Jul. 5, 2014. "Aloitadores" (fighters) struggle with a wild horse during the "Rapa Das Bestas" (Shearing of the Beasts) traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo, some 40 kms from Santiago de Compostela.Miguel Riopa—AFP/Getty Images
From Israel’s deadly air offensive in Gaza and Brazil’s humiliating World Cup exit to French Fashion week’s modern attitude and a double wedding for wounded Ukrainian paratroopers, TIME presents the best photos of the week.
Jul. 8, 2014. Palestinians search through the rubble of a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Khalil Hamra—APJul. 9, 2014. Relatives and friends of the al-Kaware family carry the 7 bodies to the mosque during their funeral in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip. The father, a member of the Fatah movement, and his 6 sons were all killed the day before in an Israeli air strike that targeted their home.Thomas Coex—AFP/Getty Images Jul. 5, 2014. "Aloitadores" (fighters) struggle with a wild horse during the "Rapa Das Bestas" (Shearing of the Beasts) traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo, some 40 kms from Santiago de Compostela.Miguel Riopa—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 6, 2014. A band performs during the "Chupinazo" to mark the start at noon sharp of the San Fermin Festival, in front of the Town Hall of Pamplona, northern Spain.Pedro Armestre—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 5, 2014. Burned-out fuel trucks are seen following an overnight attack by Taliban militants in Chawk-e-Arghandi on outskirts of the Afghan capital Kabul. Wakil Kohsar—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 6, 2014. The fuselages of three Boeing 737 aircraft around the Clark Fork River after the Montana Rail Link train they were being transported on derailed near Missoula, Montana.Wiley E. Waters—EPAJul. 4, 2014. Novak Djokovic of Serbia (top) and Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria both take a fall in their semi final match during the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London.Tatyana Zenkovich—EPAJul. 5, 2014. Shiite volunteers sleep during the midday heat inside the Askariya Shrine, where two imams revered by Shiites are buried, in Samarra, Iraq.Bryan Denton—The New York TimesJul. 5, 2014. Martha Nyarueni (2ndL) and her family stand outside their home outside the town of Leer, South Sudan, after receiving an aid package.Nichole Sobecki—AFP/Getty Images Jul. 4, 2014. Relatives and friends of Mohammed Abu Khder, 16, carry his body to the mosque during his funeral in Shuafat, in Israeli annexed East Jerusalem.Ahmad Gharabli—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 6, 2014. A man walks along the bank of the Yellow River to fish as the Sammenxia Dam discharges flood waters downstream, in Pinglu, Shanxi province.China Daily/ReutersJul. 6, 2014. A Chinese shopper sleeps with her child on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store on in Beijing, China. Of the world's ten biggest Ikea stores, 8 of them are in China to cater to the country's growing middle class. Kevin Frayer—Getty ImagesJul. 6, 2014. Tariq Khdeir (R) is greeted by his mother after being released from jail in Jerusalem.Ronen Zvulun—ReutersJul. 7, 2014. Masked Palestinian protesters from the West bank city of Hebron, during clashes with Israeli soldiers (unseen). Abed Al Hashlamoun—EPAJul. 7, 2014. A ball of fire is seen following an Israel airstrike on Gaza International Airport in Rafah, southern Gaza. Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed eight Palestinian militants, medics said after recovering several bodies from a collapsed tunnel in Rafah. Said Khatib—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 7, 2014. Members of the Syrian Civil Defence rescue a man under the rubble following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the Qadi Askar neighbourhood in Aleppo.Ahmed Deeb—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 7, 2014. Policemen from the General Service Unit (GSU) take cover from stone throwing youths during the "Saba Saba Day" rally at the Uhuru park grounds in the capital Nairobi.Noor Khamis—ReutersJul. 7, 2014. Soldiers wave during a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to inspect the defence detachment on Ung Islet, which is defending an outpost in the East Sea of Korea.KCNA/ReutersJul. 7, 2014. Dresses at the Christian Dior Fashion Show in Paris. The Paris shows played out against a backdrop of almost palpable conflict, but the fashion houses were united in a push for modernity.Valerio Mezzanotti—The New York TimesJul. 8, 2014. Chinese women hold plastic guns as they take part in a performance by an amateur dance troupe re-enacting musical theatre scenes of the anti-Japanese war of 1937-1945 at a mall in Beijing, China.Kevin Frayer—Getty ImagesJul. 