July 12, 2013 10:17 AM EDT
F rom violent protests in Egypt and the start of the holy month of Ramadan to a driverless oil-tanker train explosion in Quebec and the running of the bulls in Spain, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
July 9, 2013. Zach Miller buries himself in the mud pit during the 26th annual Mud Day at Nankin Mills recreation complex in Westland, Mich. Jeff Kowalsky—EPA July 8, 2013. A member of the Free Syrian Army dives into the Euphrates river in Deir al-Zor. Khalil Ashawi—Reuters July 7, 2013. Children play at a camp for internally displaced persons in the suburbs of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, Myanmar. Damir Sagolj—Reuters July 9, 2013. Muslim women attend an evening mass prayer session called "tarawih" to mark the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Enny Nuraheni—Reuters July 9, 2013. Jolie Matthews, 9, from Scarborough won first prize showing her Saddleback Sow pig at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, England. Ian Forsyth—Getty Images July 7, 2013. Andy Murray (R) of Great Britain climbs down after celebrating in his player's box with friends, family and members of his coaching team following his victory in the Gentlemen's Singles Final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia on day thirteen of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. Julian Finney—Getty Images July 8, 2013. The Washington Monument is lit while undergoing repairs in Washington. Alex Brandon—AP July 7, 2013. People standing on balconies look at participants as they run in front of Alcurrucen's bulls during the first bull run of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain. Pedro Armestre—AFP/Getty Images July 7, 2013. A South African woman prays during a Sunday mass at Petra Full Gospel Church in Pretoria, South Africa. Muhammed Muheisen—AP July 7, 2013. The downtown core lays in ruins as fire fighters continue to water smoldering rubble in Lac Megantic, Quebec after a train derailed ignited tanker cars carrying crude oil. Paul Chiasson—The Canadian Press/AP July 5, 2013. Workers make stainless steel tiffin carrier bowls at a workshop in the suburb of Mira-Bhayander in Thane, India. Dhiraj Singh—Bloomberg/Getty Images July 5, 2013. An Egyptian supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood holds a picture of deposed president Mohamed Morsi outside Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Mahmud Hams—AFP/Getty Images July 5, 2013. Backers of ousted President Mohamed Morsi help a man who was shot when he
crossed the road to try to put a poster of Morsi on the barbed wire next to the Republican Guard barracks, the last known location of the deposed President in Cairo.
Read the photographer's full backstory to the photograph on our Tumblr . Yuri Kozyrev—NOOR for TIME July 5, 2013. Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi carry a man who was shot during a gun battle outside the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guard. Mahmoud Khaled—AFP/Getty Images July 5, 2013. A supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi prays on an Egyptian flag during the Friday prayer before a protest near the University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt. Hassan Ammar—AP July 5, 2013. People take part in a water fight at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel. Nir Elias—Reuters July 5, 2013. Believers attend a confession in the garden of a Catholic church during the annual Icon of the Mother of God festival in the village of Budslav, some 93 miles north of Minsk, Belarus. Vasily Fedosenko—Reuters July 6, 2013. Residents stand beneath a cross on a hill overlooking Lac-Megantic in Canada's Quebec province as firefighters douse blazes after a freight train loaded with oil derailed sparking explosions that engulfed about 30 buildings in fire. François Laplante-Delagrave—AFP/Getty Images July 6, 2013. Visitors watch water gushing from the section of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River, during a sand-washing operation in Jiyuan, Henan province, China. Reuters July 6, 2013. A woman holds a parasol as she walks on stairs at Kumbum Monastery on the outskirts of Xining, Qinghai province, China. Kim Kyung-Hoon—Reuters July 6, 2013. Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan of the United States of America bump chests as they celebrate match point during their Gentlemen's Doubles final match against Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcelo Melo of Brazil on day twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. Julian Finney—Getty Images July 6, 2013. Revellers hold up their red scarves during the start of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Susana Vera—Reuters July 7, 2013. An Alcurrucen's ranch fighting bull runs towards revelers during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Daniel Ochoa de Olza—AP July 6 , 2013. Spectators watch an Orange Order parade at Rossnowlagh Strand in County Donegal, Ireland. Cathal McNaughton—Reuters July 7, 2013. Palestinians playing and swimming on the shore of the Sea of Gaza City during the weekend, happy to welcome the month of Ramadan. Ezz Zanoun—Demotix/Corbis July 7, 2013. A child stands between well wishers praying outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. Muhammed Muheisen—AP July 7, 2013. Egyptian supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi sit in front of barbed wire fencing that blocks the access to the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Cairo. Mahmud Hams—AFP/Getty Images July 8, 2013. Egyptian supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi attend a rally in support of the former Islamist leader outside Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque. Yuri Kozyrev—NOOR for TIME July 8, 2013. Injured Morsi supporters were treated at the hospital in Cairo. Yuri Kozyrev—NOOR for TIME July 7, 2013. A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi attends a protest outside the Rabaa Adawiya mosque in Cairo. Suhaib Salem—Reuters July 8, 2013. Smoke from the Carpenter 1 fire in the Spring Mountains range is illuminated by the setting sun as it billows behind hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller—Getty Images July 8, 2013. A double-decker tour bus is seen on fire in from of the Oriental Pearl Tower in the Pudong financial district of Shanghai, China. Carlos Barria—Reuters July 8, 2013. A boy, whose his family fled military operations in the western tribal areas, jumps into a stream in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. Zohra Bensemra—Reuters July 8, 2013. Indonesian children and elder Muslim men prepare to sight the new moon from the rooftop of the Al-Hidayah Basmol mosque in Jakarta in preparation for the beginning of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Romeo Gacad—AFP/Getty Images July 8, 2013. A North Korean soldier holds an umbrella as she stands guard along the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong. Jacky Chen—Reuters July 9, 2013. Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi protest in Nasr City, Egypt. Yuri Kozyrev—NOOR for TIME July 9, 2013. Supporters hold a poster of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi during a demonstration near the Egyptian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ahmad Yusni—EPA July 9, 2013. Novice Buddhist monks offer prayers for peace at the Tergar Monastery, the site of an explosion, in Bodh Gaya, about 80 miles south of Patna, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Manish Bhandari—AP July 9, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama greets guests during a kids' state dinner in the East Room Room of the White House in Washington. Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images July 9, 2013. A rebel fighter uses a mirror to watch the pro-government forces' positions during clashes in the Salaheddine district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Jm Lopez—AFP July 9, 2013. An Israeli border policeman looks at his colleague through a hole in a section of the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Abu Dis, near Jerusalem. Mohamad Torokman—Reuters July 9, 2013. A Free Syrian Army fighter takes cover behind sandbags inside a house as in Deir al-Zor. Khalil Ashawi—Reuters July 9, 2013. Runners get trapped by steers at the entrance to the bull ring during the third running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Susana Vera—Reuters July 9, 2013. A Palestinian Muslim boy buys children's toys for the month of Ramadan at the old market at the Jabaliya Refugee Camp in North Gaza Strip. Ali Ali—EPA July 9, 2013. Trails left by fireflies as they flit around the woods at night looking for a mate in Brevard, N.C. Spencer Black—National News/Zuma Press July 9, 2013. A general view of the Popocatepetl volcano taken from Puebla, Mexico. Francisco Guasco—Zuma Press July 10, 2013. A supporter of Colombia's Independiente de Santa Fe reacts before the second leg match of Libertadores Cup semifinals against Colombia's Independiente de Santa Fe, held at El Campin Stadium, in Bogota, Colombia. Jhon Paz—Xinhua Press/Corbis July 9, 2013. A child is seen near members of the Muslim community attending midday prayers at Strasbourg Grand Mosque in Strasbourg, France on the first day of Ramadan. Vincent Kessler—Reuters July 9, 2013. Masks in the likeness of Pope Francis dry at the Condal mask-making factory ahead of the pontiff's visit in Sao Goncalo near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Felipe Dana—AP July 10, 2013. Tents are set up for men to sleep, pray and read the Koran at the base for Mohamed Morsi supporters on the first day of Ramadan, the sacred holy month for Muslims where many will fast from sun-up to sun-down in Cairo, Egypt. Spencer Platt—Getty Images July 10, 2013. Suitcases are left in a pile as Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. Ali Ali—EPA July 10, 2013. Students perform an afternoon prayer on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Binsar Bakkara—AP July 10, 2013. A boy presses his face against a window as Palestinians wait to cross in Egypt at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. Ali Ali—EPA July 10, 2013. Swimmers prepare for the start on the third day of the Gigathlon event at the Vierwaldstaetter Lake near Ennetbuergen, central Switzerland. Urs Flueeler—Reuters July 10, 2013. A would-be immigrant looks out of a window on a police bus after arriving at the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta's Marsamxett Harbor. Darrin Zammit Lupi—Reuters July 10, 2013. MarÌa Dolores Ferrer Agudo, 34-years old, who collapsed during a panic attack, gets help from her neighbor and children while waiting to be evicted in Madrid. Andres Kudacki—AP July 10, 2013. A staff member adjusts an American flag before the opening session of the US and China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington. Brendan Smilowski—AFP/Getty Images July 10, 2013. Young Indian Muslim boys point towards the crescent moon in the compound of Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri—AP July 10, 2013. A cannon fires a ceremonial shot just outside Jerusalem's Old City, to mark the end of Muslims' daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. Ronen Zvulun—Reuters July 10, 2013. U.S. Assistant State Attorney John Guy uses a foam dummy to describe the altercation between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin to the defense witness and law enforcement expert Dennis Root during Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla. Gary W. Green—MCT/Zuma Press July 10, 2013. A man climbs a huge bonfire in the New Mossley area on the outskirts of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Peter Morrison—AP July 10, 2013. An excavator moves villagers away from a flooded area during heavy rainfall in Yingxiu, Wenchuan county, Sichuan province, China. Reuters July 11, 2013. A Bosnian woman cries on the coffin of a relative, which is one of the 409 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica. Dado Ruvic—Reuters July 11, 2013. Israeli soldiers take part in an urban warfare drill simulating a battle with Hezbollah in a mock village at Elyakim military base near the northern city of Haifa. Nir Elias—Reuters July 11, 2013. An Israeli soldier takes part in an urban warfare drill simulating a battle with Hezbollah in a mock village at Elyakim military base near the northern city of Haifa. Nir Elias—Reuters July 11, 2013. "Picadores" (mounted bullfighters) enter the bull ring at the start of the fifth bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Susana Vera—Reuters July 11, 2013. Palestinian men rest as others pray and read the Koran in a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Ali Ali—EPA July 11, 2013. 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