Protests, floods, prayers for rainfall, and the King of the Sea

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Raul Arboleda/AFP

A demonstrator faces water cannon by riot police during clashes after a protest demanding social reforms outside the National University in Bogota, Colombia.

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Gustavo Rodas/AFP

Indigenous Maya Mam women in Guatemala offer flowers at a 'prayer for rainfall' ceremony at the Chicabal Lagoon, formed in the crater of an extinct volcano and considered by Mayan people as a sacred place.

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Patrick Meinhardt/AFP

The Saacuur (C), the 'King of the Sea,' who is a spiritual figure in the Serer ethnic group, during his crowning ceremony in Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal.

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Chaideer Mayhuddin/AFP

Palm oil seeds at a plantation in Meulaboh on the west coast of Aceh province, Indonesia.

Qassem al-Kaabi/AFP
Qassem al-Kaabi/AFP

Fish float on the surface of the water during a mass die-off at the Ibn Najm marsh, about 25km northeast of Najaf in Iraq.

John Wessels/AFP
John Wessels/AFP

Handprints on the wall of a school that was abandoned following attacks by Israeli settlers in the Bedouin village of Khirbet Zanuta in the occupied West Bank.

Biju Boro/AFP
Biju Boro/AFP

Villagers cross flood waters after heavy rains in Kampur at Nagaon district, in India's north-eastern state of Assam.

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AFP

Worshippers pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

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Jorge Bernal/AFP

Andes villagers who support Bolivian presidential candidate Andronico Rodriguez march in La Paz against rising prices for basic goods and shortages of fuel.

Delil Souleiman/AFP
Delil Souleiman/AFP

A shepherd fills up a water tank for his flock of sheep in a drought-affected field on the outskirts of Qamishli, northern Syria.