From the 2018 Tank Biathlon in Russia and fire-fighting in California to anti-government protests in Kashmir, India, and a heatwave in Europe — take a look at this week's (August 4 — 10) events in Sputnik's photo gallery.
Volkswagen car enthusiasts gather at a beach on the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura near the border with Israel on August 5, 2018.
A fire whirl develops from a blaze in the village of Woodville, Britain, on August 7.
Participants of a night bicycle parade in Moscow. August 5.
A Su-34 aircraft performs during The Victory Is Where We Are aviation festival at the Mochishche airfield in the Novosibirsk region, held to mark the 105th birthday of Triple Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Pokryshkin. August 5.
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Boats arrive at a shore to evacuate people on the island of Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia. August 6.
A woman using an umbrella struggles against heavy rain and wind as Typhoon Shanshan approaches Japan's mainland in Tokyo, Japan. August 8.
A girl with painted hands and face participates in a peace rally to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing in the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War 2, in Mumbai, India. August 6.
This photo shows burnt out cars after the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, which hit Spring Valley near Clearlake Oaks, northern California, on August 7.
A woman jumps during hot summer weather from an old bunker into the Rhine River near Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland. August 6.
An Italian player and a Latvian player during a European Beach Rugby Championship match between the women's national teams of Italy and Latvia. August 5.
People gather near the scene where two vehicles have fallen into a sinkhole on a street in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. August 4.
A man rides a cart in the largest refugee camp in northern Jordan, Zaatari. August 6.
Kashmiri government teachers shout anti-government slogans as the Indian police spray purple colored water during a protest in Srinagar on August 9.
A tank of Team Iran in the first semi-final of the Tank Biathlon 2018 international competition held as part of the International Army Games at the Alabino training ground in the Moscow region. The teams of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, China and Iran performed in the first semi-final. August 7.
A cow and a dog on the shore of Putyatin Island, Primorskyi region, Russia. August 4.
2018 European Championships - Synchronised Swimming Team Free Routine Final - Scotstoun Sports Campus, Glasgow, Britain - August 4, 2018 - Team Israel competes.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles as he provides field guidance at a catfish plant in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 5.
An air tanker drops retardant on the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, burning along High Valley Rd near Clearlake Oaks, California, on August 5.
A Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane painted in the Aeroflot Airlines livery in Ulyanovsk. August 7.
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London Zoo's lionesses, sisters Heidi, Indi and Rubi, watch a ball in the water, a day ahead of World Lion Day in London. August 9.
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Germany's Arthur Abele cries as he celebrates after winning the gold medal in the decathlon at the European Athletics Championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, Germany. August 8.
A Turkish soldier stands guard as the Artuklu Hamam, a centuries-old bath house weighing 1,600 tons, is loaded onto a wheeled platform and moved down a specially constructed road from the southeastern town of Hasankeyf to a new location to avoid being engulfed under floodwaters by a controversial dam project. August 6.
A man looks at a street monitor showing an animation in Tokyo, Japan August 6.
This photo, taken on August 5, 2018, shows people cooling off in a swimming pool in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu province.
