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Ommegang, an annual parade in Brussels, Belgium, re-creates the arrival in Brussels of Charles V and his son Philippe on June 5, 1549, with a large following.
Fourth of July Independence Day celebrated in the United States.
Models present creations by Chinese designer Laurence Xu as part of his Haute Couture Fall Winter 2013/2014 fashion show in Paris July 4, 2013.
People compete in the Muscle Beach Independence Day bodybuilding contest on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California, July 4, 2013.
Visitors to the National Archives view the Declaration of Independence, preserved under glass and special lighting, ahead of the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday in Washington, July 3, 2013.
In a scene reminiscent of the Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker, images have emerged of a bomb disposal expert defusing a bomb strapped to a man wearing a suicide vest in Afghanistan.
Protesters, who are against Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, wave the Egyptian national flag as they gather at Tahrir Square in Cairo July 3, 2013.
People attend a memorial service at Prescott High School for 19 firefighters who perished battling a fast-moving wildfire in Prescott, Arizona July 2, 2013.
A gold medal manufactured for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, is seen on display at the Adamas jewellery factory in Moscow, June 28, 2013.
US President Obama is seeking to build a new economic partnership with Africa.
A July 2-4 festival of vintage planes in the Aviation Museum at the Zhulyany airport in Kiev will feature 27 aircraft, including visiting aircraft -- WWll Soviet fighter Yakovlev 3, American P-51D 'Mustang' fighter and Tiger Moth training aircraft of the British Royal Air Force
Firefighters are tackling the blaze involving 100,000 tonnes of plastic recycling material and the factory unit has claimed that the plastic materials were first set alight by falling paper lanterns.