Pictures of the week 18th - 24th July
Photos of the week from around the world
Fathers lounge with their children inside spaces in the ''Mirazozo'' luminarium, the newest inflated balloon sculpture designed by Architects of Air, on July 17, 2011 in Prague. The design team was founded by Alan Parkinson in 1981 and its first luminarium, called "EGGOPOLIS", was presented in 1990. Architects of Air have presented 15 luminaria since and their latest was built in 2010. AFP PHOTO/MICHAL CIZEK
Some of 40 Greenpeace activists take off their shirts to show a message of “Detox” painted on their bodies in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, July 23, 2011. The protesters demanded sportswear and shoe makers Adidas and Nike to remove toxic chemicals from their products in Thailand after a year of investigation into toxic water pollution in China. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
French Polynesian soldiers perform Haka as they parade on the Champs Elysees avenue on July 12, 2011 in Paris, during a rehearsal of the French national celebration, the Bastille Day, which will take place on July 14, 2011. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR
Toyota cars crash during a collision test in a demonstration of its safety technology at its facility in Susono, near Mount Fuji, Japan, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Toyota is developing a safety technology that takes control of the steering so the vehicle can veer away when it isn't able to stop before impact. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A flower and a candle are seen in front of a hotel where relatives and survivors of a rampage on nearby Utoeya island gather after a memorial service in Sundvollen, July 24, 2011. At least 92 people are dead after a gunman dressed in police uniform opened fire at a youth camp of Norway's ruling political party on Friday hours after a bomb blast in the government district in the capital Oslo. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Rescue workers are seen around the wreckage of a Bell 212 army helicopter that crashed in Phetchaburi province July 24, 2011. The military helicopter crashed in western Thailand on Sunday, killing three and injuring one, the army said, raising the death toll to 17 from three air accidents in the same area in the past nine days. The helicopter was supporting operations to retrieve the seven missing bodies from a Black Hawk crash on Tuesday when it went down and caught fire. REUTERS/Stringer
Participants flip during a mass handstand event organized by Taiwan artist Huang Ming-cheng at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei July 24, 2011. Around 400 people took part in the art experiment by Huang who previously spent five months taking pictures of himself doing handstands in various locations around Taiwan. REUTERS/Nicky Loh
People gather during a candle light vigil to pay tribute to victims of the twin attacks near the Domkirke church on Friday, in central Oslo, Norway, Saturday, July 23, 2011. A massive bombing Friday in the heart of Oslo was followed by a horrific shooting spree on an island hosting a youth retreat for the prime minister's center-left party. The same man, a Norwegian with reported Christian fundamentalist, anti-Muslim views, was suspected in both attacks. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) less
People check the destroyed carriages of a derailed train, which was carrying 480 passengers and five crew members, at al-Souda about three miles (five kilometers) from the central city of Homs, Syria, Saturday, July 23, 2011. A passenger train derailed and
A diver wearing chef uniform performs with sardines as part of summer vacation events at an Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 22, 2011. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
Vanity Mendez, 11, left, Isaiah Rivera, 6, center, and Jonathan Medina, 11, cool off at an open fire hydrant in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, Thursday, July 21, 2011. A heatwave that has enveloped much of the central part of the country for the
.William Dyer, Jr., of Gortham, Maine stays cool seated on his beach chair waist-deep in Sabbathday Lake in New Gloucester, Maine, Thursday, July 21, 2011. The heat that has gripped much of the nation arrived in Maine on Friday. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty
- In this July 19, 2011 photo, a leopard attacks a forest guard at Prakash Nagar village near Salugara, on the outskirts of Siliguri, India. The leopard strayed into the village area and attacked several villagers, including at least four guards, before being caught by forest officials, according to news reports. The leopard, which suffered injuries caused by knives and batons, died later in the evening at a veterinary center. The forest guard being attacked was injured. (AP Photo) less
- Tourists "play" in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at the Daecheon swimming beach in Boryeong, 190 kilometers southwest of Seoul on July 17, 2011. The annual festival encourages the use of mud for its benifits for skin-care and to promotes tourism in the region. The festival runs July 16 to 24. AFP PHOTO / KIM JAE-HWAN
- Fathers lounge with their children inside spaces in the ''Mirazozo'' luminarium, the newest inflated balloon sculpture designed by Architects of Air, on July 17, 2011 in Prague. The design team was founded by Alan Parkinson in 1981 and its first luminarium, called "EGGOPOLIS", was presented in 1990. Architects of Air have presented 15 luminaria since and their latest was built in 2010. AFP PHOTO/MICHAL CIZEK
- Some of 40 Greenpeace activists take off their shirts to show a message of “Detox” painted on their bodies in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, July 23, 2011. The protesters demanded sportswear and shoe makers Adidas and Nike to remove toxic chemicals from their products in Thailand after a year of investigation into toxic water pollution in China. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
- French Polynesian soldiers perform Haka as they parade on the Champs Elysees avenue on July 12, 2011 in Paris, during a rehearsal of the French national celebration, the Bastille Day, which will take place on July 14, 2011. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR
- Toyota cars crash during a collision test in a demonstration of its safety technology at its facility in Susono, near Mount Fuji, Japan, Thursday, July 21, 2011. Toyota is developing a safety technology that takes control of the steering so the vehicle can veer away when it isn't able to stop before impact. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
