It was another busy week in the world of the Best Photos.
Pope Francis greets crowd as he returns to participate in a Via Crucis at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. UESLEI MARCELINO/REUTERS
An Apache helicopter flies over Tahrir Square amid fireworks and laser lights during a protest to support the army in Tahrir square in Cairo. MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS
Castro listens to judge as he sits between his attorneys Schlachet and Weintraub in courtroom in Cleveland. AARON JOSEFCZYK/REUTERS
A man sits inside an artistic project called Dinamicas del Vacio (Dynamics of the Empty) in downtown Santiago. IVAN ALVARADO/REUTERS
Demonstrators of the group that calls itself Black Bloc attack a branch of Itau Bank in Sao Paulo. STRINGER/BRAZIL/REUTERS
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves to the people during a parade in Pyongyang. JASON LEE/REUTERS
Female North Korean soldiers parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean War in Pyongyang. JASON LEE/REUTERS
A man tells off for two children at Alfama neighborhood in Lisbon. RAFAEL MARCHANTE/REUTERS
Transsexual contestants get ready for the beauty peagant Miss Trans Nuevo Leon at a bar in Monterrey. DANIEL BECERRIL/REUTERS
A man wearing a sun-protective umbrella watches Latvia’s Baltic Bees aerobatic team performing on L-39C Albatross airplanes during Bucharest International Air Show at Baneasa airport. BOGDAN CRISTEL/REUTERS
Tourists drive their Mini Hot Rod cars, produced by small carmaker Wenckstern, during a tour in Berlin. FABRIZIO BENSCH/REUTERS
Turkish embassy staff carry their wounded colleague on a stretcher after a suicide car bomb attack at the gates of an office housing Turkish embassy staff in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. FEISAL OMAR/REUTERS
Catholic faithful camp out on Copacabana Beach to participate in the all-night vigil before Pope Francis gives mass to those attending the World Youth Day, in Rio de Janeiro. SERGIO MORAES/REUTERS
Malian soldiers stand next to Tuareg men in the village of Tashek, outside Timbuktu. JOE PENNEY/REUTERS
Catholic faithful crowd the streets and Copacabana Beach as Pope Francis gives mass to those attending the World Youth Day, in Rio de Janeiro. SERGIO MORAES/REUTERS
Cambodia’s PM Hun Sen shows his ink-stained finger after casting a vote in the general elections at a polling station in Kandal province. DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS
Somali would-be immigrants sit on the deck of an Armed Forces of Malta patrol boat after arriving at the AFM Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Valletta’s Marsamxett Harbour. DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI/REUTERS
Visitors crowd an artificial wave pool at a tourist resort to escape the summer heat in Daying county of Suining. CHINA DAILY/REUTERS
Riot policemen protect a man as a monk tries to punch him after an incident at a polling station in Phnom Penh. DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS
Participants get ready to apply facial masks in Taipei. PICHI CHUANG/REUTERS
Palestinians chant slogans during a protest against resuming peace talks with Israel, in Gaza City. MOHAMMED SALEM/REUTERS
Pilgrims enjoy sunrise on Copacabana Beach ahead of Pope Francis’ Sunday mass in Rio de Janeiro. STEFANO RELLANDINI/REUTERS
People look at a tanker after it fell into a caved-in area on a road in Xi’an. CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/REUTERS
A man raises his hands in front of a burning police vehicle following a brief clash at the end of election day in Phnom Penh. DAMIR SAGOLJ/REUTERS
A participant attempts to control his craft during the Red Bull Flugtag Russia 2013 competition on the outskirts of Moscow. MAXIM SHEMETOV/REUTERS
Activists from women’s rights group FEMEN look out from a window during a court session in Kiev. STRINGER/REUTERS
Poll workers count ballots after the end of voting in Mali’s presidential elections in Timbuktu. JOE PENNEY/REUTERS
A child fills up empty cigarettes manually with locally grown tobacco in a small bidi (cigarette) factory at Haragach in Rangpur district. ANDREW BIRAJ/REUTERS
A member of Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of deposed President Mursi touches blood from pro-Mursi protesters, killed during late night clashes, at Tomb of Unknown Soldier, in Nasr city. AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/REUTERS
