Rare images from inside Indian-controlled Kashmir after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and moved to quell widespread unrest by shutting down communications and clamping down on freedom of movement.
A suspect was taken into custody early on Thursday after a seven-hour armed standoff at a Philadelphia home in which six police officers were wounded in a barrage of bullets.
Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for a United Nations summit in New York, crossing the Atlantic on board the 60-ft yacht, the Malizia II, fitted with solar panels and underwater turbines that produce electricity on board, with the aim of making the journey zero-carbon.
Hong Kong police shot tear gas at hundreds of protesters who had gathered outside a police station to shine laser beams and burn joss papers in the residential area of Sham Shui Po.
Globally, public awareness is growing about the harm being done by plastic, which hurts marine life and instead of biodegrading breaks down into ubiquitous microplastics.
A wildfire fanned by strong winds razed tracts of pine forest on the Greek island of Evia after fires burned in at least four other regions, and the fire brigade said it had been called to put out 182 fires in the last three days.
Protesters in Hong Kong wear eye patches in solidarity with a young woman who was shot in the right eye with a pellet round in a violent police crackdown.
On the 400-year anniversary, Reuters photographers visited museums in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa and Britain displaying items from the Africa to North America slave trade.
Images taken by Reuters photographers around the world in July 2019, including protests in Hong Kong, the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and the Apollo 11 anniversary. Produced by David Lucas.
