2011년 7월의 사건과 사진: Pictures of big news in July 2011

최근의 세간에 회자되었던 사건들을 사진으로 모았다. 미국의 부채 상한선을 인상하는 문제가 마지막 순간까지 타결이 되지 않아 사상 초유의 Default(지불불능) 사태의 위험에 처한 미국의 현안 문제로부터 폭염에 시달리고 있는 미중부, 동부 지방과 한국의 물폭탄으로 인한 수재, 노르웨이에서의 무차별 살상과 소말리아 지역의 극심한 가믐과 아사 등 다사다난한 지구촌의 화재의 사건들에 관한 최근의 사진이다.

Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., right, followed by reporters and other freshman Republicans, walks to a press conference where he threw his support to House Speaker John Boehner's budget bill, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 28.


Debt Deal




A visitor rides a slide, July 28, at a water park built inside the National Aquatics Center in Beijing. More than 5,000 people a day visit Asia's largest water park, built within the grounds of the Beijing 2008 Olympics swimming venue, according to park officials. 

Displaced Somalians leave their hut on the outskirts of the Dagahaley refugee camp, which makes up part of the giant Dadaab refugee settlement, July 23, in Kenya. The refugee camp at Dadaab, located close to the Kenyan border with Somalia, was designed in the early 1990s to accommodate 90,000 people. The United Nations estimates more than four times as many reside there today. The lives of an estimated 12 million Somalians have been threatened by the ongoing civil war in Somalia and the worst drought to affect the Horn of Africa in six decades.

Children cool off at an open fire hydrant in New York's Harlem on July 21. An intense heat wave hit the East Coast and temperatures topped the 100-degree mark from New York to Washington.


How hot is itTriple digit Heat Buckles Roads in




Belarus handicapped dancers perform during a training session in Minsk on July 23.

A woman rushes onto a bus during a heavy rainfall in Seoul, South Korea on July 27. Wild weather battered the peninsula, causing widespread flooding and transport delays.


Floods Kill Dozens in South Korea : Video July 29, 2011




An injured man is attended to at the site of a powerful bomb blast that rocked central Oslo on July 22. The explosion damaged government buildings, including Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's office. It was followed by a gun attack on a youth camp on a nearby island. At least 78 people were killed in the twin attacks, which authorities blamed on a lone-wolf terrorist.


CNN - At Least 80 People Killed In Youth Camp Attack On Norway Island




Survivors and relatives of a shooting rampage on Utoya Island mourn following a memorial service in an Oslo cathedral on July 24. Authorities say Anders Behring Breivik, an alleged right-wing zealot, admitted to bomb and gun attacks in Norway.
Shooting in Utoya and bomb in Oslo, Norway killing 92




A wave crashes into a ship that broke free from a tow line at Sheffield Beach about 37 miles north of Durban, South Africa on July 26. The ship subsequently ran aground.

Ray Durand, left, and his partner Dale Shields kiss after their wedding ceremony at the Manhattan City Clerk's office in New York on July 24. It was the first day that same-sex couples could be legally married in New York state.

Rescue crews respond after two carriages from a bullet train derailed and fell off a bridge in Wenzhou, China on July 24. At least 39 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train, state media said. The accident raised new questions about the safety of China's fast-growing rail network.

An ice cream vendor waits for customers at Sea View beach in Karachi, Pakistan on July 21.

Jazia Pratt, 8, fills a bucket with water from a fire hydrant in the afternoon summer heat, July 18, in Philadelphia. Much of the country has been sweltering from temperatures approaching or surpassing triple digits.

A man prepares the grave of Hassan al-Hora at a cemetery in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 19. Violence has gripped Yemen since February when protests erupted calling for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule. 

Mount Lokon erupts as seen from Tomohon, Indonesia, on July 15. Indonesian authorities raised the alert at the volcano on Sulawesi Island to the highest level and urged the evacuation of the danger zone. More than 30,000 people live near the volcano, according to the local government.

Laurens ten Dam sports an injured face after he crashed while descending from the Col d'Agnes mountain pass, July 16, during the 14th stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Saint-Gaudens to Plateau de Beille. The Dutch rider finished the stage with gauze wrapped around his face to cover his bloodied nose.


Laurens ten Dam crash - Tour de France 2011



SBS Tour de France: Incidents on Stage 12




A man splashes around in mud during the 14th annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach, on July 16 in Boryeong, South Korea. The mud, which is believed to have beneficial effects on the skin due to its mineral content, is sourced from mud flats near Boryeong and transported to the beach by truck.


