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The week’s best photos

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A surfer

Brazil’s Gabriel Medina celebrates in midair during the Paris Olympics in Teahupo’o  (Image credit: Jérôme Brouillet / AFP / Getty Images)

Firefighters

Firefighters stand near the Park Fire in Jonesville, California (Image credit: Fred Greaves / Reuters )

A footprint

A footprint is left behind as Shiite Muslim pilgrims start their walk toward Karbala, Iraq  (Image credit: Hussein Faleh / Getty Images)

A fisherman

A fisherman casts his line along the Beirut coastline in Lebanon  (Image credit: Hassan Ammar / Getty Images)

Bulls

A jockey rides a cart pulled by bulls during a racing event in Probolinggo, Indonesia  (Image credit: Juni Kriswanto / Getty Images)

A boxer

Dominican Republic’s Cristian Javier Pinales takes a punch during a boxing match in Villepinte, France  (Image credit: Mohd Rasfan / Getty Images)

The Bonalu festival

A performer dressed as the Hindu deity Mahakali during the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India  (Image credit: Noah Seelam / Getty Images)

A cow

A child lays on a prize-winning Shorthorn cow in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Image credit: Rodrigo Abd / AP )

Jose Torres Gil

Argentina’s Jose Torres Gil participates in a BMX freestyle training session in Paris, France  (Image credit: Jeff Pachoud / Getty Images)

A flood

An electric company employee clears debris after flooding in Lyndon, Vermont  (Image credit: AP )

Athletes

Athletes dive into the Seine river in France  (Image credit: AP )

The presidential guard

Members of Venezuela’s presidential guard wait to vote during the presidential election in Caracas  (Image credit: Matias Delacroix / AP )

A midair celebration, a powerful punch, and more