News in pictures: What happened across the world on July 29

Washington, July 29: Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014, during a news conference to announce the 2013 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. The U.S. says millions of people were forced from their homes because of their religious beliefs last year.

Britain's Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge act playfully as they watch races at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Palestinian Maha al-Sheikh Khalil, 7, left, receives a present by a charity worker dressed as a bear for the Eid al-Fitr holiday on a hospital bed in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014. Khalil has a shrapnel injury to her neck, which has caused paralysis to all of her limbs.

Heavy Israeli shelling on the Shijaiyah neighborhood hit her house, killing seven members of her family including her mother. According to the family, the doctors informed them that there is nothing that they can do and they have to seek treatment and spinal cord surgery abroad.

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alestinian Maha al-Sheikh Khalil

Palestinian Maha al-Sheikh Khalil, 7, left, receives a present by a charity worker dressed as a bear for the Eid al-Fitr holiday on a hospital bed in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014. Khalil has a shrapnel injury to her neck, which has caused paralysis to all of her limbs. Heavy Israeli shelling on the Shijaiyah neighborhood hit her house, killing seven members of her family including her mother. According to the family, the doctors informed them that there is nothing that they can do and they have to seek treatment and spinal cord surgery abroad.

Valerie Trierweiler, former companion of French President

Valerie Trierweiler, former companion of French President Francois Hollande, head of the Association "Bring Back Our Girls", left, and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo pose to inaugurate a creation symbolizing the hundreds of girls abducted from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France, Monday, July 28, 2014. Islamic extremists were responsible for the kidnapping.

Britain's Prince William and Kate

Britain's Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge act playfully as they watch races at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday July 28, 2014.

An abandoned Palestinian home destroyed by Israeli strikes

An abandoned Palestinian home destroyed by Israeli strikes lies empty on the main road of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014.

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014, during a news conference to announce the 2013 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. The U.S. says millions of people were forced from their homes because of their religious beliefs last year.

Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza Strip

GAZA BORDER, July 27, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza Strip seen from Sderot, south Israel bordering the Gaza Strip, on July 27, 2014.

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