This Week in Pictures: 8-14 August

Swimmers enjoy the water at the Hampstead Heath ponds as the temperature soared in London on 7 August 2020.

A young woman protests near the Belarusian Embassy in Moscow.

People on their stand-up paddleboards during the Fontanka-SUP festival in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg.

A Palestinian man shakes hands with a relative before leaving the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, which was reopened for the first time since being closed in March over COVID-19 concerns, southern Gaza Strip, 11 August 2020.

Lebanese volunteers walk carrying brooms in the devastated Gemmayzeh neighbourhood in Beirut on 11 August 2020, following a huge chemical explosion that devastated large parts of the capital.

This photo taken on 9 August 2020 shows cows stranded on a rooftop after seeking refuge there during heavy flooding, only to be stranded once the floodwaters receded, at a farm in Gurye, Jeolla province.

Belarusian police officers during protests in Minsk.

A security official inspects the site where a passenger plane crashed when it overshot the runway at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, in the southern state of Kerala, India, 8 August 2020.

A protester in Beirut, where mass anti-government rallies resulted in clashes with police.

A man in a straw hat picks yellow spatterdocks (Nuphar Lutea) on the Dnipro River floodplain close to the capital Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, 12 August 2020.

Gravedigger Fernando Quezada (R), 27, and a co-worker carry a coffin at the General Cemetery in Santiago, on 5 August 2020, amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic.

Villagers watch the eruption of Mount Sinabung as seen from Karo, North Sumatra on 13 August 2020, after it sent plumes of ash two kilometres (1.2 miles) into sky, triggering a flight warning and fears of lava flows.

Master of sport Yulia Boyarintseva and Elena Pyatovskaya perform yoga exercises on their SUP boards in the Yenisey River, Russia.

People throw coloured powder at each other during the Holi Festival in a city park in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, 8 August 2020.

A seagull carries a protective face mask at the port of Dover, Britain, 11 August 2020.

Night sky during the Perseid meteor shower in the Krasnodar region of Russia.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, some wearing protective face mask amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, spend the day at a park in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, 12 August 2020.

A smiley face is seen carved into the head of a sunflower in a field in Dunham Massey, Britain, 13 August 2020.

Lightning strikes are seen above the skyline of Shanghai's financial district of Pudong, China, 10 August 2020.

Octyabrina Maximova, the winner of Miss MAXIM 2020, and other participants of the beauty pageant in Veliky Novgorod, Russia.

The MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panama-flagged, that ran aground and caused an oil leak is seen near the Blue Bay Marine Park in south-eastern Mauritius on 11 August 2020.

Protective suits shown during the "Health of the Nation" forum in Moscow, Russia.

Noa Toledo, a 22-year-old window washer and rising social-media star in Israel, poses for a picture while rappelling to clean the facade of a high-rise building in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 5, 2020.

A helicopter drops water on a fire at Lake Hughes in the Angeles National Forest on Wednesday, 12 August 2020, north of Santa Clarita, Calif.

Sphynx cats look through an insect screen while sitting in a house in the city of Yessentuki, Russia, 10 August 2020.

A woman sits on top of a pile of hay transported by a tractor in the village of Sera, 200 km (124 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Sunday, 9 August 2020.

A supporter of former Bolivian president (2006-2019) Evo Morales burns tyres during a road blockade to protest against a second postponement of the general election due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to demand the resignation of President Jeanine Anez, in El Alto, Bolivia on 10 August 2020.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes part in an archery session as he visits the Premier Education Summer Camp at Sacred Heart of Mary Girls', as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Upminster, London, Britain, 10 August 2020.

Students with face shields march during a race ahead of the country's Independence Day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, 8 August 2020.

Young girls running across a street during heavy rain in Moscow, Russia.