The week’s best photos
Carrying the torch, high-risk conversation, and more
A man works on a Statue of Liberty costume in Battery Park in New York, USA
A man speaks with a child while sitting near an unexploded artillery shell from an overnight Israeli bombardment in Abidin, Syria
A jockey balances on a wooden plough between two bulls, steering them through a flooded paddy field, during Pacu Jawi, in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra
A man jumps headfirst in a river during an extreme heatwave in Romania
The dry lakebed of Lake Velence is visible after water level drops to lowest on record following weeks of scorching temperatures Pakozd, Hungary
Houthi security personnel keep watch in front of a burning pile of confiscated narcotics in Yemen
Children compete in a street football tournament locally known as "Asphalt League" in Jakarta, Indonesia
Lightning strikes the Eiffel Tower during a thunderstorm in Paris, France
A member of the Wimbledon staff uses a transfer wheel to refresh the line markings on a grass tennis court in London, UK
Bee rescuer Clarence Chua holds a fistful of honey bees after removing them from a nest in a housing apartment in Singapore
A man sits under an umbrella during a heatwave in front of the sea in Durres, Albania
Volunteers and Ecuadorean firefighters of the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) search for bodies at the site of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira State, Venezuela
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