Ethnic Nepalese girls wait to perform for an event honoring the birthday of Nepali poet Bhanu Bhakta, attended by India's West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in Kalimpong on July 13. Indian Gorkhas, who are ethnic Nepalese, have led a violent campaign since the 1980s demanding that the separate state of Gorkhaland be carved out of West Bengal's mountainous district of Darjeeling.
The sun sets behind 42nd street in New York City on July 11. The city's residents call this event Manhattanhenge or the Manhattan Solstice -- the twice-a-year moment when the sun is perfectly aligned with Manhattan's numbered streets.
