Protests in Turkey and India, Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft launch and new NASA pictures — take a look at this week's events in the following photo gallery.
The Soyuz TMA-17M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of Kjell Lindgren of the US, Oleg Kononenko of Russia and Kimiya Yui of Japan blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhsta. July 23.
A protester fires fireworks at Turkish riot police during a demonstration in Istiklal avenue in Istanbul. July 20.
A worker passes by a contestant having her number pinned to her bikini before the Miss SA Xtreme fitness and bodybuilding show in Pretoria.
French actor Gerard Depardieu (R) looks on as he visits a livestock farm in the village of Zadomlya, some 40 km east of Minsk, Belarus. July 22.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter looks on with fake dollars note flying around him thrown by a protester during a press conference at the football's world body headquarter's in Zurich. July 20.
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The Night Glow of Balloons show at the 14th "Golden Ring of Russia" ballooning festival in Pereslavl-Zalessky.
Chinese honour guards prepare for the arrival of New Zealand's Governor-General Jerry Mateparae and Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. July 21.
People hold onto windows to avoid a bull during the 'Toro de Cuerda' (Bull on Rope) festival in Grazalema, southern Spain. July 20.
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© AP Photo / David Goldman
Trees grow through the windshield of a 1937 Chrysler Imperial as it sits at Old Car City, the world's largest known classic car junkyard. July 16.
A policewoman tries to stop a member of the All India Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the Congress party, who was trying to cross over a barricade, during a protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India. July 21.
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© AP Photo / Michael Probst
A three-days old bonobo baby sleeps on the belly of its mother Kutu in the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany. July 21.
Soldiers wounded in combat take part in a military parade held to celebrate Colombia's 205th Anniversary of Independence, in Bogota. July 20.
A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask stands amongst a group of protesters from tobacconist groups throwing papers in the air in oppostion to neutral cigarette packaging in Paris.
This image of the sun taken with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager onboard NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory Ahead spacecraft, which collects images in several wavelengths of light that are invisible to the human eye. This image shows the sun in wavelengths of 171 angstroms, which are typically colorized in blue. STEREO-A has been on the far side of the sun since , where it had to operate in safe mode, collecting and saving data from its radio instrument.
Palestinians look out a residential building, that witnesses said was badly damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Beit Lahiya town in the northern Gaza Strip. July 22.
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© AP Photo / Themba Hadebe
A young girl Thando Masuku, kisses a mural showing former South African president Nelson Mandela's face at Katlehong township, South Africa.
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© Sputnik / Press-service GU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia of Krasnoyarsk region
At the site of an accident in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A bus collided with a truck killing 11 people. July 22.
Priscilla Frederick of Antigua goes over the bar during the Women's High Jump Finals at the CIBC Athletics Stadium at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. July 22.
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© AP Photo / Shuji Kajiyama
Bottlenose dolphins swim over visitors in water tank at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Japan. July 21.
People wearing Star Wars-themed costumes eat pretzels in San Francisco, California. July 22.
A participant of the 2015 World Congress of Santa Clauses is pictured at Bellevue beach north of Copenhagen, Denmark. July 23.
