July 8, 2012. A recortador performs a pass during a contest at Pamplona's bull ring on the third day of the San Fermin festival.Joseba Etxaburu–Reuters
From Libya’s landmark election and America’s heat wave to Spain’s running of the bulls and captured Syrian Army soldiers, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.
July 7, 2012. A woman walks by a ballot booth during the National Assembly election at a polling station in Tripoli. Zohra Bensemra–ReutersJuly 6, 2012. Sudanese girls hang out on a tree at the Yida refugee camp in Yida, South Sudan. Paula Bronstein–Getty ImagesJuly 6, 2012. A sun bear reacts to triple-digit temperatures at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb.Nati Harnik–AP July 11, 2012. A Bosnian Muslim woman weeps over a casket at the Potocari Memorial Center during the funeral in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Fehim Demir–EPAJuly 6, 2012. The border wall is illuminated at night in Nogales, Arizona. Sandy Huffaker–Getty ImagesJuly 8, 2012. A recortador performs a pass during a contest at Pamplona's bull ring on the third day of the San Fermin festival.Joseba Etxaburu–ReutersJuly 10, 2012. A soldier digs a grave for those who died during floods in Krymsk, Russia.
Sergey Ponomarev–APJuly 6, 2012. Women wearing nylon masks rest on the shore during a visit to a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, China.Aly Song–ReutersJuly 9, 2012. "Aloitadores" (fighters) struggle with wild horses during the 400-year-old horse festival called "Rapa das bestas" (Shearing of the Beasts) in Sabucedo, Spain. Miguel Riopa–AFP/GettyJuly 8, 2012. Switzerland's Roger Federer ducks under a shot to avoid being hit during his men's singles final match against Britain's Andy Murray on day 13 of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London.
Paul Gilham–AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 6, 2012. Tibetans gather to mark the birthday of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at a monastery in Katmandu, Nepal. Niranjan Shrestha–APJuly 6, 2012. Armenian soldiers of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabagh run across the country during their training session close to the frontline on the border with Azerbaijan near the town of Martakert, Armenia.Karen Minasyan–AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 6, 2012. Brides speak to their grooms during a mass wedding ceremony in Amman, Jordan. Ali Jarekji–ReutersJuly 6, 2012. A man covers himself with a plastic sheet during a monsoon shower at Girgaum Chowpatty beach in Mumbai.Ahmad Masood–ReutersJuly 11, 2012. Syrian Army soldiers captured by Free Syrian Army fighters are seen inside a historical site temporarily used as prison. Alessio Romenzi–The TelegraphJuly 7, 2012. Members of the Church of God evangelical church pray on the shore of Lake Atitlan before the start of a baptism ceremony, in Panajachel, Guatemala.Rodrigo Abd–APJuly 7, 2012. A girl poses for a photograph in front of a 3D painting at the 2012 Magic Art Special Exhibition in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.Carlos Barria–ReutersJuly 7, 2012. Former rebels guard a polling station in Benghazi, Libya.Tomas Munita–The New York Times/ReduxJuly 7, 2012. Three Masai girls sit in a traditional mud hut near the village of Nkoilale in Kenya. Phil Moore–AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 8, 2012. A teddy bear lying on a pile of garbage inside a flooded house in Krimsk, Russia. The death toll from severe flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia has risen to at least 150. Ignat Kozlov–APJuly 8, 2012. A Mongolian herder rides for shelter during a sudden rainstorm in Karakorum, Mongolia.How Hwee Young–EPAJuly 8, 2012. A cow jumps over revelers in a bull ring during the second running of the bulls at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, Spain.Ivan Aguinaga–APJuly 9, 2012. A member of the community police throws a stone at a riot policeman during a demonstration in Algiers. Louafi Larbi—ReutersJuly 9, 2012. A Libyan man looks at a banner with photos of men who were killed during the revolution in Zintan, western Libya. Manu Brabo–APJuly 9, 2012. A bright star surrounded by a tenuous shell of gas in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. AFP/Getty Images/ NASAJuly 9, 2012. The Quxi