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The annual Battle of the Boyne anniversary celebration has been organised by the Country Grand Lodge of the East of Scotland. / AFP PHOTO / Andy BUCHANAN





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Californian authorities have issued red flag weather warnings and mandatory evacuation orders after a series of wildfires fanned by high winds and hot temperatures ripped through thousands of acres. The latest blaze, the County Fire sparked in Yolo County on June 30, had by July 1 afternoon spread across 22,000 acres (9,000 hectares) with zero percent containment, according to Cal Fire.
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Mount Agung roared to life again on July 2, belching a plume of ash 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) high, as well as temporarily shuttering the airport and grounding hundreds of flights after erupting the week before. / AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

Nearly 200 people died during a series of violent riots that broke out on July 5, 2009 over several days in Urumqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China, between Uyghurs and Han people. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE

Health officials have said that the surge in leptospirosis cases can be attributed to seasonal flooding due to continuous rains in recent weeks. Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection that can cause bleeding of the lungs, meningitis and kidney failure. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS
