This Week in Pictures: 29 June - 5 July

Solar eclipse as seen from the La Silla European Southern Observatory (ESO) in La Higuera, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on 2 July 2019. - Tens of thousands of tourists braced Tuesday for a rare total solar eclipse that was expected to turn day into night along a large swath of Latin America's southern cone, including much of Chile and Argentina.

Explosive charges blow up the eastern pylons of Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge on 28 June 2019 in Genoa. Some of the remains of Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge are set to be destroyed on 28 June almost eleven months after its partial collapse during a storm which killed 43 people and injured dozens.

Araya A. Hargate presents a wedding dress creation by designer Georges Hobeika as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2019/20 collection show in Paris, France, 1 July 2019.

The lighting of the new fire for the Pan American Games Lima 2019 in Teotihuacan, Mexico, 2 July 2019 A performer is seen during the new fire ceremony for the Pan American Games Lima 2019.

People enjoy sunbathing at a beach by the Baltic Sea in Travemuende, Germany, 30 June 2019.

Models attend a rehearsal before presenting creations by designers Tamara Ralph and Michael Russo as part of their Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2019/20 collection show for fashion house Ralph & Russo in Paris, France, 1 July 2019.

A damaged car is seen a day after a tornado hit the area in Kaiyuan in China's northeastern Liaoning province on 4 July 2019. - A tornado has left six people dead and nearly 200 injured after ripping through a northeastern Chinese city, local authorities said on 4 July.

Members of the Israeli security forces detain a protester during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on 3 July 2019, against police violence and the recent killing of a young man. Israel braced for a third day of protests after an off-duty police officer killed a young man of Ethiopian origin, as Israeli leaders urged calm amid accusations of racism. In areas throughout the country since 1 July, protesters have blocked roads, burned tyres and denounced what they see as discrimination against the Ethiopian-Israeli community.

President Vladimir Putin, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon (right) and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (left) during an informal meeting at a residence in Minsk.

Six young women cool themselves in water in a pick-up truck , that they sealed with a plastic sheet in Unlingen, southern Germany, Sunday, 30 June 30 2019. Germany was hit by a heatwave with temperatures reaching up to 39 degrees Celsius this weekend.

An elderly Nepalese man falls in the mud in a paddy field while playing with another during 'Asar Pandra', or paddy plantation day in Dhading district, Nepal, Sunday, 30 June 2019. Nepalese Hindus consider 'Asar Pandra' an auspicious day for planting paddy.

This picture taken on 30 June 2019 shows Malaysian cosplayers dressed as Batman and The Joker preparing at a cafe during the DC Super Heroes Day to mark the 80th anniversary of Batman in Genting Highlands resort outside of Kuala Lumpur.

Smoke billows across the hillside near houses after the Stromboli volcano erupted on 3 July 2019 on the Stromboli island, north of Sicily.

A policeman stands next to vehicles buried in hail in the eastern area of Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on 30 June 2019. The accumulation of hail in the streets of Guadalajara buried vehicles and damaged homes.

People play with balls at Ipanema Beach in Rio de janeiro, Brazil, on 30 June 2019. Tourists from all over Latin America have arrived in Rio for the Copa America football tournament.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands with US President Donald Trump north of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on 30 June 2019.

French oyster aquaculturist Jean-Christophe Cabrol checks the growth of oysters covered with sea squirts ("BIJU" in French) on collector lines in a shellfish farming in the pond of Thau in Bouzigues, near Montpellier.

Former Italian PM and leader of the right-wing party Forza Italia Silvio Berlusconi (L) poses for a picture with newly elected Spanish MEP Hermann Tertsch of the far-right Vox party as he arrives for the inaugural European Parliament session at the European Parliament on 2 July 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern France. The 751-seat parliament is more fragmented than ever after a vote in May that saw solid gains by the liberals and Greens as well as the far right and eurosceptics. With Brexit delayed until as late as 31 October, the deep political divisions in Britain were on full display in the eastern French city as 73 British MEPs arrived to parliament.

A Bangladeshi rickshaw puller makes his way under heavy rain in Dhaka on 30 June 2019. Monsoon rains sweep across the subcontinent from June to September.

Supporters of the former candidate of the Lamuka opposition coalition, Martin Fayulu, shout in protest after the protest march organised on 30 June 2019, the Independence Day, in Kinshasa was stopped by the police. Police in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa used teargas on June 30 to break up an opposition march and blocked a car transporting former presidential candidate Martin Fayulu.

Vietnam Airlines staff at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Airline Vietnam Airlines launched flights on the Moscow-Hanoi route and return.

Police standing inside the government headquarters look at protesters who tried to smash their way into the building in Hong Kong on 1 July, 2019 on the 22nd anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. Anti-government protesters smashed windows of Hong Kong's Legislative Council on 1 July and were trying to force their way into the building by ramming a metal cart through the glass doors, as police responded with pepper spray.

A Hindu devotee performs a stunt with fire during a rehearsal ahead of the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in Ahmedabad, India, 30 June 2019.

Netters try to catch sardines at the Amanzimtoti beach, south of Durban on 3 July 2019. - Like the running of the bulls in Spain, the migration of the wild-beast across Kenya, the sardine run along South Africa's East Coast is an annual event attracting thousands of locals and tourists. Each year massive shoals of sardines stretching hundreds of miles draw thousands of sharks, dolphins and gannets hovering above the fish. Masses of fishermen, locals line the shores to watch, catch and some sell them.

Girl riding a bungee at the Rosa Khutor ski resort in Sochi.

ICC Cricket World Cup match, England v New Zealand, at the Emirates Riverside, Chester-Le-Street, Britain on 3 July 2019. Security staff attempt to apprehend a pitch invader as England's Joe Root looks on.

Fireworks in honour of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Minsk from the Nazi invaders on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow.

American rapper Cardi B performs at the Roskilde Festival 2019, Roskilde, Denmark, July 3, 2019.