Photographs of the Week
Desk Report
Published: 29 Jul 2021, 10:43 pm
(Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany) Volunteers take time to rest while clearing up the debris of the flood disaster. (Photograph: Bram Janssen/AP)
(Zhengzhou, China) A person attempts to wade across the floodwaters caused by torrential rain. (Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock)
(Alpine County, California, US) The Tamarack fire burns behind a greenhouse in the Markleeville community. (Photograph: Noah Berger/AP)
(Durban, South Africa) Two police officers chase and shoot rubber bullets at suspected looters outside a warehouse storing alcohol. (Photograph: Guillem Sartorio/AFP/Getty)
(Tokyo, Japan) A view of the Olympic Stadium after Japan’s Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron during the opening ceremony. (Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters)
(Tokyo, Japan) US gymnast Simone Biles trains on the uneven bars during a practice session at the 2020 Olympics. (Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP)
(Chennai, India) Sacrificial animals are sold ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Chennai. (Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty)
(Idlib, Syria) Children play at a camp during Eid al-Adha. Syrians were forced to leave their homes due to the regime’s attacks.
(Photograph: Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
(Mecca, Saudi Arabia) Muslim pilgrims pray on top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy on the Plain of Arafat during the annual hajj pilgrimage. (Photograph: Amr Nabil/AP)
Floods in Europe and China, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, fires in California, protests in Colombia and the festival of Eid al-Azha: the most striking images from around the world this week.