Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 10 images:
A devotee performs a stunt with fire during a rehearsal for the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, which commemorates a journey by Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, in specially made chariots, in Ahmedabad. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters
Muslims gather around the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramzan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Faisal Al Nasser/Reuters
Paramilitary policemen take part in a summer training in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. Photograph: Reuters
Dawn breaks behind the Houses of Parliament and the statue of Winston Churchill in Westminster, London. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Elephant Maja of Circus Bush on his daily walk with Circus ringmaster Hardy Scholl (right) on Berlin streets in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Stefanie Loos/Reuters
People walk on the installation 'The Floating Piers' by Bulgarian-born artist Christo Vladimirov Yavachev, known as Christo, on the LakeIseo, northern Italy. Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
Syria's president Bashar al-Assad (left) talks to a Syrian army soldier behind barricades in the farms of Marj al-Sultan village, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria. Photograph: Reuters/SANA
A member of 'Mawlay Ensemble' band and whirling dervish performs a traditional Mawlawi Sufi dance during the Muslim fasting month of Ramzan at Cultural Center EL-Raba in Old Cairo, Egypt. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
An Afghan Sikh man drinks from a cup inside a Gurudwara, during a religious ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters
Spain's acting Prime Minister and People's Party leader Mariano Rajoy speaks during a news conference at his party headquarters a day after a general election in Madrid. Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters
