Photos July 19: Top images from around the world

Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Williams, a Cryptologic Technician Technical from Miami, Fla., hugs friends and family members on Pier 5 of Norfolk Naval Base, during the homecoming event following a six-month deployment of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Elrod, Saturday, July 19, 2014, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Martin Smith-Rodden)

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

People dressed as the fictional detective created by the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, gather in central London on July 19, 2014 as they attempt to set the world record for the highest number of people dressed as Sherlock Holmes gathered in one place. (CARL COURT/AFP/Getty)

A cyclists with his dog in a backpack climbs the race route towards the finish line in Risoul prior to the arrival of the riders in the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 177 kilometers with start in Grenoble and finish in Risoul, France, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Iranian Shiite Muslims pray as they place the Quran, Islam’s holy book, on their heads during a religious ceremony at the graves of soldiers who were killed during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, just outside Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A Palestinian child walks on debris from a destroyed house, following an overnight Israeli strike in Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza strip, Saturday, July 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

A DC-10 air tanker is dwarfed by the tip of a rising smoke cloud as the plane prepares to drop fire retardant over a wildfire Saturday, July 19, 2014, near Carlton, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A flamingo chick on the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)