Week in pictures 07 Aug 2021
Here is the top news photograpy from the past week:
TOKYO: New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard competes in Olympic weightlifting on Monday, August 2. She is the first openly transgender woman to compete in the 125-year history of the Olympics (Seth Wenig/AP)
BAD NEUENAHR: Vehicles damaged by recent flooding are piled up at a collection site in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on Monday, August 2 (Thomas Frey/picture alliance/dpa/Getty Images)
MANAVGAT: Smoke drifts over a hotel complex as a massive forest fire burns near the town of Manavgat, Turkey, on Thursday, July 29. Turkey is fighting dozens of wildfires that have been fueled by scorching summer temperatures and conditions that experts say have been worsened by climate change (Ilyas Akengin/AFP/Getty Images)
PLUMAS COUNTY: Flames from the Dixie Fire engulf trees in Plumas County, California, on Tuesday, August 3 (Noah Berger/AP)
TOKYO: Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, left, and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi share the podium during an Olympic medal ceremony on Monday, August 2. They agreed to share the gold medal in high jump after they both cleared 2.37 meters but failed to clear 2.39. No one was given a silver medal (Dylan Martinez/Reuters)