Monday July 6, Our World In Pictures
CHICAGO — Fans Cheer for U.S. Women’s Soccer: Fans are seen cheering after a goal by U.S. player Carli Lloyd during the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday. The fans watched the action on a jumbo screen in Lincoln Park as the U.S. won 5-2.
GAZA STRIP — Teen Says Goodbye to Lion Cub: Ibrahim Al-Jamal, 17, carries Mona, the female lion cub, to see her off before she departs to the Erez border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in Beit Hanoun, on Friday. A pair of lion cubs are stuck at a Gaza-Israel border crossing en route to a Jordan animal sanctuary, after being kept for a year by a family in the crowded region.
NEVADA — Worker Walks Through Tunnel Construction: In this June 1, 2015 photo, Robin Rockey of the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) walks through a tunnel still under construction beneath Lake Mead near Boulder City. When operational, the three-mile-long tunnel and intake will allow the SNWA to draw water from the lake even if its water level falls below the two current intakes.