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Pictures of the Week: June 14 – June 21

From riots in Brazil and the Miami Heat's NBA triumph to 213 bear paws smuggled across the Chinese border and a cat that's running for mayor, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

From riots in Brazil and the Miami Heat’s NBA triumph to 213 bear paws smuggled across the Chinese border and a cat that’s running for mayor, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

Smuggled bear paws are seen at the China-Russia border in Manzhouli As many as 200,000 people have marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities, as protests over rising public transport costs and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup have spread. Obama meets with Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen Pakistan Daily Life Spectators watch the Confederations Cup Group A soccer match between Brazil and Japan at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia APTOPIX Germany International Cat Exhibition ITALY-SPORTS-LEISURE-SLACKLINE Pope Francis attends the opening of the Pastoral Convention of the Diocese of Rome at the Vatican APTOPIX US Open Golf Colorado Fires Pakistan Daily Life Women stand in line to vote during the Iranian presidential election in Qom PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT-DEMO TURKEY-POLITICS-UNREST Istanbul: Police Storm Gezi Park Daily Life in Syria Women sunbathe as a man kicks a soccer ball in between shadows of palm trees on Boa Viagem Beach in Recife Mayoral candidate Morris the Cat is seen at his home in Xalapa President Obama Departs For G8 Summit A member of Samaritan sect takes part in traditional pilgrimage marking Shavuot atop Mount Gerizim People go for a swim in Lake Geneva North Korea Koreas Tension Flooding in Germany An anti-G8 poster rests in razor wire after protestors broke through the security fence surrounding the G8 Summit in the Lough Erne Golf Resort in County Fermanagh G8 Summit in Lough Erne NAACP Protests Hotel guest rests in the pool of the Marina Bay Sands Skypark in front of the hazy skyline of Singapore Nepalese farmer cover themselves from the rain while planting rice saplings in Khokana India Floods A man ferries his boat after retrieving floating watermelons from the flooded waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi Bangladesh Daily Life GAME 6 - NBA FINALS Gunduz stands in a silent protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul APTOPIX Afghanistan Daily life in Bait Lahiya camp #CHINA-HUBEI-ENSHI-TEA-LOCAL ECONOMY (CN) A boy sits on a ladder next to his flooded house with the rising water level of river Yamuna after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha visit the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin IRAQ-MILITARY-DRILL APTOPIX India Hindu Festival A sedated elephant is placed in a container on a truck by KWS wardens during a relocation exercise on the margins of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya A close-up view of a sedated elephant's eye is seen as it is secured on the back of a truck by KWS wardens during a relocation exercise on the margins of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya Storms in Hesse Pakistan Daily Life APTOPIX China Vietnam APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians Soldier fires a RPG after gunmen attacked the United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu APTOPIX Brazil Soccer Confed Cup Protests A member of the Free Syrian Army is seen inside a building in the old city of Aleppo A member of the Free Syrian Army dives into a swimming pool in Aleppo Construction labourers working at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands are pictured against the hazy skyline of Singapore APTOPIX Germany US Obama BESTPIX President Obama Visits Berlin An officer uses a string to ensure that members of the honour guard are standing in a straight line, ahead of a welcoming ceremony for visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang in Beijing France Air Show APTOPIX Mideast Jordan War Games BESTPIX Royal Ascot 2013 - Day 2 Pope Francis kisses a baby as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican A priest baptises a child at Novopyatigorsk lake near Pyatigorsk APTOPIX Hoffa Search APTOPIX North Korea Daily Life Demonstrators protest against the government of Brazil's President Rousseff in front of the National Congress in Brasilia Children cover their noses near burnt land in Marpoyan Damai sub district, in the outskirts of Pekanbaru People watch the rising waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi A child displaced by the rising waters of the river Yamuna sits on a cycle cart parked outside makeshift tents at a roadside camp in New Delhi Gaza daily life APTROPIX Afghanistan Refugee Day Summer Solstice at Stonehenge Bangladesh Factory Collapse Photo Gallery

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