This Week in Pictures: 20-26 July

The Soyuz FG carrier rocket with the spacecraft was launched from Baikonur at 7:28 p.m. Moscow time on 20 July.
The spacecraft took three crew members Alexander Skvortsov of Russia, Luca Parmitano of Italy, and Andrew Morgan of the United States to the International Space Station (ISS).

Tourists play in a mud pool during the 22nd Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong on 20 July 2019. - The annual festival, which runs from July 19 to 28, aims to encourage the use of mud for cosmetic skincare and to promote tourism in the region.

An Australian competitor poses for a selfie on a diving platform during the 2019 World Championships at Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Centre in Gwangju, South Korea, on 20 July 2019.

Former British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves the residence at No. 10 Downing Street.

Filipino boxing fans celebrate after Manny Pacquiao wins the WBA Welterweight fight against Keith Thurman of the US during a live public viewing of the match in Marikina, Philippines, 21 July 2019.

People queue to dive into the landmark sea pool of Saint-Malo, Brittany, on 23 July 2019 as a new heatwave blasts into northern Europe that could set records in several countries. The latest heatwave in northern Europe follows a three-day temperature peak from June 26-28 in France, which was four degrees Celsius (7.2 Fahrenheit) hotter than an equally rare June heatwave in 1900, the World Weather Attribution (WWA) team said this month.

A Malayan sun bear standing on a rock at the Taipei Zoo.

Guatemalan migrant Lety Perez embraces her son Anthony while praying to ask a member of the Mexican National Guard to let them cross into the United States, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on 22 July 2019.

Riot police fire tear gas, after a march to call for democratic reforms in Hong Kong, China on 21 July 2019.

Lithuanian pilot Jurgis Kairys makes a face in the sky with his SU-31 during the Wings Over Baltics Airshow 2019 in Tukums, Latvia, 21 July 2019.

Finalists of the annual beauty contest Miss MAXIM 2019 at the night club Soho Rooms in Moscow.

A cat disrupts play in the second half between Tigres UANL and Real Salt Lake during their Leagues Cup game at Rio Tinto Stadium.

People watch the participants in the international festival "Fontanka-SUP" from the Bankovsky Bridge (Bank Bridge) on the Fontanka River in St. Petersburg.

A Hindu devotee of Lord Shiva performs with a snake on the banks of the river Ganges during the holy month of Shravan, in Allahabad on 22 July 2019. Shravan is considered the holiest month in the Hindu calendar with many religious festivals and ceremonies.

A model parades for the camera at a casting call for the upcoming Melbourne Fashion Week on 24 July 2019. - Over 400 models paraded at the iconic Melbourne Meat Market to be one of 120-150 models selected for fashion week running 28 August to 5 September.

A villager shouts for help as a wildfire approaches a house in the village of Casas da Ribeira in Macao, central Portugal on 21 July 2019. - Planes and helicopters joined nearly 2,000 firefighters in central Portugal on 21 July 2019 to battle huge wildfires in a mountainous region where more than 100 people died in huge blazes in 2017. Around 20 people have been injured in the blaze, including eight firefighters and 12 civilians, according to the interior ministry.

A woman wearing a niqab (full-face veil) walks carrying an infant at the al-Hol camp for displaced people in al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria on 22 July 2019, as people collect UN-provided humanitarian aid packages.

Models present creations by Colombian brand Chamela at Colombiamoda during Medellin Fashion Week in Medellin, Colombia, on 24 July 2019.

A girl takes a photo of the Crimean bridge across the Kerch Strait.

A small rocket ship from the Project 22800 "Sovetsk" during rehearsal for a parade in honour of the Day of the Russian Navy in St. Petersburg.