Tens of thousands of Venezuelans streamed across the border from the town of San Antonio del Tachira into Cucuta, Colombia on Sunday (17 July) to stock up on food, home goods and medicine that are in short supply at home. Although the border was heavily patrolled, the crowds were mostly orderly amid an atmosphere of tense excitement.

One of Japan’s biggest and oldest events, the month-long Gion Matsuri summer festival is in full swing in Kyoto. The city hosts a parade called Yamaboko Junko where residents and tourists gather in downtown Kyoto to see the 23 decorative floats. The festival started as a sort of purification ritual for the appeasement of Gods to protect them from fire, floods and earthquakes – which Japan is highly prone to.

Video footage captured mountain torrents destroying a row of wooden houses in a village China’s central Hunan Province. Heavy rains triggered the land and mudslides on Sunday morning in Hunan’s Guzhang County, with precipitation reaching as much as 199.1 mm in Morong Town, where the scenes were captured.

Supporters of the Turkish president take to the streets to show their fury against putchistes.

People dressed as Theresa May parade outside the incoming British prime minister’s soon-to-be home of 10 Downing Street, dancing and singing in protest to call for a new general election.

Polish nuns dance to encourage young faithfuls to take part in World Youth Day at the end of July. The Sisters of St. Faustina Order from Mysliborz in West Pomerania recorded a video of their antics, which soon went viral on the Internet.

A dozen trucks carrying heavy rocks were driven into the flood to help block a dyke in central China’s Hunan Province. The local residents were evacuated immediately while emergency repair was conducted to seal the breach. But the rapid flood flow soon washed away the rocks put into the water and the breach expanded fast. Water conservancy experts decided to have trucks carrying rocks driven into the flood.

The world record for the largest orchestra has been broken, according to the German Institute for Records. The Institute said 7,548 musicians gathered in a football stadium in Frankfurt to play for 45 minutes, conducted by Wolf Kerschek. That was over 300 more than in Brisbane, Australia, where the previous record was set.