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July 15, 2014

Photos July 15: Top images from around the world

Smoke from rockets fired from near Gaza City is seen after  being launched toward Israel, on July 15, 2014. US Secretary of State John Kerry  warned of the "great risks" that the violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip could spiral out of control. (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images) Smoke from rockets fired from near Gaza City is seen after being launched toward Israel, on July 15, 2014. US Secretary of State John Kerry warned of the "great risks" that the violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip could spiral out of control. ( THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)

The day’s best photos, as selected by editors at Postmedia News, are a stunning collection of the greatest images from around the world

 A Palestinian man rests on school desks as families gather at a UN school after evacuating their homes near the border at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on July 15, 2014. Israel's security cabinet accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal after a week of the deadliest violence in and around Gaza in years, Israeli media reports said. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

A Palestinian man rests on school desks as families gather at a UN school after evacuating their homes near the border at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on July 15, 2014. Israel’s security cabinet accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal after a week of the deadliest violence in and around Gaza in years, Israeli media reports said. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMSMAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

 A woman looks on at a flooded area in Changsha, central China's Hunan province, on July 15, 2014. The meteorological department in Hunan issued an orange alert for storm, as heavy rain hits the province's central and northern area, local media reported.   CHINA OUT     AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman looks on at a flooded area in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province, on July 15, 2014. The meteorological department in Hunan issued an orange alert for storm, as heavy rain hits the province’s central and northern area, local media reported. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images)

In this frame grab provided by the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations shows frame grab from a video showing rescue teams working inside the tunnel where several cars of the wrecked train look almost coiled, occupying the entire space of the tunnel of Moscow subway in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Workers were seen trying to force open the mangled doors of the car where dead bodies are supposed to be. A rush-hour subway train derailed in Moscow Tuesday, killing about a dozen people and injuring at least 150, emergency officials said. Several cars left the track in the tunnel after a power surge triggered an alarm, which caused the train to stop abruptly. (AP Photo/Russian Emergency Situation Ministry)

In this frame grab provided by the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations shows frame grab from a video showing rescue teams working inside the tunnel where several cars of the wrecked train look almost coiled, occupying the entire space of the tunnel of Moscow subway in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 15, 2014.  (AP Photo/Russian Emergency Situation Ministry)

Two Somalis, convicted of the murder of a Somali nurse working with a Turkish medical aid unit, are tied to large wooden stakes as they wait to be executed by a firing squad on July 15, 2014 in Mogadishu.  AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED ABDIWAHABMohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

Two Somalis, convicted of the murder of a Somali nurse working with a Turkish medical aid unit, are tied to large wooden stakes as they wait to be executed by a firing squad on July 15, 2014 in Mogadishu. (Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

In this Monday, July 14, 2014 photo, resting in his father's lap after fleeing Israeli airstrikes, Bilal Attar, 4, now shares a classroom in the New Gaza Boys United Nations school in the Gaza Strip with more than a dozen people. The children of the Attar clan have lived through three wars in just over five years, each time fleeing their homes as Israel bombarded their neighborhood in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) ORG XMIT: KH511

In this  July 15, 2014 photo, resting in his father’s lap after fleeing Israeli airstrikes, Bilal Attar, 4, now shares a classroom in the New Gaza Boys United Nations school in the Gaza Strip with more than a dozen people. The children of the Attar clan have lived through three wars in just over five years, each time fleeing their homes as Israel bombarded their neighborhood in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

In this , July 15, 2014 photo, resting in his father's lap after fleeing Israeli airstrikes, Bilal Attar, 4, now shares a classroom in the New Gaza Boys United Nations School in the Gaza Strip with more than a dozen people. In Gaza, about one-fourth of the over 170 Palestinians killed in the past week were children, according to U.N. figures. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

In this , July 15, 2014 photo, resting in his father’s lap after fleeing Israeli airstrikes, Bilal Attar, 4, now shares a classroom in the New Gaza Boys United Nations School in the Gaza Strip with more than a dozen people. In Gaza, about one-fourth of the over 170 Palestinians killed in the past week were children, according to U.N. figures. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A Filipino girl walks with an umbrella as they prepare for incoming Typhoon Rammasun beside Manila's bay, Philippines on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Haunted by the memories of Typhoon Haiyan’s deadly fury last year, tens of thousands of villagers fled from disaster-prone areas Tuesday as Typhoon Rammasun blew closer toward the northeastern Philippines, where it was expected to hit land at nightfall then barrel its way in the dark across densely-populated regions toward the capital, Manila. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ORG XMIT: XAF112

A Filipino girl walks with an umbrella as they prepare for incoming Typhoon Rammasun beside Manila’s bay, Philippines on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Haunted by the memories of Typhoon Haiyan’s deadly fury last year, tens of thousands of villagers fled from disaster-prone areas Tuesday as Typhoon Rammasun blew closer toward the northeastern Philippines, where it was expected to hit land at nightfall then barrel its way in the dark across densely-populated regions toward the capital, Manila. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Israeli soldier sleep beside a military vehicle near the Israel Gaza Border, early Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The Israeli Cabinet has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire to end a week of conflict with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has killed 185 Palestinians and exposed millions of Israelis to Hamas rocket fire. No Israelis have been killed as a result of Hamas rocket launches. A senior Hamas official says the Palestinian militant group rejects an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli soldier sleep beside a military vehicle near the Israel Gaza Border, early Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The Israeli Cabinet has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire to end a week of conflict with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has killed 185 Palestinians and exposed millions of Israelis to Hamas rocket fire.  (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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