Sputnik's weekly photo gallery presents a compilation of photos to show the highlights of the past week, where you can get a glimpse of what has been happening across the globe during this truly extraordinary time.
As summer has brought high temperatures, causing wildfires in some parts of our planet like California and the southern part of Russia, the monsoon rains have come again to south and south-east Asia.
A federal law enforcement officer pushes a mother back during a demonstration against the presence of federal law enforcement officers and racial inequality in Portland, Oregon, US, 21 July 2020.
In this long exposure photograph, firefighters mop up hot spots from the Hog fire along Highway 36 about 5 miles from Susanville, California on 20 July 2020. The fire exploded to more than 6,000 acres and created its own weather, generating lightning, thunder, rain and fire whirls out of a huge pyrocumulonimbus ash plume towering above. The
Lassen County Sheriff's office issued a mandatory evacuation order for the area.
Lassen County Sheriff's office issued a mandatory evacuation order for the area.
People enjoy the sun at a near-empty Bryant Park, in New York City, 20 July 2020, as temperatures are expected to reach near 100 degrees
A woman carries an inflatable float with the shape of a portion of pizza in a Barcelona, on 18 July 2020
Big Chulchinsky waterfall in the Altai Republic, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony of laying down warships for the Russian Navy at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, Crimea.
Sofia Valenzuela poses during a photo session for her quinceanera (coming of age of 15-year-olds) celebration amid coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread concerns, in Havana, Cuba, July 17, 2020.
Italian coastguard divers work to free a sperm whale caught in a fishing net at sea north of the Sicilian Aeolian Islands in this still image taken from a video, July 19, 2020.
A man works on discarded compressors at a recycling centre in Abuja, Nigeria June 18, 2020.
French firefighters gather at the scene of a blaze at the Cathedral of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul in Nantes, France, July 18, 2020.
A resident stands from her balcony as the Bagmati River overflowed following monsoon rains in Kathmandu on July 20, 2020. The death toll from heavy monsoon rains across South Asia has climbed to nearly 200, officials said on July 19, as Bangladesh and Nepal warned that rising waters would bring further flooding.
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/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) and his Iranian counterpart Muhammad Javad Zarif (left) during a meeting in Moscow.
Vacationers on a beach in the Volgograd region, Russia.
An aerial view shows a forest fire in Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia July 17, 2020.
Egyptian merchants are seen in action during a horse cart race showing off their horses's strengths, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cairo, Egypt July 17, 2020.
Children walk past cattle on an embankment in a flooded area in Morigaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India, July 20, 2020.
An officer from the New York Police Department is seen injured after attempting to detain a protester smearing paint on the Black Lives Matter mural outside of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, US, July 18, 2020.
The Long March 5 Y-4 rocket, carrying an unmanned Mars probe of the Tianwen-1 mission, takes off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China July 23, 2020.
A protester dressed as comic book superhero Batman takes part in a protest in support of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in front of the Brasilia Cathedral, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, July 19, 2020.
An Israeli border police member runs as smoke rises from burning tires during a Palestinian protest against Jewish settlements in the town of Beita in the Israeli-occupied West Bank July 18, 2020.
This photo taken on July 19, 2020, shows a security guard looking at his smartphone while water is released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river, to relieve flood pressure in Yichang, central China's Hubei province. Rising waters across central and eastern China have left over 140 people dead or missing, and floods have affected almost 24 million since the start of July, according to the ministry of emergency management.
The Milky Way galaxy is seen in the sky above the International Car Forest of the Last Church in Goldfield, Nevada on July 18, 2020. The roadside attraction, created in 2002 by Mark Rippie, has over 36 automobiles including cars, trucks, vans and buses that have been balanced on their ends or stacked on top one of another.
A man rows in floodwaters in Dohar, Dhaka District, on July 20, 2020. The death toll from heavy monsoon rains across South Asia has climbed to nearly 200, officials said on July 19, as Bangladesh and Nepal warned that rising waters would bring further flooding.
A woman dances during a video shoot at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, July 21, 2020.
