Week in pictures: 2 July - 8 July

SATURDAY, US:
wo days of thunderstorms bring strong winds, hail and heavy rain

SATURDAY, ITALY:
Jockey Jonatan Bartoletti celebrates after winning the historic Italian horse race, the Palio of Siena

SUNDAY, ENGLAND: Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club during Wimbledon's People's Sunday

TUESDAY, GERMANY: A bee gets up close to a sunflower to collect pollen

WEDNESDAY, US: Protesters gather in front of a mural painted on the convenience store where Alton Sterling was killed by a police officer

WEDNESDAY, ENGLAND: A demonstrator dressed as Tony Blair arrives at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London as the Chilcot report is published

WEDNESDAY, WALES:
Fans gather at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to watch Wales play Portugal in the Euro 2016 semi-finals

THURSDAY, CHINA:
Locals walk on a flooded street in South Lake Community in Wuhan, Hubei Province

THURSDAY, SPAIN: Revellers run with the bulls during the second day of the San Fermin celebrations in Pamplona

THURSDAY, KAZAHKSTAN:
Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
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