Felipe Dana, The Associated PressA suspected Islamic State fighter sits in a basement as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, July 3, 2017.
Felipe Dana, The Associated PressAn Iraqi Special Forces soldiers watches for Islamic State militants as they continue their advance in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, July 3, 2017.
Felipe Dana, The Associated PressSmoke billows over the Old City after several strikes as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, Monday, July 3, 2017.
Matt Dunham, AP PhotoA visitor takes a picture of the ""Elements of Life" garden during the press day for the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in East Molesey, on the western edge of London, Monday, July 3, 2017. The Hampton Court Palace Flower Show runs from July 4 until Sunday July 9.
Matthias Balk, dpa via APThe wreckage of a burnt-out bus remains at the scene of a fatal accident on the motorway A9 near Muenchberg, Germany, Monday, July 3, 2017. The bus carrying German seniors on holiday slammed into the back of a truck that had slowed for a traffic jam and burst into flame, authorities said.
Moises Castillo, The Associated PressPolice officers escort recaptured inmates of the Juvenile Correctional Center Gaviotas in Guatemala City, Monday, July 3, 2017. A riot at the center began when two inmates were found hanging in an apparent suicide, according to authorities. Apart from the two dead, 10 other inmates are reported to have escaped from the center.
Moises Castillo, The Associated PressA juvenile inmate is attended by a medic and interrogated by a police officer, after he was injured during the recapture of the Juvenile Correctional Center Gaviotas by police, in Guatemala City, Monday, July 3, 2017. A riot at the center began when two inmates were found hanging in an apparent suicide, according to authorities. Apart from the two dead, 10 other inmates are reported to have escaped from the center.
(Etienne Laurent, AP PhotoFrench President Emmanuel Macron walks through the Galerie des Bustes to access the Versailles Palace's hemicycle where both houses of parliament (National Assembly and Senate) are gathered in the palace of Versailles, outside Paris, Monday, July 3, 2017. Macron will lay out his political, security and diplomatic priorities at an extraordinary joint session of parliament at the chateau of Versailles.
Christophe Archambaultchristophe Archambault, AFP/Getty Images via APChad's president Idriss Deby Itno (2nd L) speaks with French President Emanuel Macron (C) as they gather with President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore (front L), Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (rear L), Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou (front R) and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz (rear R) for a meeting during the G5 Sahel summit, in Bamako, on July 2, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron, making a lightning visit to Mali, on July 2, 2017 threw his weight behind a planned Sahel force to fight jihadists but told countries their efforts had to bear fruit. The so-called "G5 Sahel" countries -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger -- have pledged to set up a joint force to combat the wave of Islamist bombings, shootings and kidnappings south of the Sahara.
Mel Evans, AP PhotoHorizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Chairman and CEO Robert A. Marino, left, addresses the media at the Statehouse Monday, July 3, 2017, in Trenton, N.J. New Jersey's budget stalemate between Republican Gov. Chris Christie and the Democrat-controlled Legislature is smoldering with the state government shut down and state parks closed to the public as the Fourth of July approaches.
Andre Penner, The Associated PressA boy peers from his home's window as firefighters put out the last flames of a nearby fire in Osasco in the greater Sao Paulo area of Brazil, Monday, July 3, 2017. Dozen of homes were destroyed and no casualties were reported.
Czarek Sokolowski, The Associated PressWorkers constructs a podium that President Donald Trump will speak from during a brief visit to Poland this week at the monument to the heroes of the 1944 Warsaw Rising against the occupying Nazi Germans in Krasinski Square in in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, July 3, 2017. Trump will be in Warsaw before traveling to Germany for a G20 summit of top world leaders.
Michael Probst, The Associated PressArtificial dog heads by British artist Heather Phillipson sway in a dark room of the Schirn museum in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, July 3, 2017. The installation called "100 % Other Fibres" is part of the exhibition "Peace" that opened last weekend.
Felipe Dana, The Associated Press
1 of 13
A suspected Islamic State fighter sits in a basement as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, July 3, 2017.
ExpandBy Dean Krakel | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED:
Getting your player ready...
The day in photos for July 3rd, 2017.











