Photos this week: July 17-24, 2025 - CNN

源济

Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, an 18-month-old child in Gaza City, is held on Monday, July 21. He faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and the blockade. Having dropped from 9 to 6 kilograms (approximately 20 to 13 pounds), he struggles to survive in a tent. Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini/Anadolu/Getty Images
The week in 36 photos

Lava flows Saturday, July 19, after a volcanic eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula. Marco di Marco/AP

A man stands at the broken windows of his house after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, July 21. Residents of Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities faced another sleepless night on Sunday as Russia launched 450 missiles and drones overnight into Monday, Ukraine’s Air Force said. The majority were shot down, the Air Force said, but 23 struck across three locations and debris from intercepted missiles landed in 12 areas. Efrem Lukatsky/AP

Spectators cheer on cyclists during the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, July 19. Thibault Camus/AP

A machine gun and flak jacket, belonging to a Ukrainian serviceman, hang on a wall near the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar on Tuesday, July 22. Chasiv Yar is on the front lines of the country’s war with Russia. Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters

Chinese swimmer Tianchen Lan competes in an open-water relay race at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday, July 20. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

People gather in Folkestone, England, to dance to Kate Bush’s 1978 hit song “Wuthering Heights” on Sunday, July 20. They wore red dresses to re-enact Bush’s iconic music video. Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images

US President Donald Trump, second from left, tours the renovation site of the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 24. He was joined by US Sen. Tim Scott, left, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, right. The long-simmering clash between Trump and Powell was on full public display during the tour. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

People carry a child’s body into a Gaza City cemetery for burial on Tuesday, July 22. The child lost their life in an Israeli strike. Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu/Getty Images

A sturgeon leaps out of the water in Augusta, Maine, on Wednesday, July 23. Robert F. Bukaty/AP

源济

NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin celebrates with a burnout after he won a Cup Series race in Dover, Delaware, on Sunday, July 20. Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Children in Sanaa, Yemen, react as protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, show solidarity with Palestinians on Friday, July 18. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh competes in a Diamond League meet in London on Saturday, July 19. Mahuchikh broke the world record last year with a jump of 2.10 meters. Paul Harding/British Athletics/Getty Images

People in Buenos Aires hold up photos Friday, July 18, that show those who died in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center there. They were marking the 31st anniversary of the attack. Mariana Nedelcu/Reuters

Lovely Jean Baptiste, a 16-year-old who was shot in the mouth by armed gangs, poses for a portrait Thursday, July 17, at the Argentine Bellegarde School, which has been turned into a shelter for displaced people in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Claraens Siffroy/AFP/Getty Images

A Ukrainian serviceman fires an anti-aircraft gun at a Russian drone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Thursday, July 17. Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters

Mario Barrios, left, tries to avoid a punch from Hall of Fame boxer Manny Pacquiao during their welterweight title bout in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 19. Pacquiao, 46, was making his first appearance in the ring in nearly four years. He fell just short of taking the title of Barrios, who retained the WBC belt with a majority draw. John Locher/AP

A flower is placed by a mural in Birmingham, England, to commemorate the death of legendary rock star Ozzy Osbourne on Wednesday, July 23. Osbourne died Tuesday at the age of 76. Kin Cheung/AP

Miami Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers, right, celebrates with teammates after he hit a walk-off home run to defeat the Kansas City Royals on Friday, July 18. He hit two homers in the game. Megan Briggs/Getty Images

Jamaica Aguilar prepares to enter the flooded Barasoain church for her wedding in Malolos, Philippines, on Tuesday, July 22. The church flooded due to heavy rain from Typhoon Wipha, but she and her fiancé pushed through with their wedding anyway. Aaron Favila/AP

源济

This aerial photo, taken on Tuesday, July 22, shows surfers swimming past waves in the Atlantic Ocean near Carcans, France. Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

Dylan Mortensen gets a hug after speaking at the sentencing hearing of Bryan Kohberger at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday, July 23. Kohberger, who murdered four University of Idaho students in 2022, was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Kyle Green/Pool/AP

Butterflies gather around flowers along San Antonio’s Riverwalk on Friday, July 18. Eric Gay/AP

Palestinians grieve for their dead relatives outside the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Sunday, July 20. At least 73 people were killed and around 150 people injured by Israeli gunfire in Gaza while seeking aid on Sunday, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The Israel Defense Forces said that troops had “fired warning shots in order to remove an immediate threat posed to them” after “a gathering of thousands of Gazans was identified in the northern Gaza Strip.” Saher Alghorra/The New York Times/Redux

Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert speaks to his audience on Monday, July 21. It was his first night back on “The Late Show” since the shocking news that CBS is canceling it. The network, citing financial pressures, said the cancellation will take effect in May 2026, the normal end of the broadcast TV season. Scott Kowalchyk/CBS/Getty Images

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna wears a band over his badge after three members of the department were killed in an explosion at a training facility on Friday, July 18. The explosion is believed to have been an accident. Etienne Laurent/AP

Children cool off in the Yards Park canal basin in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 17. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Scottie Scheffler hugs his wife, Meredith, and their son, Bennett, after he won the Open Championship in Portrush, Northern Ireland, on Sunday, July 20. It’s the fourth major title for Scheffler, the world’s top-ranked player who also won the PGA Championship earlier this season. Oisin Keniry/R&A/Getty Images

A visitor poses for a photo at the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, on Friday, July 18. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Fans catch a home run hit by Kansas City’s Salvador Perez during a Major League Baseball game at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on Monday, July 21. Michael Reaves/Getty Images

源济

A veterinarian vaccinates cows against dermatosis at a farm in Aviernoz, France, on Tuesday, July 22. Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses the media at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday, July 20. Japan’s shaky ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper house, exit polls showed after Sunday’s election. Franck Robichon/AFP/Pool/Getty Images

People enjoy the beach in Carcans, France, on Tuesday, July 22. Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

Crime scene tape cordons off part of the area where a Bangladeshi Air Force jet crashed into a school in the capital of Dhaka on Monday, July 21. At least 27 people, mostly children, were killed, according to officials. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Artistic swimmers from Spain perform at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday, July 20. Hollie Adams/Reuters

Aidan Keen and Mark McGlaughlin rest at Neebel Park in Hartley, Iowa, on Sunday, July 20. They were taking part in the first day of RAGBRAI, or Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. See last week in 32 photos. Ayrton Breckenridge/The Register/Imagn Images