June 24, 2013
![A rider rears up on his horse while surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, on the Spanish Balearic Island of Menorca, June 23, 2013. The riders of the horses are representatives of the ancient Ciutadella society - nobility, clergy, craftsmen and farmers.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3eb96158-6230-45a3-ba2f-89ea72778d95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A rider rears up on his horse while surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, on the Spanish Balearic Island of Menorca, June 23, 2013. The riders of the horses are representatives of the ancient Ciutadella society - nobility, clergy, craftsmen and farmers.
![A boy, covered with mud and dried banana leaves, walks around the village to ask for candles before attending a mass celebrating the feast day of the Catholic patron Saint John the Baptist in the village of Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija, north of Manila, Philippines.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1055b1ab-42d6-4d09-8440-697341605a48_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy, covered with mud and dried banana leaves, walks around the village to ask for candles before attending a mass celebrating the feast day of the Catholic patron Saint John the Baptist in the village of Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija, north of Manila, Philippines.
![Long-tailed mayflies (Palingenia longicauda) mate on the surface of the Tisza river near Tiszainoka, 135km (84 miles) southeast of Budapest, Hungary, June 23, 2013. Millions of these short-lived mayflies engage in a frantic rush to mate and reproduce before they perish in just a few hours during "Tiszaviragzas" or Tisza blooming season from late spring to early summer every year.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b81849fe-86a3-45a1-b4dc-bf3188846e95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Long-tailed mayflies (Palingenia longicauda) mate on the surface of the Tisza river near Tiszainoka, 135km (84 miles) southeast of Budapest, Hungary, June 23, 2013. Millions of these short-lived mayflies engage in a frantic rush to mate and reproduce before they perish in just a few hours during "Tiszaviragzas" or Tisza blooming season from late spring to early summer every year.