This Week in Photos - Week 27
It has been a rough week, here is a selection of the world in pictures.
Photographer Shamil Zhumatov
Location BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN
Reuters / Thursday, July 07, 2016
The Soyuz MS spacecraft carrying the crew of Kate Rubins of the U.S., Anatoly Ivanishin of Russia and Takuya Onishi of Japan blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, July 7, 2016.
Photographer Feisal Omar
Location MOGADISHU, Somalia
Reuters / Wednesday, July 06, 2016
A Somali boy plays with a toy model of a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) after attending Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, July 6, 2016.
Photographer Eric Miller
Location ST. PAUL, United States
Reuters / Thursday, July 07, 2016
Marques Armstrong chants in support of Philando Castile, who was fatally shot by Minneapolis area police during a traffic stop, at a "Black Lives Matter" demonstration, in front of the Governor's Mansion in St. Paul, Minnesota, July 7, 2016.
Photographer Thaier Al-Sudani
Location BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, July 06, 2016
Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims attend prayers during Eid al-Fitr as they mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at the site of a suicide car bomb attack over the weekend at the shopping area of Karrada, in Baghdad, Iraq July 6, 2016.
Photographer Jorge Adorno
Location BOQUERON, PARAGUAY
Reuters / Sunday, July 03, 2016
Alligators are pictured stuck in the mud of the dry Pilcomayo river, which is facing its worst drought in almost two decades, on the border between Paraguay and Argentina, in Boqueron, July 3, 2016.
Photographer Shailesh Andrade
Location MUMBAI, India
Reuters / Monday, July 04, 2016
A boy stands under an overflowing dam along the Powai lake after heavy rains in Mumbai, India, July 4, 2016.
Photographer Damir Sagolj
Location BEIJING, BEIJING
Reuters / Monday, July 04, 2016
Honour guards prepare for the ceremony to welcome Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China July 4, 2016.
Photographer Ilya Naymushin
Location Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Reuters / Thursday, July 07, 2016
Hippopotamuses perform during a show at the circus in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, July 7, 2016.
Photographer Adnan Abidi
Location DHAKA, BANGLADESH
Reuters / Monday, July 04, 2016
A relative cries after attending the funeral prayer of the victims who were killed in the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 4, 2016.
Photographer Paul Childs
Location London, United Kingdom
Reuters / Monday, July 04, 2016
A spectator rests during Russia's Ekaterina Makarova against Russia's Elena Vesnina at Wimbledon.
Photographer Brian Snyder
Location ATLANTIC CITY, United States
Reuters / Wednesday, July 06, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes the stage for a campaign speech outside the shuttered Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey July 6, 2016.
Photographer Eloy Alonso
Location PAMPLONA, SPAIN
Reuters / Thursday, July 07, 2016
A wild cow jumps over revelers in the bullring after the first running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 7, 2016.
Photographer Reuters Staff
Location ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA
Reuters / Thursday, July 07, 2016
Young contortionists practice at a training school in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 4, 2016.
Photographer Aaron Bernstein
Location CINCINNATI, United States
Reuters / Thursday, July 07, 2016
Supporters wait to see U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak at a campaign rally at the Sharonville Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 6, 2016.
Photographer Christian Hartmann
Location LYON, France
Reuters / Wednesday, July 06, 2016
A fan joins the Portugal players line-up before their Euro semi-final match.
Photographer Gleb Garanich
Location KIEV, Ukraine
Reuters / Wednesday, July 06, 2016
Girls attend a celebration on the traditional Ivana Kupala (Ivan the Bather) holiday, the ancient tradition, originating from pagan times, is usually marked with grand overnight festivities during which people sing and dance around campfires, believing it will purge them of their sins and make them healthier, in Kiev, Ukraine, July 6, 2016.
Photographer Laszlo Balogh
Location HORTOBAGY, Hungary
Reuters / Thursday, July 07, 2016
Traditional Hungarian horsemen force their horses into poses of submission in the Great Hungarian Plain in Hortobagy, Hungary June 30, 2016.
Photographer China Daily China Daily Information Corp - CDIC
Location WUHAN, CHINA
Reuters / Wednesday, July 06, 2016
A view of a flooded sports stadium is seen in Wuhan, Hubei province, July 6, 2016.
Photographer Lucas Jackson
Location ATLANTIC OCEAN, United States
Reuters / Thursday, June 30, 2016
A United States Air Force F-35A receives fuel from a KC-10 refueling tanker while flying over the Atlantic Ocean, June 30, 2016.
Photographer Carlos Barria
Location Washington, United States
Reuters / Monday, July 04, 2016
People watch fireworks in the form of a 'smiley face' during the 4th of July Independence Day celebrations at the National Mall in Washington, July 4, 2016.