The full moon rises behind the ancient temple of Poseidon at cape Sounion, south of Athens on August 1, 2023. Photo: AFP / Aris Messinis
Triumph and loss at the FIFA Women's World Cup, extreme weather and protest. Here is the week in pictures.
USA's forward #11 Sophia Smith heads the ball during the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup Group E football match between Portugal and the United States at Eden Park in Auckland on August 1, 2023. Photo: AFP / Saeed Khan
Protesters hold a Niger flag during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023. Hundreds of people backing the coup in Niger gathered on August 3, 2023 for a mass rally in the capital Niamey with some brandishing giant Russian flags. Photo: AFP
Crane Valley Hotshots set a back fire as the York fire burns in the Mojave National Preserve on July 30, 2023. The York Fire has burned over 70,000 acres, including Joshua trees and yucca in the Mojave National Preserve, and has crossed the state line from California into Nevada. Photo: AFP / David Swanson
A man looks at a damaged car following heavy rains in Fangshan district in Beijing on August 1, 2023. At least 11 people were killed and 13 were missing after heavy rains lashed Beijing, state media said on August 1, in downpours that have submerged roads and deluged neighbourhoods with mud. Photo: AFP / Pedro Pardo
Workers dismount a Soviet coat of arms from the shield of the Motherland monument at a compound of the World War II museum in Kyiv, Ukraine August 1, 2023. Photo: AFP / Maxym Marusenko
Morocco's goalkeeper #01 Khadija Er-Rmichi (L) and Morocco's forward #11 Fatima Tagnaout celebrate their team's victory and qualification to the knockout stage after the end of the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup Group H football match between Morocco and Colombia at Perth Rectangular Stadium in Perth on August 3, 2023. Photo: AFP / Colin Murty
A picture taken on August 5, 2023 shows a flooded sunflower as the river Krka overflowed near the village of Drama, south-east Slovenia, after torrential rains and severe floods brought havoc to the Alpine country in its worst natural disaster since independence. Photo: AFP / Jure Makovec
A young boy plays in a fountain to cool off during a heat wave, at the Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City on August 5, 2023. Photo: AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat
Argentina's Eliana Stabile reacts following the Women's World Cup Group G football match between Argentina and Sweden in Hamilton, 2 August 2023. Photo: Photosport / Andrew Cornaga
A woman participates in peace rally to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII, in Mumbai on August 5, 2023. Photo: AFP / Indranil Mukherjee
Members of the media outside the Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, in Washington, DC, on August 1, 2023. In a major development in the documents probe on July 27, 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith alleged that Trump, who is scheduled to go on trial at the height of the campaign in March and May next year, asked a worker at his beachfront estate in Florida to delete surveillance footage to obstruct investigators. Photo: AFP / Stepfani Reynolds
