The week in photos

This is the week that was, in pictures.

A PET SQUIRREL, a mass wedding, and candy floss in a cemetery: it’s a crazy, mixed-up world out there. Here’s this week’s collection of the best images from around the globe.

The week in photos

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Sweet as candy
Jose Antonio Gonzalez, 10, waits for customers to to sell candy floss at La Verbena cemetery in Guatemala City (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
River ruin
Oil sticks to the grass along side the Yellowstone River in Montana after an ExxonMobil pipeline ruptured and spilled an estimated 1,000 barrels of crude (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)
Sunset skyline
The New York City skyline at sunset on Independence Day, July 4 (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
On yer bike
A man and five children ride a motorcycle in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Silent witness
Bosnian worker Edib Vraco sorts name tags on 613 coffins of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre victims, which will soon finally buried. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
In custody
Suspected IRA dissident Michael Campbell before a court session in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is accused of trying to buy guns and explosives (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Bullish behaviour
An animal falls during the second running of the bulls in Pamplona, northern Spain (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Hands high
Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, India (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Hot property
Crowds at the Allsop Space auction of distressed properties in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin (Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
All dressed up
Children sit in front of a picture of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi before a group wedding party for 25 couples in Tripoli (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Space to rest
A man sleeps on the hood of his car while waiting for the space shuttle Atlantis to launch in Florida (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Piled high
Sonam Tsering, 79, inspects stacks of 'khapse', or Tibetan sweet crispies, at a temple in Dharmsala, India (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
In the can
Scrap metal is processed for recycling at Ed Arnold Scrap Processors in Corfu, New York state (AP Photo/David Duprey)
Soldier on
Pakistani soldier, Ismail Mirzam, 25, looks on as he stands guard in a village on the border with Afghanistan (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Cut some rug
Part of the carpet market at Tehran's old main bazaar, Iran (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Empty walls
Homes burned out in a May wildfire stand derelict in Slave Lake, Canada (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
In the dumps
An elderly woman searches the trash for useful items in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Masked men
Palestinian militants from the militant Al Ansar Brigades training in the Gaza Strip (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)
On the sunny side
An engineer walks between panels at a new 'solar farm' on the site of a disused tin mine in Cornwall (Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
After the smash
A train passes by the wreckage after another train hit a bus at Kanshiramnagar, India. At least 35 people died (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)
The march of independence
Military police participate in an independence rehearsal procession in Juba, southern Sudan, as the government makes preparations to celebrate its independence from the north (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
Squirrelled away
A pet squirrel is tied to a chair outside a pet shop in Beijing, China (AP Photo)
Pucker up
Two women kiss a lipstick-smeared cutout of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Red Square, Moscow, to mark International Kissing Day (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Rebel yell
A defected soldier shouts slogans during a demonstration by anti-government protestors in Sanaa, Yemen (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Brassed off
Campaigners against the cuts at Roscommon Hospital protest outside Leinster House, Dublin (Julien Behal/PA Wire)
Crowning glory
Hindu priests at the 16th-century Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple complex in Trivandrum, India. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Naked anger
Ukrainian police detain a member of a women's activist group during protests against a move to raise the retirement age for women (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Getting a head
A woman walks past pig heads displayed at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)
Homecoming
Family and frends at Dublin Airport as the Irish Special Olympic Team arrive home from Athens (Sasko Lazarov/Photocall)
Talent travels
Former Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle dances while appearing as a guest on China's Got Talent in Beijing (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Smoke signals
A Hindu holy woman smokes cannabis during the Karchi Festival near Agartala, India (AP Photo/Sushanta Das)

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The week in photos

Sweet as candy

River ruin

Sunset skyline

On yer bike

Silent witness

In custody

Bullish behaviour

Hands high

Hot property

All dressed up

Space to rest

Piled high

In the can

Soldier on

Cut some rug

Empty walls

In the dumps

Masked men

On the sunny side

After the smash

The march of independence

Squirrelled away

Pucker up

Rebel yell

Brassed off

Crowning glory

Naked anger

Getting a head

Homecoming

Talent travels

Smoke signals

Making a difference

A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article. Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation.