Photos this week: July 3-10, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron, in London for a three-day state visit, addresses parliament members at the Palace of Westminster on Tuesday, July 8. Macron emphasized the strong ties between his country and the UK, cracking a joke that French people 'love monarchy — especially when it's not at home.' Alastair Grant/AP
A police officer reacts after his shoes caught fire while trying to douse a fire set by activists in Kolkata, India, on Wednesday, July 9. The activists were burning an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a nationwide strike called by trade unions to protest what they say are anti-worker policies. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this lightning sprite from the International Space Station while the ISS was over Mexico and the United States on Thursday, July 3. 'Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below,' Ayers said in a social media post. Nichole Ayers/NASA/X
A Belgium supporter attends a soccer match between Belgium and Spain in Thun, Switzerland, on Monday, July 7. Spain won 6-2 in what was a group-stage match at the European Women's Championship. Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales, attend a state banquet in Windsor, England, on Tuesday, July 8. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, were the guests of honor.Fatima holds her 1-year-old daughter, Mohana, in the Afghan village of Andisha after they arrived from Iran on Saturday, July 5. Iran set a July 6 deadline for all undocumented Afghans to leave the country. More than 250,000 Afghans returned from Iran last month, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration.Wild horses are seen during the Rapa das Bestas, or shearing of the beasts, in Sabucedo, Spain, on Saturday, July 5. During the four-day festival, wild horses are rounded up and wrestled to the ground to have their manes and tails sheared. VictorDr. Abeer Al-Gharbawi, left, performs surgery under the illumination of a battery-powered light during a power outage at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Friday, July 4. Hospitals in Gaza say that fuel shortages are forcing them to shut off vital services, putting patients' lives at risk. Jehad Alshrafi/AP
Rescuers and locals look for survivors after a bridge collapsed in Mujpur, India, on Wednesday, July 9. At least nine people were killed after several vehicles fell into the river, news agency Press Trust of India reported while quoting police officials. AP
A man works on the electronics of Jules, a humanoid robot from Hanson Robotics that uses artificial intelligence, during the International Telecommunication Union AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, July 8. Valentin Flauraud/AFP/Getty Images
The daughter of the owner of Vintage Hair Co. looks at water lines on the wall of the salon, which was destroyed by flooding in Ingram, Texas, on Saturday, July 5. Carter Johnston/The New York Times/Redux
A family sleeps on the platform of a metro station as they take cover from a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, July 10. Hundreds of Russian drones flying from all directions attacked Kyiv overnight. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP
A police officer removes tires blocking a main road during clashes with protesters in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday, July 7. At least 31 people died and more than 500 were arrested in anti-government protests across Kenya on Monday, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said in a statement on Tuesday. Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center foreground, poses for photographs before meeting with US senators in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, July 9. With Netanyahu, from left, are Montana Sen. Steve Daines, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell.Rute Cardoso, center right, reacts at the funeral of her husband, soccer star Diogo Jota, in Gondomar, Portugal, on Saturday, July 5. Jota, 28, and his 25-year-old brother, André Silva, died in a car crash in Spain on July 3. Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images
Moo Deng, a 1-year-old pygmy hippo who became a viral internet sensation, eats a birthday cake at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Bang Phra, Thailand, on Thursday, July 10. Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP/Getty Images
Auction officer Aurélie Vandevoorde gestures as the original Birkin bag, created by Hermès for actor and singer Jane Birkin, was sold in Paris for a winning bid of €7 million ($8.2 million). After fees, it came out to €8.6 million ($10 million). It's the most expensive handbag to ever sell at auction. Michel Euler/AP
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