From South Sudan’s refugee crisis and Spain’s historic Euro 2012 win to the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials and a polar bear cub’s piggyback, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.
July 1, 2012. Fair-goers spin on a ride at the State Fair Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.Julio Cortez—APJuly 1, 2012. Dejected Italian supporters at a public viewing in ancient Circus Maximus, central Rome, watch the UEFA EURO 2012 final between Spain and Italy.Guido Montani—EPAJuly 2, 2012. A helicopter throws water to extinguish a fire in Liria, near Valencia, eastern Spain.Kai Forsterling—EPAJuly 1, 2012. Gabrielle Douglas performs on the balance beam for the final round of the 2012 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.Nhat V. Meyer—San Jose Mercury News/MCT/LandovJune 29, 2012. Priests and deacons lie in front of Bishop Bernard Fellay during an ordination ceremony in Econe, Switzerland.Denis Balibouse—ReutersJune 28, 2012. Residents carry the coffins of people whom protesters say were killed by shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, during a funeral in Dael, Syria.Shaam News Network/ReutersJune 30, 2012. A reveler at the Gay Pride parade in Madrid.Daniel Ochoa de Olza—APJune 29, 2012. A boy enjoys lying down in mud while celebrating the Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu.Navesh Chitrakar—ReutersJune 29, 2012. Palestinian protesters are seen through smoke from tires set on fire during clashes with Israeli security forces at a protest against the nearby Jewish settlement of Kdumim, in the West Bank village of Kfar Kadum.Ammar Awad—ReutersJuly 3, 2012. New arrivals wait in long lines for hours to register with UNHCR at the Yida refugee camp along the border with North Sudan.Paula Bronstein—Getty ImagesJune 29, 2012. An Afghan refugee girl stands in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad.Muhammed Muheisen—APJune 29, 2012. A priest listens to a confession next to a priests and deacons ordination ceremony in Econe, Switzerland.Denis Balibouse—ReutersJune 29, 2012. A polar bear cub and its mother swim through the Arctic Ocean in Svalbard, Norway.Kevin Schafer—Barcroft Media /LandovJune 29, 2012. Indian Hindu pilgrims line up to enter the Amarnath cave, near Sangam, India. Thousands of pilgrims annually go to the remote Himalayan shrine of Amarnath at 3,888 meters (12,756 feet) above sea level to worship an icy stalagmite representing Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.Kevin Frayer—APJune 29, 2012. Egyptian Presidential Guard soldiers stand before a stage in Tahrir Square prior to the first public speech by Egypt's President-elect Mohammed Morsy in Cairo.Ed Giles—Getty ImagesJune 29, 2012. Afghanistan National Army (ANA) soldiers hold Friday prayers at a mosque inside FOB (Forward Operating Base) Delhi, where US Marines from Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion 8th Marines Regiment are posted in Garmser, Helmand Province.Adek Berry—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 30, 2012. A Russian T-80 tank is driven at a firing ground during a demonstration show, part of the "Engineering Technologies 2012" forum, in Zhukovsky outside Moscow.Maxim Shemetov—ReutersJune 30, 2012. Destroyed homes sit beside a home left untouched by fire in a neighborhood affected by the Waldo Canyon in Colorado Springs, Colorado.Spencer Platt—Getty ImagesJune 29, 2012. An Israeli Arab boy warms up before a fight during Israel's National Youth Boxing Championship in the Arab village of Arabe, northern Israel.Oded Balilty—APJuly 1, 2012. Members of the al-Nawajaa family are seen at dusk near a cactus plant in the area where they live, near the Jewish settlement of Sosia and the Palestinian village of Yatta, in the West Bank.Abed Hashlamoun—EPAJuly 3, 2012. Visitors look at a chimpanzee at the zoo in Hanover, Germany.Emily Wabitsch—EPAJuly 1, 2012. A fan is tossed in the air by fellow Spain supporters as they celebrate Spain's victory over Italy in their Euro 2012 final soccer match held in Kiev, at a fan park in Malaga, southern Spain.Jon Nazca—ReutersJuly 1, 2012. Whippets fight for a mechanical rabbit behind the finish line after a greyhound race in Hamburg.Fabian Bimmer—ReutersJuly 1, 2012. A woman walks with an umbrella in Beijing.Ed Jones—AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 1, 2012. Actors play before the presentation of the creations designed by Thom Browne during the men's spring-summer 2013 fashion collection show.Francois Guillot—AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 2, 2012. Competitors take the San Martino curve during the Palio horse race on the piazza di Siena. The Palio of Siena race (known locally simply as Il Palio) is held twice a year in the Tuscan city of Siena, in which jockeys ride bareback around a makeshift race course set up in the city's central square.Fabio Muzzi—AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 2, 2012. The pack passes farm fields during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race, which stretches over 207.5 kilometers (129 miles) and starts in Vise and ends in Tournai, Belgium.Christophe Ena—APJuly 2, 2012. People watch as the Supertree Grove is illuminated during the Gardens by the Bay, Light and Sound show in Singapore.Chris McGrath—Getty ImagesJuly 2, 2012. Campaigners from the Control Arms Coalition lay in fake body bags to demonstrate in front of the UN building in New York, for the opening of the diplomatic conference on the future Arms Trade Treaty.Andrew Kelly—Control Arms Coalition/ReutersJuly 2, 2012. Demonstrators hold opposition flags during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.Shaam News Network/ReutersJuly 3, 2012. A Libyan man living in Jordan shows his right index finger stained with blue ink after casting his vote at a polling station in Amman.Ali Jarekji—ReutersJuly 3, 2012. A man photographs the full moon in Brasilia.Ueslei Marcelino—ReutersJuly 3, 2012. A boy jumps into the Arabian Sea during a high tide after monsoon rains in Mumbai.Rajanish Kakade—APJuly 3, 2012. Palestinian girls read the Koran at a summer camp in the Gaza Strip.Ali Ali—EPAJuly 3, 2012. A woman sits with her child in a boat during heavy rains at a flooded village in Kurigram, Bangladesh.Andrew Biraj—ReutersJuly 3, 2012. A boy covers himself using a plastic bag as he walks on a street in Kathmandu during heavy rain fall.Navesh Chitrakar—ReutersJuly 3, 2012. Following their daily work, Pakistani laborers cool off under water splashed from a broken pipe on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad.Muhammed Muheisen—APJuly 3, 2012. The PNC American Flag balloon is inflated in honor of America for Independence Day on the De Baun Athletic Complex at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.Michael Loccisano—Getty ImagesJuly 3, 2012. Fireworks light up the sky against the backdrop of a full moon during a Fourth of July celebration in Kansas City, Kans.Charlier Riedel—APJuly 4, 2012. A member of the Libyan special forces performs after completing his training for the upcoming election in Tripoli.Anis Mili—ReutersJuly 5, 2012. The unseen body of Narasimha Murthy, 28, who jumped from the 21st floor of the Visvesvaraya Tower, in Bangalore, India.Jagadeesh Nv—EPAJuly 5, 2012. Animal rights protesters lie covered in black paint as they form the words "Stop bullfighting" during a demonstration calling for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights in Pamplona, Spain.Susana Vera—ReutersJuly 5, 2012. Visitors look at a recreation of Jill Masterson's golden body in the film 'Goldfinger' on display in the exhibition 'Designing 007 - Fifty Years of Bond Style' at the Barbican centre in London.Sang Tan—AP
