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Photo gallery: Pictures of the week, July 10–16
Pictures of the week from throughout the nation and world.
Pictures of the week, July 10-16
Fans hold the legs of Keith Carmickle from Kingman, Ariz. as he nearly fell over a railing trying to catch a ball during the MLB Home Run Derby Monday, July 11, 2011, in Phoenix.
David Kadlubowski/Arizona RepublicPictures of the week, July 10-16
In this July 14, 2011 photo, a reflection of Becky Petrehen's hot air balloon, named "Peaceful World," flies over a small body of water in Chillicothe, Ill.
AP Photo/Journal Star, Lauren WoodPictures of the week, July 10-16
Two-year-old, Aden Salaad, looks up toward his mother, unseen, as she bathes him in a tub at a Doctors Without Borders hospital, where Aden is receiving treatment for malnutrition, in Dagahaley Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya, Monday, July 11, 2011. U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday that drought-ridden Somalia is the "worst humanitarian disaster" in the world, after meeting with refugees who endured unspeakable hardship to reach the world's largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya.
AP Photo/Rebecca BlackwellPictures of the week, July 10-16
Veterinarian Livia Pereira kisses paralyzed lion Ariel who she is caring for in her home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday July 13, 2011. An Internet and Facebook campaign has been launched in Brazil to obtain funds needed to treat the lion that has been paralyzed for the past year. The campaign was launched by Raquel Borges, the owner of Ariel, a three-year-old, 310 pound (140 kilogram) lion that has been unable to use his four legs due to a degenerative disease affecting his medulla. Borges runs a a shelter that cares for sick or abandoned animals. Borges and Pereira say that the money needed to pay for Ariel's treatment come from donations from people who belong to the Facebook page created for the lion.
AP Photo/Andre PennerPictures of the week, July 10-16
Male members of the Hugh and Anya Nguyen wedding party pose under Seward Johnson's 26-foot-tall sculpture of Marilyn Monroe, in her most famous wind-blown pose, on Michigan Ave. Friday, July 15, 2011 in Chicago.
AP Photo/Charles Rex ArbogastPictures of the week, July 10-16
Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebrations late Thursday, July 14, 2011.
AP Photo/Thibault CamusPictures of the week, July 10-16
ALTERNATE CROP OF WHCD102 - President Barack Obama shakes the prosthetic hand of U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Leroy Arthur Petry of Santa Fe, N.M., who received the Medal of Honor for his valor in Afghanistan in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Petry lost his right hand as he tossed aside a live grenade during a 2008 firefight in Afghanistan, sparing the lives of his fellow Army Rangers.
AP Photo/Charles DharapakPictures of the week, July 10-16
Petty Officer 3rd Class, Stephen Lorinez, kisses his wife, Rachael upon returning home off of the USS Enterprise at Naval Station Norfolk on Friday, July 15, 2011. More than 4,400 Sailors and officers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise returned home after a six-month deployment supporting operations in the Mediterranean and the Arabian Sea.
AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Brad VestPictures of the week, July 10Ð16
A smoke plume from the Las Conchas fire burning in the Jemez Mountains rises into the skies of northern New Mexico, seen from Rio Rancho, N.M. on Friday, July 15, 2011. The fire, the largest in New Mexico history, has charred more than 234 square miles and destroyed more than five dozen homes.
AP Photo/Zach BryanPictures of the week, July 10-16
Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Ayrshire, celebrate, during a photo call, in Falkirk, Scotland, Friday July 15, 2011, after they scooped 161 million pounds, euro 183 million, $260 million, in Tuesday's EuroMillions draw. Europe's biggest Lottery winners have been unveiled by Camelot. Husband and wife Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Ayrshire, scooped 161 million pounds in Tuesday's EuroMillions draw. The couple banked the entire jackpot after several rollovers - a total of 161,653,000 pounds.
AP Photo/Andrew Milligan/PAPictures of the week, July 10-16
Milo, Saint Bernard, takes a rest after walking on a street with his owner Amphon Ananpavrivan in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, July 12, 2011.
AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit