TIME's Best Pictures of the Week: Aug. 1 – Aug. 8, 2014

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Aug. 1, 2014. A young man, his body drenched with used motor oil, poses for a photo during festivities honoring patron saint Santo Domingo de Guzman, in Managua, Nicaragua.





Aug. 1, 2014. People burn offerings to "Pachamama," or "Mother Earth," on La Cumbre, a mountain that is considered scared ground, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia.





Aug. 1, 2014. A vendor lights a rose with a torch for customers to check ahead of the upcoming Qixi Festival at a flower market in Kunming, Yunnan province.





Aug. 1, 2014. A fisherman transports a dead whale shark after it was caught in fishermen's net, in Yangzhi county, Fujian province. According to local media, the whale shark is five-metre-long and weighs over 2 tons.





Aug. 1, 2014. After collecting a few apples from a nearby tree, Nadezda Ivanovna peers through the gate of her home on the outskirts of Slovyansk, Ukraine.





Aug. 2, 2014. Uyghur labourers stand in front of a map of the plans for development of old Kashgar where traditional homes have been demolished by local authorities in recent years in Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China.





Aug. 2, 2014. The setting sun illuminates the sculpture of the 'Brooding Soldier' the monument commemorates the Canadian First Division's participation in the Second Battle of Ypres of World War I.





Aug. 2, 2014. Gaza Strip, Jabalia: A Palestinian kid walks on the rubbles inside the destroyed by Israeli airstrike Jabalia mosque, few kilometres north of Gaza City.





Aug. 2, 2014. Jennifer Abel of Canada dives during the women's 3m Springboard final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.





Aug. 2, 2014. A Uyghur bride talks with a friend at her wedding celebration in Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China. Nearly 100 people have been killed in unrest in the restive Xinjiang Province in the last week.

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Aug. 2, 2014. A Uyghur bride talks with a friend at her wedding celebration in Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China. Nearly 100 people have been killed in unrest in the restive Xinjiang Province in the last week.





Aug. 2, 2014. Pilots John Klatt, right, flying the blue Air National Guard MX-S airplane, and Jeff Boerboon, left, flying the red Jack's Links Extra 300L airplane, fly in formation above Seattle.





Aug. 3, 2014. Australian and Dutch experts examine an area at the scene of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane near the village of Rossipne, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.





Aug. 4, 2014. Palestinians mourn over the Nigim family, reportedly killed in an airstrike in Jabaliya on the Gaza Strip.





Aug. 4, 2014. A shaft of sunlight falls on the names of the missing at the Menin Gate Memorial on the centenary of the Great War in Ypres, Belgium.





Aug. 4, 2014. Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge with Prince Harry and Prime Minister David Cameron attend memorial service and reception held at St. Symphorien Cemetery to mark the centenary of the Great War hosted by the King and Queen of Belgium in Mons, Belgium.





Aug. 4, 2014. An injured girl cries in the corridor of Ludian hospital after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Ludian county in Zhaotong, in southwest China's Yunnan province. At least 398 people have been confirmed dead, with 80,000 houses destroyed and 124,000 seriously damaged.





Aug. 4, 2014. Stone crosses marking the graves of German soldiers are overtaken by time and and the growing trunk of a tree in Hooglede German Military Cemetery on the centenary of the Great War in Hooglede, Belgium.





Aug. 4, 2014. Bangladeshi woman Munni, whose daughters are missing, cries as rescuers search the River Padma after a passenger ferry capsized in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh.





Aug. 4, 2014. A man holds a picture as he stands among debris of collapsed buildings after an earthquake hit Longtoushan township of Ludian county, Yunnan province.

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Aug. 4, 2014. Villagers hike to evacuate from the their homes after a landslide in Sindhupalchowk district, Nepal. Over 20 dead bodies have been found while rescue operation continues two days after a massive landslide in Northern Nepal, More than 100 residents are still missing.





Aug. 4, 2014. A Bangladeshi boy watches as rescuers search the River Padma after a passenger ferry capsized in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh.





