Jul. 18, 2014. A Filipino teen walks past a damaged house in Manila, Philippines, after strong winds and rain brought by Typhoon Rammasun killed 60 people and left nearly two million in the capital and eastern provinces without power.Francis R. Malasig—EPA
From the escalating violence in Gaza and the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, to the growing influx of unaccompanied migrant minors entering the US and the rise of the Super Moon, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
Jul. 16, 2014. Palestinian women react during the funeral of four boys, all from the Bakr family, killed during Israeli shelling, in Gaza City.Mohammed Abed—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 12, 2014. People run to shelter from a hailstorm on the beach at Ob River, the major river in western Siberia in Novosibirsk, Russia.Nikita Dudnik—APJul. 17, 2014. People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, The passenger plane carrying 295 people was reported to have been shot down as it flew over the country. Both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane.Dmitry Lovetsky—AP Jul. 15, 2014. German national football team player Bastian Schweinsteiger knees down to kiss the ground after disembarking an airplane at the airport in Munich, southern Germany.Christoff Stache—AFP/Getty Images Jul. 15, 2014. Two Somalis, convicted of the murder of a Somali nurse working with a Turkish medical aid unit, are tied to large wooden stakes as they wait to be executed by a firing squad in Mogadishu.Mohamed Abdiwahab—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 11, 2014. Russell Norris, 15, of Tylertown, Miss., dives into the chilly Swift River at Coos Canyon in Byron, Maine. The canyon is considered one of the premier swimming holes in the U.S.Robert F. Bukaty—APJul. 16, 2014. A severely malnourished child is measured at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, MSF) feeding center in Leer, Unity State, South Sudan.Andreea Campeanu—ReutersJul. 11, 2014. Iranian women recite verses of the Quran, Islam's holy book, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Saint Mohammad Helal Ibn Ali in the city of Aran and Bidgol, some 140 miles (225 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran.Vahid Salemi—APJul. 14, 2014. The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is prepared to be towed away near the port of Giglio Island, Italy,Grego Federico—Olycom/Abaca USAJul. 15, 2014. A pro-Russian militant stands guard at a checkpoint in Marinka, 25 kilometers west of Donetsk, Ukraine.Dominique Faget—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 12, 2014. A flare launched by Palestinians militants falls over Gaza, as seen from the Israel-Gaza border.Lefteris Pitarakis—APJul. 16, 2014. Palestinian relatives of the four boys killed in Israeli bombardment, all from the Bakr family, cry at the morgue of the hospital in Gaza City.Hosam Salem—NurPhoto/CorbisJul. 16, 2014. Palestinians mourn over the body of boys from the Baker family, whom medics said was killed with three other children from the same family by a shell fired by an Israeli naval gunboat, in Gaza city.Ali Jadallah APAImages/LandovJul. 12, 2014. Chinese workers prepare sheep's wool before it is processed and bleached at a factory near Zhangzhou, China.Kevin Frayer—Getty ImagesJul. 15, 2014. Carriers of the Great God Power brotherhood unload the Virgen del Carmen statue at Puerto de la Cruz dock on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain.Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno—Getty ImagesJul. 12, 2014. A young migrant girl waits for a freight train to depart on her way to the U.S. border, in Ixtepec, Mexico. The number of unaccompanied minors detained on the U.S. border has more than tripled since 2011.Eduardo Verdugo—APJul. 12, 2014. Relatives carry to a local cemetery, the coffin containing the remains of Gilberto Francisco Ramos Juarez, a Guatemalan migrant boy whose decomposed body was found in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, in San Jose Las Flores, Guatemala.Moises Castillo—APJul. 14, 2014. A Free Syrian Army fighter runs to avoid snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the southern Idlib countryside, Syria.Khalil Ashawi—Reuters Jul. 12, 2014. The Supermoon rises over houses in Olvera, in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz. Occurring when a full moon or new moon coincides with the closest approach the moon makes to the Earth, the Supermoon results in a larger-than-usual appearance of the lunar disk.Jon Nazca—ReutersJul. 13, 2014. Bastian Schweinsteiger of Germany celebrates with the World Cup trophy after defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Julian Finney—Getty ImagesJul. 13, 2014. Contestants adjust their traditional attire before going on stage for the "Beauties of South Sudan" beauty contest in Juba. Andreea Campeanu—ReutersJul. 15, 2014. Overweight Chinese students stretch after swimming during training at a camp held for overweight children in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer—Getty ImagesJul. 13, 2014. A participant gets out of the water and continues on a muddy rack in the Dutch countryside during the so-called prutmarathon a race around a farmland track near Schermerhorn, the Netherlands.Olaf Kraak—EPAJul. 16, 2014. An Israeli looks through the window of a van carrying the body of Dror Khenin before his funeral in Yehud, east of Tel Aviv, after Khenin was killed on Tuesday when a short-range rocket landed near the border with Gaza.Ronen Zvulun—Reuters Jul. 14, 2014. Israeli children play in a playground by a bomb shelter at the city of Kiryat Malachi.Ilia Yefimovich—Getty ImagesJul. 15, 2014. Beach-goers take shelter as a siren sounds warning of incoming rockets in Tel Aviv. An Israeli civilian was killed by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the military said, the first Israeli fatality in more than a week of fighting with Palestinian militants.Ronen Zvulun—ReutersJul. 14, 2014. A displaced Congolese child carries a basin at the Bulengo camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), 20 kms west of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Phil Moore—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 14, 2014. Rescuers carry a passenger injured as several subway cars derailed in Moscow. At least twelve people died and scores were taken to hospital today after a train derailed in the Moscow metro in a tunnel between Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations, in the west of Moscow.Mikhail Japaridze—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 15, 2014. Relatives tie 12-year-old Tingting to her bed during a bout of seizure at home in Linyi, Shandong province.ReutersJul. 15, 2014.
