June 15, 2013. Chinese authorities display bear paws after 213 were seized from two Russian smugglers in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia. Some in China consider the paws a delicacy.Reuters
From riots in Brazil and the Miami Heat’s NBA triumph to 213 bear paws smuggled across the Chinese border and a cat that’s running for mayor, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
June 15, 2013. Chinese authorities display bear paws after 213 were seized from two Russian smugglers in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia. Some in China consider the paws a delicacy.ReutersJune 17, 2013. Protesters arrived at the Palacio dos Bandeirantes, the headquarters of the government of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.Andrè LiohnJune 17, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.Kevin Lamarque—ReutersJune 17, 2013. Afghan refugee children, swim in muddy water created from a broken water pipe, on the outskirts of Islamabad.Muhammed Muheisen—APJune 15, 2013. Spectators watch the Confederations Cup Group A soccer match between Brazil and Japan at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia.Jorge Silva—ReutersJune 16, 2013. The Sphynxcat 'Amhara's Mira' of German breeder Sabine Braeuer waits prior to competition during the International pedigree dog and purebred cat exhibition in Erfurt, central Germany.Jens Meyer��APJune 15, 2013. Max Hess from Germany takes part in the Red Bull Airlines Freestyle Slackline International Championship in downtown Naples. Slackline is a sport in which contestants try to walk without falling across an elastic rope stretched between two points.Mario Laporta—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 17, 2013. Pope Francis attends the opening of the Pastoral Convention of the Diocese of Rome at the Vatican. Stefano Rellandini—ReutersJune 16, 2013. Justin Rose, of England, reacts after a putt on the 18th hole during the fourth round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.Julio Cortez—APJune 17, 2013. A deer lies in ash near the ruins of a home in Colorado Springs, Co.Carol Lawrence—Colorado Springs Gazette/MCT/Sipa USAJune 14, 2013. Pakistani youths enjoy a ride at a makeshift entertainment park set up outside a shrine in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen—APJune 14, 2013. Women stand in line to vote during the Iranian presidential election at a mosque in Qom, 120 km (74.6 miles) south of Tehran.Mohammad Akhlagi—Fars News/ReutersJune 14, 2013. A Palestinian protester climbs Israel's controversial separation barrier during clashes with Israeli security forces following a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the West Bank village of Nilin.Abbas Momani—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 15, 2013. Turkish riot police officers fire rubber bullets at fleeing demonstrators as a banner shows Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (the founder of modern Turkey) in Gezi Park in Istanbul.Marco Longari—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 15, 2013. A man suffering from the burning effects of tear gas is treated inside the Divan Hotel behind Gezi Park in Istanbul after clashes broke out between protesters and police.Jodi Hilton—NurPhoto/Sipa USAJune 15, 2013. Women washing fair amounts of wool in a small pond between Hama and Idlib province in Syria.Daniel Leal-Olivas—Zuma PressJune 15, 2013. Women sunbathe as a man kicks a soccer ball in between shadows of palm trees on Boa Viagem Beach in Recife, Brazil. Marcos Brinidicci—ReutersJune 15, 2013. Mayoral candidate Morris the Cat is seen at his home in Xalapa, capital of the state of Veracruz, Mexivo. Morris is running for mayor in the upcoming July elections with the slogan "Tired of voting for rats?" (rats used as an expression for corrupt politicians).Oscar Martinez—ReutersJune 16, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia walk to Marine One as they depart the White House in Washington, DC.Joshua Roberts—Getty ImagesJune 16, 2013. A member of the Samaritan sect takes part in their traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Shavuot, atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus.Mohamad Torokman—ReutersJune 16, 2013. Backdropped by the French alps, kids jump into Lake Geneva, enjoying the sunny and warm weather in Lutry Beach, near Lausanne, southwestern Switzerland.Laurent Gillieron—EPAJune 17, 2013. A military officer uses a computer in an electronic library at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, an elite military school for boys ages eleven to eighteen, on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. Alexander F. Yuan—APJune 17, 2013. A helicopter throws so-called BigPacks into the gap of a breached dam in Fischbeck, Germany.Jens Wolf—DPA/CorbisJune 17, 2013. An anti-G8 poster rests in razor wire after protestors broke through the security fence surrounding the G8 Summit in the Lough Erne Golf Resort in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.Cathal McNaughton—ReutersJune 17, 2013. Protestors masked as the G8 leaders protest aboard the Big IF Flotilla as they sail past the international press centre, close to the G8 Summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland.Ian Langsdon—EPAJune 17, 2013. Demonstrators gather at Halifax Mall near the state legislature in Raleigh, N.C.Gerry Broome—APJune 17, 2013. A hotel guest rests in the pool of the Marina Bay Sands Skypark in front of the hazy skyline of Singapore.Edgar Su—ReutersJune 17, 2013. Nepalese farmer cover themselves from the rain while planting rice saplings in the rice paddy field in Khokana, Lalitpur. Navesh Chitrakar—ReutersJune 18, 2013. A submerged idol of Hindu Lord Shiva stands in the flooded River Ganges in Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India.APJune 18, 2013. A man ferries his boat after retrieving floating watermelons from the flooded waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee—ReutersJune 18, 2013. A Bangladeshi boy tosses a goat off of a boat on the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Kevin Frayer—APJune 18, 2013. The Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) spins out after his layup was denied by the San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan, who is on the floor behind James, in the second quarter in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Flo.Charles Trainor Jr.