden League athletics meeting in Paris July 12, 2010. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Garment worker Rahela Akhter screams as she was wounded by police during a protest in Dhaka June 30, 2010. More than 80 Bangladeshis were wounded in clashes with police sparked by the arrest of three politicians charged with offences ranging from murder to insulting Islam and demands by textile workers for a pay rise. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj

A man cools off with Kermit the Frog stuffed toy in the sunny weather on English Bay in his inflatable boat in Vancouver, British Columbia July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Andy Clark (

Spain's Andres Iniesta lifts the World Cup trophy after their final match victory over Netherlands at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg July 11, 2010. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears on stage during a news conference at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, July 16, 2010. Apple Inc will give iPhone 4 users a free phone case to address a slew of complaints about reception problems that have hurt the company's image and shares. REUTERS/Kimberly White

Fans of the band Motorhead shake their heads during their performance at the 35th Paleo music festival in Nyon, Switzerland, July 20, 2010. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

A boy dances in the rain during a heavy tropical shower in a street of Havana July 19, 2010. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan