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.
© REUTERS / Shamil Zhumatov 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.
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.
© AFP 2023 / Yasin AkgulA protester fires fireworks at Turkish riot police during a demonstration in Istiklal avenue in Istanbul. July 20.
A protester fires fireworks at Turkish riot police during a demonstration in Istiklal avenue in Istanbul. July 20.
© AFP 2023 / Marco LongariA worker passes by a contestant having her number pinned to her bikini before the Miss SA Xtreme fitness and bodybuilding show in Pretoria.
A worker passes by a contestant having her number pinned to her bikini before the Miss SA Xtreme fitness and bodybuilding show in Pretoria.
© AFP 2023 / Sergei GaponFrench 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.
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.
© AFP 2023 / Fabrice CoffriniFIFA 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.
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.
© Sputnik / Vladimir AstapkovichThe Night Glow of Balloons show at the 14th "Golden Ring of Russia" ballooning festival in Pereslavl-Zalessky.
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© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
The Night Glow of Balloons show at the 14th "Golden Ring of Russia" ballooning festival in Pereslavl-Zalessky.
© AFP 2023 / Wang ZhaoChinese 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.
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.
© REUTERS / Jon NazcaPeople hold onto windows to avoid a bull during the 'Toro de Cuerda' (Bull on Rope) festival in Grazalema, southern Spain. July 20.
People hold onto windows to avoid a bull during the 'Toro de Cuerda' (Bull on Rope) festival in Grazalema, southern Spain. July 20.
© AP Photo / David GoldmanTrees 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.
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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.
© REUTERS / Adnan AbidiA 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.
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.
© AP Photo / Michael ProbstA three-days old bonobo baby sleeps on the belly of its mother Kutu in the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany. July 21.
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A three-days old bonobo baby sleeps on the belly of its mother Kutu in the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany. July 21.
© AFP 2023 / Guillermo LegariaSoldiers wounded in combat take part in a military parade held to celebrate Colombia's 205th Anniversary of Independence, in Bogota. July 20.
Soldiers wounded in combat take part in a military parade held to celebrate Colombia's 205th Anniversary of Independence, in Bogota. July 20.
© AFP 2023 / Francois GuillotA 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.
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.
© REUTERS / NASAThis 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.
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.
© REUTERS / Mohammed Salem 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.
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.
© AP Photo / Themba HadebeA 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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© 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.
© Sputnik / Press-service GU of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia of Krasnoyarsk regionAt the site of an accident in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A bus collided with a truck killing 11 people. July 22.
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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.
© AFP 2023 / Timothy A. Clary 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.
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.
© AP Photo / Shuji KajiyamaBottlenose dolphins swim over visitors in water tank at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Japan. July 21.
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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.
© REUTERS / Robert GalbraithPeople wearing Star Wars-themed costumes eat pretzels in San Francisco, California. July 22.
People wearing Star Wars-themed costumes eat pretzels in San Francisco, California. July 22.
© AFP 2023 / Erik RefnerA participant of the 2015 World Congress of Santa Clauses is pictured at Bellevue beach north of Copenhagen, Denmark. July 23.
A participant of the 2015 World Congress of Santa Clauses is pictured at Bellevue beach north of Copenhagen, Denmark. July 23.