Aug. 4, 2014. Andreas (43) of Austria climbs in an 8 to 10 meter-high cave of Stoja near Pula, Croatia. There are many opportunities for the so called 'deep water soloing' - free climbing over the water - at the mile-long cliffs of Croatia.





Aug. 4, 2014. A tank drives through a water obstacle on the course of the Tank Biathlon world championship in Alabino outside Moscow.





Aug. 4, 2014. A woman with an umbrella crosses a street in Hanover, Germany, photographed through the rain-wet window of a car.





Aug. 4, 2014. A worker on a lift inspects the ceiling decoration with clouds pattern in a beer tent on the Oktoberfest grounds at Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany.





Aug. 5, 2014. A sea of poppies around the Tower of London at the opening of the 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' artwork by Paul Cummins comprising 888,246 ceramic poppies, each poppy representing a British or Colonial military fatality in the First World War.





Aug. 5, 2014. Afghan boys play with a soccer ball, beside the war-ravaged Dar-ul-Aman palace, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.





Aug. 5, 2014. A man looks at a home destroyed by a landslide in a hillside community of North Salt Lake, Utah.





Aug. 5, 2014. A climber walks over a slackline at the cliffs of Stoja near Pula, Croatia.

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Aug. 5, 2014. A rabbit sniffs around the rubbles following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province.





Aug. 6, 2014. Field worker Reuben Haro harvests fresh flowers at Cypress Flower Farm in Moss Beach, California. As the severe drought in California continues to worsen, flower farmers are facing hardships and are reducing the size of their crops as water prices reach record highs and natural water resources are drying up.





Aug. 6, 2014. A swimmer trains at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center before renovation works to be Barra Aquatic center for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic games, in Barra de Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.





Aug. 6, 2014. A boy runs next to the stairs of the Cultural Center 'Estela de luz' (Pillar of Light) in Mexico City.





Aug. 6, 2014. Fans line the fourth fairway to watch Tiger Woods during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.





Aug. 7, 2014. An Israeli soldier rests in a recreational area close to the border with Gaza.





Aug. 7, 2014. Iraqi civilians gather the morning after a string of car bombs tore through busy shopping streets in several neighborhoods in Baghdad, Iraq. At least 50 people were killed as the army announced that one of its airstrikes had killed tens of militants in the northern city of Mosul.





Aug. 7, 2014. A balloonist checks a balloon as it is deflated at the International Balloon Fiesta near Bristol in western England.





Aug. 7, 2014. Kevin Cordes swims in the Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke Prelims during the 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships at the Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine, California.





Aug. 7, 2014. People crowd at a flower market in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.

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Aug. 7, 2014. Buddhist monks clean the dust off of the 15-meter-high Great Buddha at the Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan. About 100 Buddhist monks take part in brushing away dust as a part of the preparation for the Buddhist festive period of Bon around August 15 when Japanese Buddhists honor and welcome the spirits of ancestors.





Aug. 6, 2014. Members of National Police of Panama take part in an official act of destruction of one hundred weapons in Panama City, capital of Panama.





Aug. 7, 2014. Clouds gather over the Hagia Sophia museum during a storm in Istanbul as ligntning plays across the sky.





Aug. 8, 2014. Palestinian medics prepare the lifeless body of Ibrahim al-Dawawsa, 12, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, in the morgue of the Shifa hospital, before his funeral in Gaza City.





Aug. 8, 2014. A man takes a nap on a cycle rickshaw along a roadside in the old quarters of Delhi.





Aug. 8, 2014. An Irrawaddy Dolphin is made to jump through hoops during a performance at Pattaya Dolphin World and Resort, in Pattaya, Thailand.





Aug. 8, 2014. An Afghan refugee child chases bubbles released by other children, while playing on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.





Aug. 8, 2014. Hot air balloons over north Somerset following a mass ascent at the 36th International Balloon Fiesta at the Ashton Court Estate near Bristol, UK, which is Europe's largest ballooning event.

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