Today in photos

Revellers jump into the sea followed by a bull during the 'Bous a la mar' or "Bulls to the sea" festival in the eastern town of Denia, Spain,. Members of a 'gulabi gang' (pink gang), a women's vigilante group, meet for a protest in Allahabad, India. U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attend a signing ceremony before a joint press conference at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow. View a slideshow of these images and more.

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Mon., July 6, 2009

Revellers jump into the sea followed by a bull during the 'Bous a la mar' or "Bulls to the sea" festival in the eastern town of Denia, Spain, Monday, July 6, 2009. The bulls are later brought back to the coast in boats.

Alberto Saiz Associated Press
Revelers react as sparkling wine and water, thrown from a balcony, lands during the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the 2009 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 6, 2009. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.

Alvaro Barrientos Associated Press
A regional music band wearing red berets, the traditional colour for the festival, tries to march through the crowd as some thousands revelers enjoy the celebrations during the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the 2009 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 6, 2009. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.

Alvaro Barrientos Associated Press
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attend a signing ceremony before a joint press conference at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Monday, July 6, 2009. At front performing the signing are Admiral Michael Mullen, left, head of the U.S. Chiefs of Staff and Gen. Nikolai Makarov Chief of the Russian General Staff.

Misha Japaridze Associated Press
Medics attached to the U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines carry a Marine, who was overcome by heat exhaustion, to a medical evacuation helicopter in the Nawa district of Afghanistan's Helmand province Monday July 6, 2009.

David Guttenfelder Associated Press
The pack passes a beach on the Mediterranean Sea on the outskirts of Marseille during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 196.5 kilometers (122 miles) with start in Marseille and finish in La Grande-Motte, southern France, Monday July 6, 2009.

Christophe Ena Associated Press
A woman wades through flood waters to collect drinking water at Kakadhowa village in lower Assam, 100 kilometers (69 miles) west of Gauhati, India, Monday, July 6, 2009. Flood waters have inundated scores of villages in India's northeast, leaving nearly 500,000 people homeless, an official said Monday.

Anupam Nath Associated Press
Jill Gatcum, 51, participant for British sculptor Antony Gormley's work One & Other, is silhouetted back-dropped by Nelson's Column as she releases a balloon on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, central London, Monday, July 6, 2009. One & Other is conceived as a portrait of Britain in 2009, and will run from July 6 to Oct. 14 as part of the rolling program of contemporary art commissions for the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. Every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days, a different person will take their place on the plinth as a continuous monument in time. The project is commissioned by the Mayor of London.

Akira Suemori Associated Press
Members of a 'gulabi gang' (pink gang), a women's vigilante group, meet for a protest in Allahabad, India, Monday, July 6, 2009. The group is so named after their pink dresses that they wear and was formed in Uttar Pradesh State's Banda district. They brandish sticks and fight for social issues and one of their demands is to ban the sale of liquor in the villages.

Rajesh Singh Associated Press
A model displays a creations by Hong Kong's fashion designer Michael Lau during a show at the Hong Kong Fashion week Monday, July 6, 2009.

Vincent Yu Associated Press