8, 2014. An Israeli missile explodes on impact in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.Eyad Baba—APJul. 8, 2014. Palestinians inspect a destroyed car of militants following an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza City. Israel launched a major military offensive against the Gaza Strip Tuesday in response to increasing rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.Ali Jadallah—ZumapressJul. 8, 2014. An Eritrean baby refugee sleeps on the floor by his mother in a tent inside the UN House IDP camp in Juba.Andreea Campeanu—Reuters Jul. 8, 2014. A Brazilian soccer fan cries as she watches a live telecast of the semifinals World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Germany in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.Bruno Magalhaes—AP Jul. 8, 2014. Supporters of the Brazilian national football team react during the 2014 FIFA World Cup semifinal Brazil vs Germany at the FIFA Fan Fest public viewing event in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Miguel Schincariol—AFP/Getty Images Jul. 8, 2014. A Brazil fan cries as she watches the 2014 World Cup semi-final between Brazil and Germany at a fan area in Brasilia. Germany scored five goals in 18 astonishing first-half minutes on their way to a 7-1 semi-final mauling of Brazil.Ueslei Marcelino—ReutersJul. 9, 2014. A local resident stands outside buildings damaged by a recent shelling in the eastern Ukrainian village of Semenovka.Gleb Garanich—Reuters Jul. 9, 2014. Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino is gored by a bull during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain.Daniel Ochoa de Olza—APJul. 9, 2014. Wounded members of the Ukrainian forces, paratroopers Ruslan Yarish (R) and Oleksandr Ponomaryov (L) kiss their brides during their wedding in the central military hospital in Kiev, Ukraine.Maxim Marusenko—EPAJul. 9, 2014. Argentina supporters seen behind a flag with the figure of Maradona before the semi-final match against Holland at the Fan Fest in Copacabana Beach.Eduardo Leal—PolarisJul. 9, 2014. An Israeli woman covers her head and lays on the ground while sirens sound in the southern city of Ashdod, Israel.Avi Roccah—EPAJul. 9, 2014. Relatives and friends carry the bodies of the al-Kaware family as they mourn during their funeral in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip.The father and his six sons were all killed in an Israeli air strike that hit their home. Ismael Mohamad—UPI /LandovJul. 9, 2014. Family members pray in the mosque in Sajeria, Gaza, by the bodies of Amir and Mohammed during their funeral.Heidi Levine—SIPAJul. 10, 2014. Palestinian mourners carry the body of a Al Haj family member during the family's funeral in Khan Yunis, Palestine. A total of 8 family members of the Al Haj family died in an Israeli Airstrike during Operation Protective Edge of Israel. Marco Bottelli—Barcroft Media/LandovJul. 10, 2014. An Israeli soldier sleeps next to a mobile artillery unit outside the central Gaza Strip.Baz Ratner—ReutersJul. 10, 2014. Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian-Egyptians wait to enter the Rafah border crossing, the only border through which Palestinians can exit Gaza.Eyad Al Baba—APAImages / Polaris Jul. 10, 2014. Participants dressed as soldiers of the Austrian Empire fire their guns as they take part in the reenactment of the historic Napoleonic march from Seefeld-Kadolz, Austria to Dobsice, Czech Republic.Radek Mica—AFP/Getty Images Jul. 10, 2014. A Bosnian Muslim (C) woman reacts near where 175 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre are placed, in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica.Dado Ruvic—Reuters Jul. 10, 2014. A Bosnian Muslim woman and child cry near the coffin of their relative, which is one of the 175 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in the Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica.Dado Ruvic—ReutersJul. 10, 2014. Ukrainian government soldiers sit on an armoured vehicle as they take up a position in a sunflower field around 20 Km south of Donetsk.Dominique Faget—AFP/Getty ImagesJul 11, 2014. Smoke rises from the peace activists boat 'Gaza's Ark' following an Israeli air strike during the fighting between Israeli navy and Hamas militants next to the beach in the west of Gaza City.Momen Faiz—NurPhoto/CorbisJul. 10, 2014. A guest attends Australian designers Tamara Ralph and Michael Russo's show for the Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2014/15 collection during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France.Etienne Laurent—EPAJul 11, 2014. A donut shaped canopy hangs in the rotunda of the US Capitol to catch debris during work to repair the interior of the Dome in Washington, DC.Jim Lo Scalzo—EPA
