Monday: The day in photos

Israeli youths attend a candle memorial at the scene of Saturday night’s shooting attack in Tel Aviv which killed two gay youths and wounded 11. The unidentified gunman remains at large.  (Gil Yarri / EPA)

A Chinese construction worker walks past a giant poster advertising a new housing development still under construction in Beijing. China’s economy is expected to expand at a yearly rate of 8.5%, according to reports by China’s Bank of Communications. Development in construction projects and real estate thanks to a government stimulus package helped the country’s economy gain momentum during this year’s second quarter after falling to 6.1% in the first three months.  (Diego Azubel / EPA)

Veterinarians implant a tracking microchip into an endangered Assamese macaque at the state zoological park in Gauhati, India.  (Anupam Nath / Associated Press)

A man works at an ice-making factory in Amman, Jordan, a critical industry in a country where ice is needed by most residents to keep food and beverages cool at the peak of the summer season, where temperatures are expected to hover near 100 degrees.  (Mohammad abu Ghosh / Associated Press)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Fresh signs of healing in the manufacturing and banking industries are giving investors a reason to extend a powerful July rally into a second month.  (Seth Wenig / Associated Press)

Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists wearing vegetable garlands shout slogans against India’s government in New Delhi. The BJP protested the price hike of basic commodities such as vegetables, cereal, and rice by the Congress-led Delhi government. The cost of potatoes, tomatoes and pulses in the national capital have risen to such an extent that some harried families even find meat a cheaper option.  (Harish Tyagi / EPA)

A Pakistani member of the Christian minority holds a cross during a protest rally Monday in Hyderabad, Pakistan, against the July 31 burning of about 50 Christian houses by a mob in Gojra over an alleged desecration of the Koran.  (Nadeem Khawer / EPA)

Exhibition team members of Antwerp’s Museum of Contemporary Art set up life-size casts of horses for Belgium artist Berlinde De Bruyckere’s installation titled “In Flander’s Fields” in a gallery at the National Museum of Singapore. The installation, inspired by photographs of battlefields, is part of the museum’s new exhibition, “A Story of the Image: Old and New Masters from Antwerp,” featuring over 150 art works by Flemish masters and contemporary artists.  (How Hwee-Young / EPA)

Venezuelan journalists demonstrate in front of the national telecommunications regulator Conatel in Caracas. Journalists were protesting against the decision of Venezuela’s government to close 34 broadcasters who were taken off the air in Venezuela after President Hugo Chavez argued that they had abused free speech.The government has warned another 200 stations that they may face the same fate.  (Thomas Coex / AFP / Getty Images)