Photos Of The Week #29
Kazakhstan's Igor Son competes in the men's 61kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 25.
Japan's Naohisa Takato (in white) competes with Kazakhstan's Yeldos Smetov during their judo men's under-60kg semifinal bout during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 24.
Ukraine's Ihor Radivilov competes in the vault event of the artistic gymnastics men's qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 24.
Belarusians living in Ukraine, along with supporters and Ukrainian activists, hold signs and plastic geese during a rally calling for "Goose for Belarus!" near the Belarusian Embassy in Kyiv on July 23. The imagery of a goose was used because the word suggests the sound of The Hague in Belarusian, with the implication of an appearance at the international criminal court for the regime in Minsk.
In a photo provided by Roskosmos, a Proton-M booster rocket carrying the Nauka module blasts off from the launch pad at Russia's space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on July 21. Nauka is a long-delayed lab module for the International Space Station. It's intended to provide more room for scientific experiments and space for the crew.
Afghan security officials inspect the scene of a roadside bomb that killed six civilians on the outskirts of Jalalabad on July 21.
The MV Heng Tong cargo ship is stranded on Sea View beach in Karachi, Pakistan. According to the Karachi Port Trust, MV Heng Tong, a cargo ship coming from Shanghai, was on its way to Istanbul when it lost its anchors due to rough weather.
An aerial view shows cornstalks planted by Ukrainian farmers in the shape of the national emblem, a trident, ahead of the country's 30th anniversary of independence, in a field near Boryspil International Airport outside Kyiv.
A Ukrainian soldier mans his position along the front line with Russia-backed separatists near the small town of Krasnogorivka in the Donetsk region.
A member of a military band is reflected in a brass instrument during a ceremony in Bucharest marking Aviation Day, which celebrates aviators -- military and civilian -- who lost their lives in the line of duty or contributed to the evolution of Romanian aviation.
Girls pose for a selfie on Red Square near St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
A Russian Air Force aerobatics team performs at an air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.
An Afghan security official stands guard as people arrive to offer Eid al-Adha prayers at a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
A man walks near a church on a foggy morning in the town of Tara in Russia's Omsk region.
Russian Muslims gather in the Moscow Cathedral Mosque during celebrations to mark Eid al-Adha.
A coach from the Ukrainian rowing team looks through binoculars during a training session at the Sea Forest Waterway ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
A man and a flight attendant pose for a photograph during the opening day of the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon at Zhukovsky outside Moscow.
Afghan girls attend a school to learn astronomy in Herat.
A shepherd rides a horse as he herds a flock of sheep on the mountainous Assy plateau east of Almaty, Kazakhstan.
A street vendor carries boxes with flowers to be sold after early morning prayers in the vicinity of Sarajevo's Gazi Husref-beg mosque.
An athlete from Ukraine walks to the firing area as she practices for the 2020 Summer Olympics at Yumenoshima Park Archery Field in Tokyo.
Models display the collection by Russian designer Kima Dongak during the World Nomads Fashion Festival Issyk-Kul 2021 at Cholpon-Ata, a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, 200 kilometers east of Bishkek.
A child watches as Afghan devotees offer Eid al-Adha prayers inside a mosque in Kabul.