A damaged coach is seen after a crash near the southern town of Avellino. STRINGER/ITALY/REUTERS
People walk on the beach as the sun sets on the outskirts of Havana. DESMOND BOYLAN/REUTERS
Hindu devotees stand in a queue as they wait to offer prayer at the Pashupatinath temple as they take part in the Bol Bom (or Say Shiva) pilgrimage in Kathmandu. NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS
Thai soldiers in white biohazard suits pour oil into a bag during a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet. ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS
BMW’s first all-electric car, i3, is unveiled at a ceremony in Beijing. KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS
A person slides down a huge water pipe during a hot summer day in Vienna. LEONHARD FOEGER/REUTERS
A tortoise makes its way through mud in Kfar Kila village near the Lebanese-Israeli border, in south Lebanon. ALI HASHISHO/REUTERS
Shuafat refugee camp is seen behind a section of the controversial Israeli barrier near Jerusalem. AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS
A rescue worker stands near two Swiss regional trains after a head-on collision near Granges-Pres-Marnand near Payerne. DENIS BALIBOUSE/REUTERS
Shi’ite people place copies of the Koran on their heads during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of Imam Ali at his shrine in the holy city of Najaf. STRINGER/IRAQ/REUTERS
A woman carrying her baby and wrapped with a shawl walks through a sandstorm in Timbuktu. JOE PENNEY/REUTERS
Thai soldiers in white biohazard suits take part in a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet. ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERS
Wubulikasimu walks on a tightrope strung between two hot air balloons, in Shilin county. CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/REUTERS
KCNA picture shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un laughing during a photo session with war veteran delegates who took part in the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the truce of the Korean War. KCNA/REUTERS
Aerial view shows the destruction in the Khalidiya district of Homs. HANDOUT/REUTERS
Tavares Fire Battalion Chief Hosterman walks among remains of exploded propane cylinders, littering storage yard of propane plant, after massive explosions overnight in the plant’s yard, in Tavares. DAVID MANNING/REUTERS
U.S. Army Private First Class Manning departs the courthouse at Fort Meade, Maryland. GARY CAMERON/REUTERS
A gold mine worker uses a detector in Al-Ibedia locality at River Nile State. MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH/REUTERS
San Francisco taxi drivers block the streets around City Hall during a protest against ride sharing programs which taxi drivers say are operating illegally in San Francisco. BECK DIEFENBACH/REUTERS
A police officer opens a door of a container holding a MiG-21 fighter jet engine from the seized North Korean-flagged ship Chong Chon Gang, at the Manzanillo Container Terminal in Colon. CARLOS JASSO/REUTERS
Passenger ferry navigates past the Sydney Opera House, as a rainbow is seen in the sky, on a sunny winter afternoon in central Sydney. DANIEL MUNOZ/REUTERS
Indigenous soldier from Australia’s NORFORCE unit, looks at suspicious vessel sailing past Astell Island, inside Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. DAVID GRAY/REUTERS
Warnauts adjusts the hat of Queen Mathilde of Belgium after a mass commemorating the 20th anniversary of King Baudouin’s death at Saint Gudule cathedral in Brussels. YVES HERMAN/REUTERS
Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe looks on before casting his vote in Highfields. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS
Lightning is seen above buildings in Beijing. PETAR KUJUNDZIC/REUTERS
New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner attends a campaign event in the Rockaways section in the Queens borough of New York. ERIC THAYER/REUTERS
Students demonstrate against the government to demand changes in the public education system in Valparaiso. Eliseo Fernandez/REUTERS
The fathers of Liu Yipeng, Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan, the three girls who died in the Asiana Airlines crash, carry the ashes of their daughters during a memorial in Jiangshan. CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/REUTERS
Flood damaged euro banknotes are readied for inspection at money analyzing laboratory of Germany’s Federal Reserve bank in Mainz. KAI PFAFFENBACH/REUTERS
