The Week in Pictures

Alberto Contador, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, rides past the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees during the 20th and final stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 63.7 miles, with a start in Longjumeau and finish in Paris.  (Christophe Ena / Associated Press)

The Lake Delhi dam in northeastern Iowa failed in heavy rains, causing the Maquoketa River to rise and prompting the evacuation of several towns downstream. About 50 homes and 20 businesses had major flood damage.  (Mike Burley / Dubuque Telegraph Herald)

Dominican cyclists, from left, Norlandy Tavera, Rafael Meran, Augusto Sanchez and Wilmi Gil compete in the 4,000-meter men’s team pursuit during the XXI Central American & Caribbean Games.  (Jose CABEZAS/AFP/Getty Images)

People hold a portrait of South American independence hero Simon Bolivar as they gather to commemorate the 227th anniversary of his birth.  (Juan Barreto / AFP/Getty Images)

Alessandro Fei of Italy spikes the ball during a World League Group F volleyball match against Cuba at Orfeo Superdomo stadium.  (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)

A Pakistani firefighter at the scene of a market fire, which was set by a mob after an attack by gunmen on a political party’s office. Two workers from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were shot dead and three others were injured in the attack.  (Rizwan Tabassum / AFP/Getty Images)

Activists from the environmental organization AnimaNaturalis protest, asking the Mexican government to make immediate decisions about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Some of the oil slick has arrived on the Mexican coast.  (Mario Guzman / EPA)

Young Muscovites find some relief from the city’s heat wave in a fountain at the All-Russian Exhibition Center.  (Yuri Kochetkov / EPA)

Women try to avoid a splash from a passing vehicle on a flooded street in Amritsar, India. Heavy rains have swamped the Punjab region in recent days.  (Narinder Nanu / AFP/Getty Images)

An onyx and diamond bracelet in the form of a panther is displayed in advance of a London auction of jewelry formerly owned by the duchess of Windsor. Sotheby’s will conduct the auction in November.  (Leon Neal / AFP/Getty Images)

A man struggles to keep his footing on a greased pole as he reaches for the flag during an annual summer fair on the Guadalquivir River in Seville.  (Cristina Quicler / AFP/Getty Images)

Aboriginal dancers perform during a rehearsal of Bangarra Dance Theatre’s “Of Earth and Sky” at the Sydney Opera House.  (Torsten Blackwood / AFP/Getty Images)

Bell Councilman Lorenzo Velez speaks to the media during an emergency City Council meeting about top officials’ high pay.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

An Indian man watches the raging River Tawi during flash flood on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir. A flood alert has been issued in Jammu after heavy rains continued to lash the city for three consecutive days. According to news reports, at least 15 people died in floods triggered by heavy rains in northern India’s Punjab and Haryana states.  (Jaipal Singh / EPA)

A sport fisherman tries his luck on a flooded old road after sunset at Liptovska Mara dam, near the city of Liptovsky Mikulas. Liptovska Mara is a popular summer destination in Slovakia and is visited by many Polish and Czech sport fishermen.  (Joe Klamar / AFP/Getty Images)

A worker labors to clean a beach polluted by an oil spill in Dalian in northeast China’s Liaoning province. About 1,000 boats are working to control the oil-spill disaster, caused by explosions in an oil dockyard.  (Al Liao / EPA)

Visitors walk through the ice cavern in the Rhone glacier, near Belvedere, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The glacier, the evolution of which has been observed since the 19th century, has retreated about 4,300 feet during the last 120 years, leaving a track of naked stone.  (Sigi Tischler / EPA)

A woman checks eggs for freshness and quality by holding them up to daylight while shopping for food at the public market in Dumaguete City, Philippines.  (Hersley Ven Casero / For the Times)

A fisherman collects sardines arriving en masse at the shore in Durban, an annual event.  (Rajesh Jantilal / AFP/Getty Images)

A model wears a creation by Indian designer Rohit Bal during Delhi Couture Week.  (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP/Getty Images)

A girl refreshes herself in a fountain in central Moscow as Russia has seen a prolonged heatwave with temperatures reaching 95 degrees in Moscow.  (Andrey Smirnov / AFP/Getty Images)

