TIME World Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week: Aug. 1 – Aug. 8

From the continued violence and destruction in Gaza and a massive landslide in Nepal to a sea of poppies in London and gymnastics in Glasgow, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

 

 

APTOPIX Nicaragua Santo Domingo The Week That Was Latin America Photo Gallery A vendor lights a rose with a torch for customers to check ahead of the upcoming Qixi Festival at a flower market in Kunming A fisherman transports a dead whale shark after it was caught in fishermen's net, in Yangzhi county Nadezda Ivanovna peers through the gate of her home, on the outskirts of Slovyansk, Ukraine. Uyghur Life Persists in Kashgar Amid Growing Tension in Restive Xinjiang Province Flanders Fields 100 Years Since The Great War Gaza Strip, Jabalia: A Palestinian kid walks on the rubbles inside the destroyed by Israeli airstrike Jabalia mosque, few kilometres north of Gaza City on August 2, 2014. ALESSIO ROMENZI Abel of Canada dives during the women's 3m Springboard final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh Uyghur Life Persists in Kashgar Amid Growing Tension in Restive Xinjiang Province Welcome to Paradise APTOPIX Seafair Air Show APTOPIX Ukraine Plane Palestinians mourn over the Nigim family, reportedly killed in an airstrike in Jabaliya on the Gaza Strip. Flanders Fields 100 Years Since The Great War DUKE & DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND PRINCE HARRY ATTEND ST SYMPHORIEN MILTARY CEMETERY TOPSHOTS-CHINA-QUAKE Flanders Fields 100 Years Since The Great War APTOPIX Bangladesh Ferry Accident A man holds a picture as he stands among debris after an earthquake hit Longtoushan township of Ludian county Hundreds Still Unaccounted For Following Deadly Nepal Landslide Bangladesh Ferry Accident BESTPIX - Deep-Water Soloing On Croatian Coast A tank drives through water obstacle on course of Tank Biathlon world championship in Alabino Rain in Lower Saxony Oktoberfest 2014 Preparations Opening of 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' at Tower of London Afghans play soccer on the outskirts of Kabul Utah Landslide Deep-Water Soloing On Croatian Coast AP10ThingsToSee - China Earthquake Major Drought Impacts California Flower Industry OLY-2016-BRAZIL-AQUATIC-CENTRE A boy runs next to the stairs of the Cultural Center 'Estela de luz' in Mexico City APTOPIX PGA Championship Golf Israel Gaza Observe 72hr Cease Fire APTOPIX Mideast Iraq Balloonist checks a balloon as it is deflated at the International Balloon Fiesta near Bristol in western England 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships People crowd at a flower market in Bangalore Annual Great Buddha Dusting PANAMA-PANAMA CITY-WEAPONS-DESTRUCTION TURKEY-WEATHER-STORM APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians A man takes a nap on cycle rickshaw along roadside in Delhi Thailand zoos endangered species dolphins APTOPIX Pakistan Daily Life International Balloon Fiesta 2014 - Bristol

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