—Miami Herald/MCT/LandovJune 18, 2013. Erdem Gunduz stands in a silent protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul. Gunduz, a Turkish man, has staged an eight-hour silent vigil on Istanbul's Taksim Square, the scene of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in recent weeks, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead.Marko Djurica—ReutersJune 18, 2013. Afghan security officials attend a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul.Rahmat Gul—APJune 18, 2013. Palestinian refugees children play on the ground of their family's home in the Bait Lahiya camp, northern Gaza Strip,Ali Ali—EPAJune 18, 2013. A villager selects tea leaves in Hukou Village of Enshi City in central China's Hubei Province.Yang Shunpi—Xinhua Press/CorbisJune 19, 2013. A boy sits on a ladder next to his flooded house with the rising water level of river Yamuna after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi.Anindito Mukherjee—ReutersJune 19, 2013. Actress Angelina Jolie (L) holds a baby as she visits a family of Syrian refugees in their apartment in Amman, Jordan.O. Laban Matteio—UNHCR/AFP/Getty ImagesJune 19, 2013. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia (C) and Sasha (R) visit the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.Jens Meyer—ReutersJune 19, 2013. Iraqi special forces take part in a drill simulating a hostage rescue operation at an Iraqi army base North of Baghdad.Ali Al-Saad—AFP/Getty ImagesJune 19, 2013. An Indian man sells lotus flowers to devotees standing behind a fence at the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, India.Anupam Nath—APJune 19, 2013. A sedated elephant is placed in a container on a truck by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) wardens during a relocation exercise, aimed at relocating to a national park 10 elephants who keep on encroaching on community land, on the margins of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya.Siegfried Modola—ReutersJune 19, 2013. A close-up view of a sedated elephant's eye is seen as it is secured on the back of a truck by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) wardens during a relocation exercise, aimed at relocating to a national park 10 elephants that were encroaching on community land, on the margins of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya.Siegfried Modola—ReutersJune 19, 2013. Storm clouds hovering in the evening sky over Melsungen, Germany.Fabian Stoffers—EPAJune 19, 2013. A Pakistani boy walks his horse while visiting an entertainment park set up outside a shrine in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen—APJune 19, 2013. Rifles used by members of a Chinese honor guard for a welcome ceremony for visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang are laid on the ground at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Andy Wong—APJune 19, 2013. Palestinian youths march during a military style exercise run by Hamas during a scouting summer camp next to the border between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.Adel Hana—APJune 19, 2013. A soldier fires a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) after gunmen attacked the United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu.Feisal Omar—ReutersJune 19, 2013. Riot police aim their weapons at protesters gathering near Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil.Andre Penner—APJune 19, 2013. A member of the Free Syrian Army is seen inside a building in the old city of Aleppo.Muzaffar Salman—ReutersJune 19, 2013. A member of the Free Syrian Army dives into a swimming pool in Aleppo.Hamid Khatib—ReutersJune 19, 2013. Construction workers at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands are pictured against the hazy skyline of Singapore.Edgar Su—ReutersJune 19, 2013. US President Barack Obama takes off his jacket due to warm weather while he delivers a speech in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.Michael Sohn—APJune 19, 2013. President Barack Obama (R) and German President Joachim Gauck wave to the media waiting outside the Bellevue Palace in Berlin.Jesco Denzel—Bundesregierung/Getty ImagesJune 19, 2013. An officer uses a string to ensure that members of the honour guard are standing in a straight line, ahead of a welcoming ceremony for visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.Kim Kyung-Hoon—ReutersJune 19, 2013. An aerial view of the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris.Francois Mori—APJune, 19, 2013. A helicopter fires artillery as part of Eager Lion multinational military maneuvers, in Quweira,186 miles south of Amman, Jordan.Maya Alleruzzo—APJune 19, 2013. Racegoers during day two of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England. Alan Crowhurst—Getty Images for Ascot RacecourseJune 19, 2013. Pope Francis kisses a baby as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican.Stefano Rellandini—ReutersJune 19, 2013. A priest baptises a child at Novopyatigorsk lake near the Russian southern town of Pyatigorsk. Eduard Korniyenko—ReutersJune 19, 2013. Investigators stand at the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., where officials attempt to restore the field to its natural condition after the FBI stopped the search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains.Carlos Osorio—APJune 19, 2013. North Korean men and women dance in front of the Monument to Party Founding in Pyongyang, North Korea.Alexander F. Yuan—APJune 20, 2013. Demonstrators protest against the government of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in front of the National Congress in Brasilia.Ueslei Marcelino—ReutersJune 20, 2013. Children cover their noses near burnt land in Marpoyan Damai sub district, in the outskirts of Pekanbaru, in Indonesia's Riau province.Azwar—ReutersJune 20, 2013. People watch the rising waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi. Ahmad Masood—ReutersJune 20, 2013. A child displaced by the rising waters of the river Yamuna sits on a cycle cart parked outside makeshift tents at a roadside camp in New Delhi.Ahmad Masood—ReutersJune 20, 2013. A Palestinian girl takes a shower after a swim in the pool on a hot day in Dolphin park, Central Gaza Strip.Ali Ali—EPAJune 20, 2013. Returning Afghan refugees, who have recently arrived from Pakistan, wait during the registration process at a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.Rahmat Gul—APJune 20, 2013. Revellers gather to celebrate the Summer Solstice within the circle of standing stones at Stonehenge, near Salisbury, Britain.Kerim Okten—EPAJune 15, 2013. Bangladeshi garment worker Rikta, 27, who worked on the 3rd floor of Rana Plaza, poses for a portrait at Enam Medical College, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rikta had her right arm amputated inside the rubble when she was rescued nearly 72 hours after the building collapsed. Kevin Frayer—AP
