July 30, 2013. A leopard skin burns as Indian officials and activists burn wildlife contraband including tiger and leopard skins, and bones as part of a campaign to save the tiger in Mumbai.Rafiq Maqbool—AP
From violence in Egypt and the first gay marriages in Rhode Island to Zimbabwe’s elections and a purple water cannon at a protest in Kashmir, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.
July 27, 2013. Morsi supporters carry a man shot in the head outside the makeshift hospital in Rabaa Square.Mosa'ab Elshamy
July 25, 2013. Pope Francis addresses the young people at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the World Youth Day.Stefano Rellandini—AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 30, 2013. A Thai soldier in white biohazard suit takes part in a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong.Athit Perawongmetha—ReutersJuly 29, 2013. Splotches of green paint are still visible on the Lincoln Memorial after someone defaced the monument in Washington. Andrew Harnik—The Washington Times/LandovJuly 29, 2013. A woman carrying her baby and wrapped with a shawl walks through a sandstorm in Timbuktu.Joe Penny—ReutersJuly 26, 2013. A gas flare is seen at an oil well site outside Williston, North Dakota.Andrew Burton—Getty ImagesJuly 28, 2013. Rescuers prepare the coffins of victims of a bus crash on the road between Monteforte Irpino and Baiano, southern Italy.Agenzia Controluce—AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 29, 2013. Supporters of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister climb up a tree during an election rally in Harare.Alexander Joe—AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 29, 2013. Pakistani Shiite Muslims protest against the twin bomb attacks on the Parachinar bazaar at a rally in Karachi.Asif Hassan—AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 27, 2013. North Koreans and the media arrive to visit in front of a figure of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung after the opening ceremony of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, in Pyongyang as part of celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War.Jason Lee—ReutersJuly 26, 2013. A handout photo made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano shows Pope Francis (R) hearing confessions of young people in the park of Quinta Da Boa Vista in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.Osservatore Romano/EPAJuly 26, 2013. Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi attend the Friday prayer during a protest at Nasr City, where protesters have installed their camp and hold their daily rally, in Cairo. Khalil Hamra—APJuly 26, 2013. North Koreans perform during a mass gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang," in Pyongyang as part of celebrations ahead of the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War.Jason Lee—ReutersJuly 26, 2013. Korean War veterans from North Korea sit in the stands at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang after a performance of the "Arirang" mass games on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice.David Guttenfelder—AP July 26, 2013. Malian army commandos ride in a convoy on a road outside Gao, Mali.Rebecca Blackwell—APJuly 26, 2013. Silver medalist Evgeny Kuznetsov from Russia performs during the men's 3-meter springboard final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.Daniel Ochoa de Olza—APJuly 27, 2013. Visitors crowd an artificial wave pool at a tourist resort to escape the summer heat in Daying county of Suining, Sichuan province. China Daily/ReutersJuly 27, 2013. A man wearing a sun-protective umbrella watches Latvia's Baltic Bees aerobatic team performing on L-39C Albatross airplanes during Bucharest International Air Show at Baneasa airport.Bogdan Cristel—ReutersJuly 27, 2013. A North Korean military veteran uses a handkerchief to protect himself from the sun in the stands at a mass military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in North Korea.David Guttenfelder—APJuly 27, 2013. A Morsi supporter grabs rocks during clashes with police forces near the Rabaa sit-in.Mosa'ab ElshamyJuly 27, 2013. A brother of one of the victims is comforted by friends outside the room being used as a makeshift morgue. He kept repeating: “We came together. We have to go home together.”