Women try to avoid dust as a plane, carrying nutrition supplements brought in by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), lands in Leer, South Sudan.Andreea Campeanu—ReutersJul. 15, 2014. A Filipino mother hugs her child in a silent protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Makati, the financial district of Manila, Philippines. Dennis M. Sabangan—EPAJul. 16, 2014. A Palestinian protester seeks cover from teargas fired by Israeli soldiers during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip, at Huwwara checkpoint near the west bank city of Nablus.Alaa Badarneh—EPAJul. 13, 2014. The son (L) of one of the Palestinian members of Tayseer Al-Batsh's family, who hospital officials said were killed in an Israeli air strike, mourns during their funeral in Gaza City. Mohammed Salem—Reuters Jul. 17, 2014. A member of the Afghan intelligence force points his pistol towards the body of an insurgent following an attack by the Taliban at Kabul's airport.Shah Marai—AFP/Getty Images Jul. 16, 2014. Schoolchildren walk through an alley after attending private tuition at a slum in Mumbai, India.DAnish Siddiqui—ReutersJul. 18, 2014. A Filipino teen walks past a damaged house in Manila, Philippines, after strong winds and rain brought by Typhoon Rammasun killed 60 people and left nearly two million in the capital and eastern provinces without power.Francis R. Malasig—EPAJul. 16, 2014. Filipino residents try to escape from strong winds brought by Typhoon Rammasun after it struck a fishing village in Las Pinas city, south of Manila, Philippines.Francis R. Malasig—EPA Jul. 14, 2014. Palestinians, who fled their family homes in the northern border town of Beit Lahiya, stay at a United Nations-run school in Gaza City.Majdi Fathi—NurPhoto/CorbisJul. 13, 2014. A man who fled from Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, sleeps in a UN school which was transformed into a shelter in Gaza City.Oliver Weiken—EPAJul. 17, 2014. An Israeli soldier sleeps on an armoured personnel carrier (APC) near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip.Menahem Kahana—AFP/Getty ImagesJul. 17, 2014. Palestinians flock to a market to buy their needs after a five-hour U.N. humanitarian cease-fire was announced in Gaza City.Khalil Hamra—APJul. 17, 2014. A boy cuddles a puppy as he rests on a bunk inside The Great Family group home after a police raid, in Zamora, Mexico.Rebecca Blackwell—APJul. 14, 2014. The Giants and Big Heads paraded during a farewell dance ceremony on the last day of the San Fermin festival. In the morning, on the last day of the Running of the Bulls, three more people were gored.MarÌa Arranz—Demotix/CorbisJul. 17, 2014. An Indian girl rides a horse cart as monsoon clouds hover in Jammu, IndiaChanni Anand—APJul. 18, 2014. A Palestinian family who fled their homes is en route to seek shelter in a UN school in Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip.Oliver Weiken—EPAJul. 17, 2014. A U.S. helicopter flies during clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan government forces in Kabul, Afghanistan.Massoud Hossaini—APJul. 14, 2014. A Cambodian rescue team searches for survivors of a military helicopter crash at a village outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Mak Remissa—EPA Jul. 17, 2014. The body of a passenger lays in a field after a Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 295 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed, in Torez, in rebel-held east Ukraine. Jerome Sessini—Magnum Jul. 17, 2014. The sun reflects off the water in this picture taken by German astronaut Alexander Gerst from the International Space Station and sent on his Twitter feed.Alexander Gerst—NASAJul. 15, 2014. Four-year-old Palestinian girl Shayma Al-Masri, who hospital officials said was wounded in an Israeli air strike that killed her mother and two of her siblings, lies on a bed next to her doll as she receives treatment at a hospital.Ashraf Amra—APAImages/PolarisJul. 17, 2014. Religious Israelis sit on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip where black smoke rises from an Israeli air strike as the sun sets.Jim Hollander—EPA
