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A tiger enjoys frozen food at Rome Zoological Garden “Bioparco” during a heat wave in Rome on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
Siya Kolisi and Marco van Staden of South Africa during the 2025 Qatar Airways Cup captains run for South Africa at Cape Town Stadium in South Africa on 27 June 2025. Picture: Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePixDebris and burn marks are seen along the A-52 motorway at the crash site where Liverpool sriker Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Felipe died in a car crash near Cernadilla, province of Zamora, in the northwestern Spain, early July 3, 2025. Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in Spain today, police said, sparking widespread grief just after the Portugal star had got married. The Civil Guard said a vehicle veered off a motorway and burst into flames shortly after midnight in the municipality of Cernadilla in the northwestern Zamora province, confirming the deaths of Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva. (Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP)Puppeteers operate puppet animals during a preview for “The Herds” ahead of an evening performance in Manchester, Britain, 03 July 2025. “The Herds” is a dramatization of the climate crisis utilizing puppets, which are traveling 20,000 kilometers from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle, symbolizing animals fleeing climate disaster. The Herds are appearing in Manchester from 03 to 05 July. Picture: EPA/ADAM VAUGHANA child plays along Manila Bay on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP)An inflatable artwork entitled Panda Seven, created by Chinese artist Leo Huang, at the Yimu Art Exhibition at ICONSIAM shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, 03 July 2025. The Yimu Art Exhibition, in collaboration with China’s Yimu Art Studio, showcases the inflatable sculpture Panda Seven by Leo Huang to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Thai-Chinese diplomatic relations. Picture: EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRITPlayers from the Manchester City academy do kick-ups inside “The Playmaker”, an interactive series of pods and tunnels by architect Stefano Boeri and Italian footballer Sandro Mazzola, during a photo call for the exhibition “Football City, Art United” at Aviva Studios in Manchester, Britain, 03 July 2025. The exhibition pairs 11 former and current footballers with contemporary artists to produce brand-new works, alongside a series of videos documenting the creative process. The exhibition was conceived by former Chelsea, Manchester United, and Spain player Juan Mata with curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Josh Willdigg and features players including Eric Cantona, Edgar Davids, Ella Toone, and Vivienne Miedema. The exhibition is part of the Manchester International Festival and runs from 04 July to 24 August 2025. Picture: EPA/ADAM VAUGHANThis general view shows performances during the opening ceremony ahead of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Group A football match between Switzerland and Norway at the St Jakob-Park Stadium in Basel on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Bernadett Szabo / POOL / AFP)Smoke comes out of the chimneys of a factory in Yumbo, near Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on July 2, 2025. (Photo by Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP)China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier Shandong’s escort ship destroyer Yanan sails into Hong Kong waters as it arrives in Hong Kong on July 3, 2025. Commissioned in 2019, the 305-metre-long (1,000 feet) Shandong is China’s second carrier and key to the country’s regional ambitions under President Xi Jinping, who oversaw a massive naval buildup that has rattled Asian neighbours. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)US actor and cast member Rachel Brosnahan attends a ‘Superman’ fan event at Leicester Square in London, Britain, 02 July 2025. The movie will be released in the UK on 11 July 2025. Picture: EPA/ANDY RAINA young woman holds her head into the cool water of a fountain at the Lustgarten park on Museum Island in Berlin on July 2, 2025, as temperatures were predicted to reach up to 37 degrees Celsius. A record-breaking early summer heatwave spreads across Europe. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