[boryeong mud festival] 보령머드축제




Paul French pauses on the fifth day of his 2,500-mile journey from Perth to Sydney to talk with a young "Star Wars" fan at Port Bouvard bridge, July 15, in Perth, Australia. French aims to walk 22 to 25 miles a day, five days a week, in his Stormtrooper costume to raise money for the Starlight Foundation - an organization that aims to brighten the lives of ill and hospitalized children in Australia.

A leopard attacks a forest guard at Prakash Nagar village, on the outskirts of Siliguri, India, on July 19. The leopard strayed into the village area and mauled several people, including three guards, before being caught by forest officials. The leopard, which suffered injuries caused by knives and batons, died later in the evening at a veterinary center. The forest guard being attacked survived.


Video shows leopard attack.




Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on July 21. The space shuttle glided through a moonlit sky for its final landing, completing a 30-year odyssey for NASA's shuttle fleet.


Space shuttle Atlantis final launch




Men weep while listening to the funeral of Leibby Kletzky, July 13, outside a synagogue in Brooklyn, New York. A Brooklyn hardware store clerk, Levi Aron, was charged Thursday with abducting the 8-year-old boy off the street and killing him before cutting up his body. The dismembered remains of Kletzky, who had gotten lost Monday while walking home from a day camp, were found in Aron's freezer and a trash container, police said.

Indian Railway workers remove the debris of a derailed passenger train, near Bhatkuchi, India, on July 11. Four coaches of the Guwahati-Puri Express derailed following a possible explosion, local police and railway sources said.

Chinese residents cool off on a hot summer day, July 9, by the banks of a river in Hefei.

A pedestrian crosses the street on the west side of Newark, N.J., as green lights are seen on street signals, on July 13.

A woman passes by coffins at the Potocari memorial cemetery near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on July 9. A burial ceremony for hundreds of newly identified victims was held in Potocari on July 11, the 16th anniversary of the Srebrenica tragedy in which Bosnian Serb forces stormed the enclave and systematically killed thousands of Bosnian Muslims.


A fighting bull takes the curve during the San Fermin festival on July 8. People come from all over the world to test their bravery in the daily bull runs and enjoy the festival's nonstop street parties which last until July 14.


San Fermin Festival 2011 Running of the Bulls




Rescuers and injured people are seen at the collapsed Wuyishan Gongguan Bridge in Wuyishan, Fujian province, China, on July 14. One person was killed and 22 others were injured when the bridge failed.

The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center, July 8, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis is the 135th and final space shuttle launch for NASA.

Freddy Porter, 5, of Raleigh, N.C., plays with a toy space shuttle in the Rocket Garden of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex near Cape Canaveral, Fla., on July 7.

People watch Fourth of July fireworks on a sandbar in Barnstable Harbor, Mass., on July 4.


Disney's Celebrate America - 4th of July Concert in the Sky




Restaurant patrons, from left, Mary Wilbanks, Lindsay Ingram and Mince Duncan, react to the not guilty verdict in Casey Anthony murder trial in Daytona Beach, Fla., on July 5. Anthony was acquitted of the most serious charges, including the muder of her 2-year-old daughter.

Fans react to a solo home run hit by Boston Red Sox Kevin Youkilis off of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero during the second inning of their American League game on July 6 at Fenway Park in Boston.

The Xiaolangdi Dam undergoes a sediment cleaning process as workers deal with the flooding season in the Yellow River area in northern China's Henan province. Persistent rains since early June have swamped many areas across a wide swathe of China, and the state weather bureau has forecast continued downpours with the summer typhoon season approaching.

A resident runs up a stairway as floodwater pours into an underground garage amid heavy rain in Chengdu, China, on July 3.

A woman digs for clams during low tide on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, on July 2. The tradition of clam-digging is a regular draw for residents of Hong Kong's outlying islands. People spend hours hunched over barnacled rocks to harvest clams that they sell to nearby seafood establishments.

Los Alamos Canyon is filled with smoke from the Las Conchas fire in Los Alamos, N.M., on July 1. Firefighters held their ground on the flank of the massive wildfire that burned near the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratory, and officials at the lab and in the surrounding town began planning for the return of thousands of residents and employees who evacuated.

Lightning strikes near Chicago as a powerful storm swept through the area on June 30.

Women sell homegrown potatoes along a rainy roadside in Pilchuki, Belarus, on July 4.

Parachutists get tangled during the Airpower 2011 air show in Zeltweg, Austria, on July 1. Both parachutists were injured and flown to nearby hospitals.

Independence Day fireworks illuminate the sky over the Hudson River and a portion of Manhattan's West Side on July 4 in New York.


FIREWORKS 2011 NEW YORK CITY