--- description: From heavy flooding in Pakistan and Eid al-Fitr celebrations around the world to wildfires in Spain and a Pearl Harbor reenactment at America's largest airshow, TIME presents the best pictures of the week. title: Pictures of the Week: August 2 – August 9 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt423475db3ec812aa/6987a69ce20a87f99fa87ea0/001-h_14371389.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pictures of the Week: August 2 - August 9 by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 9, 2013 2:32 PM CUT  Aug. 2, 2013\. People at a quarry in Epworth, a suburb in Harare, Zimbabwe. Aug. 2, 2013\. People at a quarry in Epworth, a suburb in Harare, Zimbabwe.Pete Muller—The New York Times/Redux by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 9, 2013 2:32 PM CUT From heavy flooding in Pakistan and Eid al-Fitr celebrations around the world to wildfires in California and an elephant funeral in India, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.  Aug. 2, 2013\. People at a quarry in Epworth, a suburb in Harare, Zimbabwe. Pete Muller—The New York Times/Redux  Aug. 7, 2013\. An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man blows a whistle during a protest against members of the liberal Jewish religious group Women of the Wall wearing phylacteries and the "Tallit" shawl, traditional Jewish prayer apparel for men, as they pray at the plaza near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, marking the first day of the Jewish month of Elul. Menahem Kahana—AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 2, 2013\. Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during a sit-in near Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque in the Nasr City neighborhood of Cairo. Narciso Contreras—The New York Times/Redux  Aug. 4, 2013\. A Free Syrian Army fighter takes up a shooting position at the Seif El Dawla front in Aleppo. Loubna Mrie—Reuters  Aug. 8, 2013\. Soldiers stand next to a Cross during commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the 2008 Russia - Georgia war. Sergei Karpov—ITAR-TASS/Zuma Press  Aug. 5, 2013\. A guard is seen walking in Red Square ahead of the IAAF World Championships on in Moscow. Mark Kolbe—Getty Images  Aug. 7, 2013\. A young woman climbs and jumps along the Eschbacher cliffs in front of a grey sky near Usingen, Germany. Frank Rumpenhorst—DPA/Landov  Aug. 6, 2013\. Pakistani men cross a flooded street during heavy monsoon rain in Quetta. Banaras Khan—AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 2, 2013\. Anti-government protesters and riot police clashes during a protest in Abu Saiba, Bahrain. Ahmed Al-Fardan—Zuma Press  Aug. 6, 2013\. A horse and rider perform during a "sneak peek" performance of Cavalia's show "Odysseo" in Somerville, Mass. Brian Snyder—Reuters  Aug. 6, 2013\. A Palestinian man driving a camel on the shore of the Sea of Gaza City at sunset. Majdi Fathi—NurPhoto/Sipa USA  Aug. 7, 2013\. A smoldering mountainside is seen under the stars at the Silver Fire near Banning, Calif. David McNew—Reuters  Aug. 6, 2013\. A worker controlling the tapping of a blast furnace at Europe's largest steel factory operated by Germany's industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp AG in the western German city of Duisburg. Ina Fassbender—Reuters  Aug. 7, 2013\. Wind-blown embers fly from an ancient oak tree that burned in the Silver Fire near Banning, Calif. David McNew—Reuters  Aug. 5, 2013\. A performer blows fire from his mouth as he performs in front of the historical monument Charminar during the annual Hindu religious festival of Bonalu in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Reuters  Aug. 7, 2013\. An Indian woman adjusts her sari after she got wet in the monsoon rains in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri—AP  Aug. 2, 2013\. A woman wearing a dress and a headgear inspired by traditional Chinese costume poses for pictures in Lijiang, Yunnan province. Jianan Yu—Reuters  Aug. 7, 2013\. An Indonesian man with his son pray after offering flowers on the dried volcanic mud for family members who died during a volcano eruption in Sidoarjo in eastern Java island, as Indonesians mark Eid al-Fitr with pilgrimages to cemeteries to remember their dead. M. Andika—AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 2, 2013\. A firefighting airplane drops water over a forest fire at Markopoulo region a few miles southwest of Athens. Yorgos Karahalis—Reuters  August 4, 2013\. The shadow of a semi-rigid and helium-filled airship, the Zeppelin NT, is cast on a harvested wheat field as it approaches an airport outside Cergy-Pointoise, near Paris. John Schults—Reuters  Aug. 6, 2013\. An Indian youth dangles from a power line before diving into the floodwaters of an overflowing Ganges river in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia—AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 7, 2013\. Master Liu Yiming presents martial arts during a martial arts festival at the Tianshan Mountain scenic area in Fukang City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Wang Fei—Xinhua Press/Corbis  Aug. 5, 2013\. A protestor throws back a tear gas canister during clashes with police and gendarmes blocking the access to a courthouse in Silivri, near Istanbul after a court decision to sentence a former army chief and other top brass to life in prison in a high-profile trial of 275 people accused of plotting to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government. Ozan Kose—AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 3, 2013\. Kevin Grossstueck performs in the 2013 German Pole Dancing Championships in Frankfurt, Germany. Thomas Lohnes—Getty Images  Aug. 2, 2013\. In a picture taken with an underwater camera, Britain's Jazmin Carlin competes in the heats of the women's 800-metre freestyle swimming event in the FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. Francois Xavier—AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 6, 2013\. A British kingfisher cools off in the waters in Kent before taking off with his dinner. Mark Bridger—HotSpot/Landov  Aug. 6, 2013\. Horses and rider Elise Verdoncq perform during a "sneak peek" performance of Cavalia's show "Odysseo" in Somerville, Mass. Brian Snyder—Reuters  Aug. 5, 2013\. A Yellow scorpion glows in the dark near Sde Boker in the Negev Desert, Israel. Uriel Sinai—Getty Images  Aug. 6, 2013\. A child enjoys the water in a public swimming pool at a suburban area of Shanghai. Aly Song—Reuters  Aug. 9, 2013\. A balloon is inflated at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta at the Ashton Court estate in Bristol, England. Matt Cardy—Getty Images  Aug. 9, 2013\. Nepalese Muslims leaves after a mass prayer during Eid al-Fitr celebrations at the Kashmiri Takiya Jame mosque in Kathmandu. Navesh Chitrakar—Reuters  Aug. 3, 2013\. A Hindu devotee known as kanwaria offers prayers in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh—AP  Aug. 7, 2013\. The body of an elephant is covered with flowers offered by villagers on the Kelidan Tea estate in Nagaon, east of Gawahuti, India. AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 8, 2013\. A toy seller rides on 'sea of sands' as Indonesian Muslim people perform Eid Al-Fitr prayer at Parangkusumo beach in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Ulet Ifansasti—Getty Images  Aug. 2, 2013\. Visitors walk through the panorama "Leipzig 1813" about the Battle of Nations in the Panometer in Leipzig, Germany. Jan Woitas—DPA/Landov  Aug. 5, 2013\. A man washes off after bathing in the ocean, while in the background, a boat that ran aground by the Madeleine Islands lists to one side, just off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. Rebecca Blackwell—AP  Aug. 2, 2013\. A man cools off with a hose in the Willet's Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Andrew Burton—Getty Images  Aug. 8, 2013\. A member of staff poses next to a Triceratops skull at Christies auction house in central London. Carl Court—AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 3, 2013\. Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli reacts after competing in the heats of the men's 1500-metre freestyle swimming event in the FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. Francois Xavier Marit—AFP/Getty Images  Aug. 8, 2013\. The Pilgrimage Church is visible behind a field of red cabbage near Bergtheim, Germany. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand—DPA/Corbis  Aug. 6, 2013\. A woman uses an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she crosses a busy street in downtown Shanghai. Carlos Barria—Reuters  Aug. 8, 2013\. A Malian national guardsman takes up a post along a street outside the Grand Mosque before Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bamako. Joe Penny—Reuters  Aug. 3, 2013\. People, holding placards of a bleeding eye, take part in a demonstration in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan. Steven Chen—Reuters  Aug. 9, 2013\. Tears roll from the eyes of a Muslim boy after he applied kohl to his eyelid before Eid al-Fitr mass prayers at the Kashmiri Takiya Jame mosque in Kathmandu, Napal. 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