SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

Students sing and dance to mark Nelson Mandela Day at the square named for the deceased leader in Johannesburg on July 18

UNITED KINGDOM

New Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses outside 10 Downing Street after his speech in London on July 24

SINGAPORE

Some 11 tons of pangolin scales and 8 tons of elephant tusks were seized from a container from the Democratic Republic of the Congo going to Viet Nam via Singapore on July 23. It was the largest seizure ever of elephant tusks in the country

CHILE

Gita Gopinath （center）， International Monetary Fund （IMF） chief economist， and Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti （left）， IMF deputy director for research， attend a press conference in Santiago on July 23 to present the IMFs World Economic Outlook July 2019 update， which lowered the global growth forecast to 3.2 percent for the year

INDIA

The rocket GSLV-Mk-III carrying lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan-2 lifts off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on July 22

JAPAN

Journalists gather around the Kyoto Animation studio building after an alleged arson attack in Kyoto on July 19. At least 34 people were reportedly killed and more than 30 injured