BY KEVIN SAWYER – Once again it is Monday which means HipDaily takes a look at what happened in parts of the rest of the world last week. So, without any further adieu, as the French say, here are some dramatic photos of a few things that happened last week in the rest of the world…
A small memorial in Nice, France where a man drove a truck into a crowd of people killing 84 on France’s celebration of Bastille Day.
In the Philippines, the war against drugs and drug dealers is a very real thing. This woman holds the dead body of her husband who was gunned down on the streets of Manila. The sign left at his body states that he was a drug dealer.
A young Syrian boy who was seriously injured in a rocket attack in the Syrian city of Aleppo last week as the civil war in Syria rages into its sixth year.
Young Palestinian girls gets firearms training in the Gaza Strip by Hamas soldiers who are preparing them to fight the Israeli’s.
The people of Turkey fought it out in the streets during a coup attempt to overthrow the country’s current president. The coup attempt failed.
It is also school vacation in Barcelona, Spain
Rather spartan accommodations await the world’s athletes at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro.
The legendary Breitling Wingwalkers in a recent performance at an airshow in England.
Relentless storms and flooding continues to plague many regions in China.
It was, once again, that time of the year in London when the swan census is taken. The Brits are serious about protecting their swan population and the census dates back to the 1100’s.
Thousands of people in Haiti took the annual pilgrimage last week to the Sacred Waterfalls where they bathed and prayed to the Erzulie, the Voodoo religion’s god of love. They ask the god for good fortune and a prosperous year ahead.
The gigantic statue of Jesus of Nazareth awaits the world’s athletes who will compete in the Olympic Games coming soon to Rio de Janeiro.
PHOTO CREDITS: Reuters / CNN