Mosa'ab ElshamyJuly 28, 2013. The statue of the 'Madonna della Fiumarola' (or Madonna del Carmine) is carried in procession inside the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore during the closing of the annual 'Festa de Noantri' in the Trastevere district in Rome.Giorgio Cosulich—Getty ImagesJuly 28, 2013. A street vendor sells a beach blanket with an image of Christ the Redeemer statue after the World Youth Day's closing Mass, celebrated by Pope Francis on the Copacabana beachfront in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Victor R. Caivano—APJuly 28, 2013. Riot policemen protect a man, that was accused of trying to hit a Buddhist monk, as a monk tries to punch him after an incident at a polling station in which voters protested against alleged election irregularities in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Damir Sagolj—ReutersJuly 28, 2013. Syrian government forces patrol in the Khalidiyah neighborhood of the central city of Homs.AFP/Getty ImagesJuly 28, 2013. A Tuareg man casts his vote for Mali's next president in Timbuktu.Tanya Bindra—EPAJuly 28, 2013. North Koreans attend a concert to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement in Pyongyang.David Guttenfelder—APJuly 28, 2013. A Jewish settlers in a minaret of an ancient mosque at the former settlement of Sanur in northern Samaria, near the West Bank city of Jenin.Abir Sultan—EPAJuly 28, 2013. Spectators watch as a diver jumps from the Old Mostar Bridge during 447th traditional annual high diving competition, in Mostar, 140 kms south of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Amel Emric—APJuly 28, 2013. A man cools off at a weir of the Berounka river near Dobrichovice, Czech Republic.Matej Divizna—Getty ImagesJuly 28, 2013. An election committee official lies unconscious after an angry mob surrounded her in a protest against alleged election irregularities at a polling station in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Damir Sagolj—ReutersJuly 28, 2013. A man jumps from the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia.Dado Ruvic—ReutersJuly 30, 2013. A leopard skin burns as Indian officials and activists burn wildlife contraband including tiger and leopard skins, and bones as part of a campaign to save the tiger in Mumbai.Rafiq Maqbool—APJuly 30, 2013. Iranian women place copies of the Quran on their heads as they mourn, during a religious ceremony marking Imam Ali's death at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, just outside Tehran.Ebrahim Noroozi—APJuly 29, 2013. Government employees and Indian policemen run as police spray purple water during protests in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir.Farooq Khan—EPAJuly 30, 2013. Female supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi are sprayed with water to cool themselves down as they continue their sit-in in Cairo while fasting.Mosa'ab Elshamy for TIMEJuly 30, 2013. Children play next to a tent with huge pictures of the deposed president Mohamed Morsi on it in Cairo.Mosa'ab Elshamy for TIMEJuly 30, 2013. Morsi supporters chant for justice as they carry symbolic coffins of the victims of the Rabaa massacre. Tuesday saw big demonstrations against the coup after calls for a million man march in honor of Sunday's victims.Mosa'ab Elshamy for TIMEJuly 29, 2013. Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray during a protest at Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo.Manu Brabo—APJuly 29, 2013. View of a burnt area in the housing estate Selva Negra in the Vallirana, Barcelona region, northeastern Spain.Marta Perez—EPAJuly 30, 2013. U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning (C) is escorted by military police as arrives to hear the verdict in his military trial at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Mark Wilson—Getty ImagesJuly 30, 2013. A Pakistani boy arranges plates of food for Iftar, the meal that breaks the day's fast, during the holy month of Ramadan at a roadside in Islamabad.B.K. Bangash—APJuly 30, 2013. A fisherman casts his net to catch fish on Xin'an River in Jiande, Zhejiang province.China Daily/ReutersJuly 31, 2013. Indian laborers paint the center yellow line at the ceremonial boulevard Rajpath ahead of Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi.Manish Swarup—APJuly 31, 2013. Stefanie Dolson (top left), NCAA Women's Basketball 2013 National Champion player from the University of Connecticut, puts bunny ears over U.S. President Barack Obama during a ceremony to honor the team in the East Room at the White House in Washington.Larry Downing—ReutersJuly 31, 2013. New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner attends a campaign event in the Rockaways section in the Queens borough of New York.Eric Thayer—ReutersJuly 31, 2013. A Thai soldier wearing a biohazard suit looks on as cleaning operations continue at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong. Athit Perawongmetha—ReutersAug. 1, 2013. Nicaraguan faithfuls participate in the opening of the ten-day celebration of the Santo Domingo de Guzman festival, in Managua.Inti Ocon—AFP/Getty ImagesAug. 1, 2013. A flood-affected man carries his television set to a safer place, after heavy monsoon rains caused a rise in the water levels of the river Ganges, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.Jitendra Prakash—ReutersJuly 31, 2013. Czech Republic's Michal Navratil performs an exhibition dive dressed as Superman at the end of the men's 27m high diving final during the World Swimming Championships at Moll de la Fusta in Barcelona. Gustau Nacarino—ReutersAug. 1, 2013. A soldier from the People's Liberation Army jumps through a ring of fire as part of training during the PLA Army Day in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China.ReutersAug. 1, 2013. Protesters confront Israeli's riots police during a demonstration against Israeli government's plans to resettle Bedouins in the Negev desert in the Arab Israeli city of Ar'Ara, north of Israel.Jack Guez—AFP/Getty ImagesAug. 1, 2013. Fireworks are seen behind the Divino Salvador del Mundo monument during "Agostinas" (in allusion to the August month) religious celebrations in San Salvador.Ulises Rodriguez—ReutersAug. 1, 2013. Gary McDowell, left, and Zachary Marcus, right, both of Providence, R.I., wait in a meeting room at City Hall in Providence moments before their marriage ceremony.Steven Senne—APAug. 1, 2013. A worker takes a rest while he operates on the exterior of newly built building in Beijing.Kim Kyung-Hoon—ReutersAug. 2, 2013. A member of a Rapid Response Team (RRT) culls a rooster at a poultry farm infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in Bhaktapur, Nepal.Navesh Chitrakar—Reuters