river in Wenzhou, China looks white due to more than 100 kilograms of natural latex discharged by a nearby factory and carried by water spilled from sewage pipes. ChinaFotoPress/ZUMAPRESS.comJuly 9, 2012. People listen as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (not pictured) delivers closing remarks to the International Women's Leadership Forum at Government House in Ulan Bator, Mongolia.Brendan Smialowski–AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 10, 2012. Young male gymnasts (bottom) stretch their legs as a female gymnast jumps on a stage at a local juvenile sports school in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China.ReutersJuly 10, 2012. A dove flies over the coffin of Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo Sales, the Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro for 30 years, during a funeral service in Rio de Janeiro.Marcelo Sayao–EPAJuly 10, 2012. An Orthodox icon covered with mud outside a church in Krymsk, Russia. Intense flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia killed nearly 170 people after torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water, forcing many to scramble out of their beds for refuge in trees and on roofs.Sergey Ponomarev–APJuly 10, 2012. Lightning is seen during a storm under the Memorial Center in Potocari the night before a mass burial, near Srebrenica. Dado Ruvic—ReutersJuly 11, 2012. The pack rides on a bridge in Macon at the beginning of the tenth stage of the 2012 Tour de France cycling race starting in Macon and finishing in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, France.Joel Saget–AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 11, 2012. Participants run in front of bulls during the fifth San Fermin Festival bull run, in Pamplona, Spain. Pedro Armestre–AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 11, 2012. A peddler, wearing toy red horns at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona Spain.Alvaro Barrientos–APJuly 11, 2012. A man cycles past produce thrown by vegetable cart vendors to block roads leading to the old souk and Nigmeh Square in Sidon, Lebanon.
Ali Hashisho–ReutersJul 11, 2012. Protestants put Irish flags and a statue of the Virgin Mary on top of the bonfire in Belfast. The fire is burnt to commemorates King William III's 1690 Battle of the Boyne victory over Catholic King James II. Mariusz Smiejek–Demotix/CorbisJuly 11, 2012. A seven-month-old white Bengal tiger is attacked by three one-year-old Bengal tigers at Rongcheng Shendiaoshan Wildlife Park in Weihai, Shandong Province of China. ChinaFotoPress/ZUMAPRESS.comJuly 11, 2012. A child laborer is interviewed by workers after being rescued during a raid by Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, in New Delhi. Kevin Frayer–APJuly 11, 2012. An injured school girl holds a saline bottle for her classmate who is carried on a stretcher for treatment at a hospital after a bus accident in Srinagar, India.Dar Yasin–APJuly 11, 2012. A three year-old boy plays near a banana-shaped meeting point for lost children on the beach of Oostduinkerke, Belgium.Yves Herman–ReutersJuly 11, 2012. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses U.S. embassy staff at a hotel in Hanoi. Brendan Smialowski–AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 12, 2012. A bride poses in a landscape exhibit at the Singapore Garden Festival.Wong Maye-E–APJuly 12, 2012. A baby gorilla sleeps on its mother at the zoo in Frankfurt.Fredrik Von Erichsen–AFP July 12, 2012. The cockpit of an Airbus A400M at the Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, England. Adrian Dennis–AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 12, 2012. A French Gendarmerie helicopter takes off to continue the search for victims of an avalanche in Chamonix, in the French Alps. Jean-Pierre Clatot–AFP/GettyImagesJuly 12, 2012. Three girls jump in the Ohrid Lake in Ohrid, Macedonia.Robert Atanasovski—Getty ImagesJune 12, 2012. Indian boxers from the Bhiwani Boxing Club roll down a sand dune during an early morning desert training session in Bhiwani, west of New Delhi. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds–AFPJuly 11, 2012. Hole 17 at the Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club for Open Golf Preview, Lytham St Annes, England. Jon Super—AP
