Week in pictures: 22 - 28 July
From water aquatics to blazing fires in France - here are the images of the past seven days

SATURDAY, SOUTH KOREA: Koreans get into the spirit of the popular Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach

SUNDAY, HUNGARY: Australia's male water-polo team dive into the pool to face Brazil at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest

MONDAY, PHILLIPINES:

TUESDAY, NEW ZEALAND:

WEDNESDAY, VENEZUELA: Riot police fire at demonstrators in Caracas protesting against President Nicolas Maduro's plans for constitutional reform

WEDNESDAY, FRANCE: Wildfires force tourists and locals to abandon a beach near Bormes-les-Mimosas

WEDNESDAY, US: Transgender veteran Tanya Walker rallies protesters in New York's Times Square, after Donald Trump reinstates a ban on transgender people serving in the US military

THURSDAY, UK:

FRIDAY, NEPAL: Young Hindu priests are sprayed in holy water to celebrate the Janai Purnima sacred thread festival

FRIDAY, FRANCE: Hot air balloons colour the sky near Hageville as part of the biennial Mondial Air Balloons festival
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