HEBRON: An elderly Palestinian man rides a donkey through the Old City of the West Bank town of Hebron. AFP PHOTO.

QUEZON CITY: Filipino activists’ burned an effigy of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte prior to his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) here on July 24. EPA PHOTO.

BUDAPEST: Italy’s Martina Carraro (right) competed in a women’s 100m breaststroke heat during the swimming competition at the 2017 FINA World Championships yesterday. AFP PHOTO.

TOKYO: Japan marked the three years before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with much fanfare and a grand celebration at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Building on July 24. AFP PHOTO.

THESSALONIKI: A woman makes a straw chair in Thessaloniki here. Greece will make its first return to the debt markets in three years on Tuesday, testing to see if it can begin to wean itself off bailout loans after tough reforms. AFP PHOTO.

SIBERIA: Igor Gushchin (left), leader of an artists’ team and author of the 150sqm graffiti artwork “Fat Cap Jam #3”, stands next to a team mate as they work on a painting during a graffiti festival in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. REUTERS PHOTO.

SEPANG: World diving champ, Cheong Jun Hoong, is greeted by family, friends and fans on her return to Malaysian shore yesterday. NSTP Pic by NURUL SYAZANA ROSE RAZMAN.

COPENHAGEN: Participants of the Santa Claus World Congress attend a canal tour here. The first Santa Claus World Congress was held in 1957 and this time round, participants from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Spain, Germany, the United States and Japan attend the event. AFP PHOTO.

SEPANG: It was a heroes’ welcome for national paralympic athletes – Ziyad Zolkefli (centre), gold winner in the men’s F20 shot putt; Abdul Latif Romly (right), gold medallist in the T20 long jump; and Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi (left), silver medallist in the mens 100m T36 – upon their return from the World Para-athletics Championships in London. NSTP Pic by AHMAD IRHAM MOHD NOOR.

KOLKATA: The work must go on. An Indian cycle van puller transport bananas to the market through a water-logged street here on July 24. AFP PHOTO.