A flood-affected man carries his television set to a safer place in the northern Indian city of Allahabad. JITENDRA PRAKASH/REUTERS
A model of the home of Ariel Castro is displayed in the court room during the sentencing of Castro. AARON JOSEFCZYK/REUTERS
Youths play tricks with their skateboards on a street in Yangon. Soe Zeya Tun/REUTERS
Miners with a head light stands inside an excavation corridor at JSW’s Zofiowka coal mine in Jastrzebie Zdroj. PETER ANDREWS/REUTERS
Farmer walks through field near a replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Tianducheng development in Hangzhou. ALY SONG/REUTERS
Still image taken from video shows a ball of fire rising after an explosion in the central Syrian city of Homs. REUTERS TV/REUTERS
Muslims stand after having their iftar meal during the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid in Delhi. AHMAD MASOOD/REUTERS
Knight, one of the three kidnapped women, pauses to wipe away tears as she reads her statements during the sentencing of her accused kidnapper Ariel Castro at a court hearing in Cleveland. AARON JOSEFCZYK/REUTERS
Heavy metal fans covered with mud pose for photographers during the 24th Wacken Open Air Festival in Wacken. FABIAN BIMMER/REUTERS
Colourful umbrellas are seen in Getafe, on the outskirts of Madrid. JUAN MEDINA/REUTERS
A couple paddles a canoe at Conde del Gualdalhorce reservoir on a hot summer day in Alora, near Malaga. JON NAZCA/REUTERS
Men empty bottles of Russian vodka filled with water into the gutter during a news conference in West Hollywood. JONATHAN ALCORN/REUTERS
A room boarded up with door panels in Ariel Castro’s house is seen in this undated photo provided to the court as evidence. HANDOUT/REUTERS
A worker rests on the roof of a building surrounded by sand as a result of desert encroachment at Ogrein Railway Station. MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH/REUTERS
A demonstrator is detained by the military police during a protest against Sao Paulo State Governor Alckmin, in Sao Paulo. NACHO DOCE/REUTERS
Legislator Lin Hung-chih from the ruling KMT scuffles with legislator Chiu Chih-wei from the opposition DPP at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. PICHI CHUANG/REUTERS
Member of a Rapid Response Team culls a rooster at a poultry farm infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in Bhaktapur. NAVESH CHITRAKAR/REUTERS
Children participate in an event to simulate military training at a children’s activity centre in Shenyang. CHINA STRINGER NETWORK/REUTERS
Chapman attempts to run a goat through the 4-H obstacle course during the Cattaraugus County Fair in Little Valley, New York. BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS
People from the ethnic Yi minority celebrate with visitors during their Torch Festival in Xichang. CHINA DAILY/REUTERS
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in an impromptu game of soccer as he waits for his plane to refuel at Vienna Airport. JASON REED/REUTERS
Star trails form over yurts in a long exposure picture on the mountainous Assy plateau. SHAMIL ZHUMATOV/REUTERS
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leaves Palazzo Grazioli in Rome. TONY GENTILE/REUTERS
Scott Houghton and his dog Jimmie perform at the Cattaraugus County Fair in Little Valley, New York . BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS
A hostess waits for participants at the Stiletto Run in Constanta. RADU SIGHETI/REUTERS
A man wears a mask made of a watermelon at the Woodstock Festival in Kostrzyn-upon-Odra River. THOMAS PETER/REUTERS
A demonstrator throws a sign at military policemen during a protest against Sao Paulo State Governor Alckmin, in Sao Paulo. NACHO DOCE/REUTERS
Archeology students and workers clean the tomb of a priestess of the Moche culture recently excavated and found at San Jose de Moro Archaeological site in Trujillo. MARIANA BAZO/REUTERS
People sunbathe on a sunny summer day at Langener Waldsee. RALPH ORLOWSKI/REUTERS
A pug stands in a tub during a pug dog meeting in Berlin. THOMAS PETER/REUTERS
Participants travel on a barge during the annual Gay Canal Parade in Amsterdam. MICHAEL KOOREN/REUTERS
A World War II American plane flies in front of a wall of fire as it takes part in a re-enactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor during an afternoon air show at the EAA AirVenture at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. DARREN HAUCK/REUTERS