Today in photos (July 15)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Monday, July 15, 2013.

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Mon., July 15, 2013

A youngster jumps in the midst of a fountain on the southbank of the River Thames in London, Monday, July 15, 2013. Temperatures reached 28 degrees Celsius (82 degrees Fahrenheit) in London on Monday.

Matt Dunham Associated Press
An employee checks a file inside the records room of the Central Telegraph Office in Mumbai, India, Monday, July 15, 2013. India's last telegram went out late Sunday, marking the end of a service that millions of Indians had relied on for fast communication for more than 160 years.

Rafiq Maqbool Associated Press
A driver inspects one of the government buses damaged by students protesting against caste-based affirmative action in recruitment examinations for government jobs in Allahabad, India, Monday, July 15, 2013. According to local news reports, the protesting students vandalized dozens of government vehicles.

Rajesh Singh Associated Press
The Costa Concordia cruise ship lies on its side in the Tuscan Island of Isola del Giglio, Monday, July 15, 2013. Salvage crews are working against time to right and remove the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship, which is steadily compressing down on itself from sheer weight onto its granite seabed perch off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Salvage master Nick Sloane said Monday that the Concordia has compressed some 3 meters (10 feet) since it came to rest on the rocks Jan. 13, 2012 after ramming a jagged reef during a stunt ordered by the captain that cost the lives of 32 people.

Gregorio Borgia Associated Press
South African artist John Adams works on a giant acrylic-on-canvas painting of Nelson Mandela in the driveway of his house in a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday, July 15, 2013. Adams said he felt driven to create the painting as thanks to Mandela for creating educational opportunities that enabled him to become an artist, and plans to auction the painting, the proceeds of which will fund children's charities.

Ben Curtis Associated Press
The Sagrada Familia cathedral is seen in the background as an unidentified diver practices ahead of the FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, July 15, 2013. The FINA swimming World Championships run from July 19 to Aug. 4 in Barcelona.

Manu Fernandez Associated Press