A portrait of late Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu lies on his grave after Ceausescu’s and his wife, Elena’s, remains were exhumed for DNA tests, a move meant to dispel a mystery about where the fallen leader was buried.  (Daniel Mihailescu / AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands gather at Asia’s biggest floating swimming pool to cool off from the summer heat in Suining, southwest China’s Sichuan province. The temperature had reached 104 degrees.  (AFP / Getty Images)

An Indian couple on a scooter drives past a wall mural/  (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP/Getty Images)

A swan is held down on the bank of the River Thames during Swan Upping. Swan Upping is an annual and practical activity in which swans and cygnets are rounded up, caught, marked and then released.  (Geoff Caddick / EPA)

Tourists climb the Singing Sand Dunes in Jiuquan, in China’s Gansu province.  (Feng Li / Getty Images)

An Italian air force crew member demonstrates the capabilities of the Typhoon Eurofighter during a flight simulation at the Farnborough Airshow.  (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)

Shuan Shuan at the Guadalajara zoo. The panda is visiting the city for the first time, where she will stay for six months. Then she’ll be returned to Mexico City.  (Hector Guerrero / AFP/Getty Images)

Demonstrators march in Vienna as part of the 18th International AIDS Conference. The six-day meeting is expected to draw more than 20,000 scientists, policymakers and grass-roots workers to seminars and workshops on scores of issues related to AIDS and HIV.  (Samuel Kubani / AFP/Getty Images)

A jellyfish floats in the sea off Toroni, Greece.  (Darko Vojinovic / Associated Press)

Novices sit in front of the Maha Chedi during a mass ordination at Dhamagaya Temple in Pathumthani province, central Thailand. Tens of thousands of men were ordained into the monkhood in a dawn ceremony to mark the three-month-long Buddhist Lent , when in the middle of the rainy season monks remain in monasteries to study the teachings of Buddha. This year, the period starts on July 27.  (Apichart Weerawong / Associated Press)

British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House. During his first visit to Washington, Cameron said he will work to redefine the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom. The two leaders were expected to discuss the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the ongoing war in Afghanistan and the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.  (Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the premiere of Sony Pictures’ “Salt” at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Monday.  (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

Jewish settlers pray at the ancient mountain fortress of Herodium near Bethlehem to commemorate the destruction of the First and Second temples by the Babylonians in the 6th century BC and by the Romans in the 1st century AD, respectively.  (Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images)

A Hindu holy man takes a break at Pashupatinath Temple in the Nepalese capital.  (Prakash Mathema / AFP/Getty Images)

Two seals appear to exchange a kiss at the local zoo on a warm and sunny day.  (Daniel Roland / AFP/Getty Images)

A graffiti-adorned wall catches the attention of a motorcycle passenger in the Indian city, formerly known as Bombay.  (Punit Paranjpe / AFP/Getty Images)

Girls are silhouetted as they watch high-definition footage of Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium at the Ginza Sony building in central Tokyo to mark Marine Day, a secular national holiday celebrated each summer to give thanks to the ocean.  (Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP/Getty Images)

A man rests outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls.  (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)

Greenpeace activists mount an inflatable whale and a banner that reads “Jailed for protecting whales?” on top of a mountain. The protesters are demanding the release of the two Japanese anti-whaling activists who are threatened with an 18-month prison sentence.  (Marcel Bieri / EPA)

Tour de France cyclists ride past actors dressed up as prehistoric people near the Mas d’Azil cave, the site of primitive rock drawings.  (Joel Sagat / AFP/Getty Images)

Citizens throw boxes in the air, representing the more than 1 million bills collected to start a referendum against the privatization of public water in central Rome’s Piazza Navona.  (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)

Rhesus monkeys relax in the shade at a local zoo as summer brought temperatures in the mid-80s.  (Daniel Roland / AFP/Getty Images)

A young woman jumps across the “Field of Stelae” at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. The memorial consists of the Field of Stelae, designed by U.S. architect Peter Eisenman, and an underground information center.  (Jens Kalaene / EPA)

Santa Claus players from all over the world take part in a parade on the first day of the annual World Santa Claus Congress at an amusement park. The convention ends on Wednesday.  (Caspar Christoffersen / EPA)