Hundreds of people waving American flags lined the streets of Sacramento to pay tribute to three local heroes who helped thwart a train attack in France.
It was the best of shows, it was the worst of shows: as 12,000 troops and hundreds of tanks and missiles rolled through Tiananmen Square in front of invited guests and foreign leaders.
Huge crowds attended Sunday's gay pride parade in Montreal, including several candidates in the upcoming general elections, though Prime Minister Stephen Harper was conspicuously absent.
Russian President in nothing but green underwear and European leader are among those being paraded and burned during traditional British bonfire celebrations.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul for the city's Gay Pride parade, an event that has taken on added political significance a year on from massive anti-government protests.