Week in Pictures

24 Jul 2021

Week in pictures

SPACE
Mark and Jeff Bezos show the words "Hi Mom" written on their hands as they briefly fly into space on Tuesday, July 20. They were two of the four people aboard the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin (Blue Origin)

PARIS
Cyclist Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the last stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, July 18. The Slovenian won the race for the second straight year (Daniel Cole/AP)

TOKYO
Annastacia Palaszczuk, the premier of Australia's Queensland state, holds a card in Tokyo after Brisbane, Australia, was officially announced as the host city for the 2032 Summer Olympics on Wednesday, July 21 (Toru Hanai/Pool/AP)

BAD NEUENAHR
People rest after cleaning up flood debris in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on Monday, July 19. More than 200 people were killed in the severe floodinfg that hit western Europe last week, and many others are still missing (Bram Janssen/AP)

ARAFAT
Muslim pilgrims pray on top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Monday, July 19 (Amr Nabil/AP)

Here is the top news photograpy from the past week:

SPACE: Mark and Jeff Bezos show the words "Hi Mom" written on their hands as they briefly fly into space on Tuesday, July 20. They were two of the four people aboard the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin (Blue Origin)

PARIS: Cyclist Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the last stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, July 18. The Slovenian won the race for the second straight year (Daniel Cole/AP)

TOKYO: Annastacia Palaszczuk, the premier of Australia's Queensland state, holds a card in Tokyo after Brisbane, Australia, was officially announced as the host city for the 2032 Summer Olympics on Wednesday, July 21 (Toru Hanai/Pool/AP)

BAD NEUENAHR: People rest after cleaning up flood debris in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on Monday, July 19. More than 200 people were killed in the severe floodinfg that hit western Europe last week, and many others are still missing (Bram Janssen/AP)

ARAFAT: Muslim pilgrims pray on top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Monday, July 19 (Amr Nabil/AP)

Week in Pictures

Week in pictures 24 Jul 2021

SPACE Mark and Jeff Bezos show the words "Hi Mom" written on their hands as they briefly fly into space on Tuesday, July 20. They were two of the four people aboard the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin (Blue Origin)

PARIS Cyclist Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the last stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, July 18. The Slovenian won the race for the second straight year (Daniel Cole/AP)

TOKYO Annastacia Palaszczuk, the premier of Australia's Queensland state, holds a card in Tokyo after Brisbane, Australia, was officially announced as the host city for the 2032 Summer Olympics on Wednesday, July 21 (Toru Hanai/Pool/AP)

BAD NEUENAHR People rest after cleaning up flood debris in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on Monday, July 19. More than 200 people were killed in the severe floodinfg that hit western Europe last week, and many others are still missing (Bram Janssen/AP)

ARAFAT Muslim pilgrims pray on top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Monday, July 19 (Amr Nabil/AP)

SPACE
Mark and Jeff Bezos show the words "Hi Mom" written on their hands as they briefly fly into space on Tuesday, July 20. They were two of the four people aboard the New Shepard, the rocket ship made by Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin (Blue Origin)

PARIS
Cyclist Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the last stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, July 18. The Slovenian won the race for the second straight year (Daniel Cole/AP)

TOKYO
Annastacia Palaszczuk, the premier of Australia's Queensland state, holds a card in Tokyo after Brisbane, Australia, was officially announced as the host city for the 2032 Summer Olympics on Wednesday, July 21 (Toru Hanai/Pool/AP)

BAD NEUENAHR
People rest after cleaning up flood debris in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, on Monday, July 19. More than 200 people were killed in the severe floodinfg that hit western Europe last week, and many others are still missing (Bram Janssen/AP)

ARAFAT
Muslim pilgrims pray on top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Monday, July 19 (Amr Nabil/AP)