The Week in Pictures

A tourist plays in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at a beach in South Korea. The annual festival promotes the use of the region’s mud for its skin-care benefits.  (Kim Jae-Hwan / AFP / Getty Images)

The pack rides past a sunflower in the 13th stage of the 2010 Tour de France cycling race between Rodez and Revel.  (Lionel Bonaventure / AFP / Getty Images)

Injured in a suicide bombing that killed at least three civilians, a man waits in a hospital for treatment. The attack came two days before a major international gathering. Read more here.  (Majid Saeedi / Getty Images)

Bob Tasca III spins his tires before the start of an elimination round for funny cars at the FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway.  (Brian Bahr / Getty Images)

South African golfer Louis Oosthuizen kisses the Claret Jug after winning the 139th British Open Golf Championship. His final round of 71, one under par, on day four of the Championship gave him a final total of 272, 16 under par, seven shots clear of English golfer Lee Westwood in second place.  (Glyn Kirk / AFP / Getty Images)

Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays reacts after being hit with a first-inning pitch in a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees won, 9-5.  (Jim McIsaac / Getty Images)

On a sizzling summer day, members of the Moreno and Vasquez families from Riverside frolic in the cold water of Lytle Creek in San Bernardino National Forest.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Guests arrive for the opening ceremony of the 18th Life Ball in front of City Hall in Austria’s capital. The charity gala raises funds for HIV and AIDS causes.  (Ronald Zak / Associated Press)

Firefighters and residents work to extinguish a fire northeast of Athens. Two large forest fires, the first of the summer season, are burning near the Greek capital, aided by winds of up to 40 mph.  (Alkis Konstantinidis / Associated Press)

A U.S. Marine helicopter gunner mans a heavy machine gun during a flight over the volatile southern Afghan province of Helmand.  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

A boy engages in a water gun battle at Ocean Park, a tourist spot in the Chinese territory.  (Kin Cheung / Associated Press)

Italy’s Valentino Rossi races around a curve during a Grand Prix of Germany training run at the Sachsenring racing circuit in Hohenstein-Ernstthal.  (Johannes Eisele / AFP/Getty Images)

Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa hits his tee shot on the 12th hole during the second round of the 139th British Open Championship on the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.  (Warren Little / Getty Images)

Demonstrators display fake blood on their hands and a poster of Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame during a protest against his presence. Kagame will co-chair the Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Group meeting in Madrid on Friday.  (Arturo Rodriguez / Associated Press)

This photo provided by France 3 TV shows television reporters from France 3 Alpes and mountain guides displaying portraits of French reporters Herve Ghesquiere and Stephane Taponier atop Mont Blanc to mark their 200th day of captivity in Afghanistan. The two disappeared Dec. 30, 2009, along with two or three Afghan employees while traveling in Kapisa province east of Kabul. The banner reads: we don’t forget you.  (Philippe Desmazes / Associated Press)

Belarussian game wardens inspect a catch while searching for poachers on the Pripyat River about 220 miles southeast of Minsk near the village of Konotop, a mere 19 miles from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster zone. Fines for breaking fishing codes range from $150 to $1,700, while the average salary in Belarus is $260 per month.  (Viktor Drachev / AFP / Getty Images)

Afghan soldiers march during a graduation ceremony at Ghazi Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan. The country’s army numbers 100,000 troops, with plans for it to grow to 240,000 by 2011 funded by NATO and the U.S., in the hope that rapid improvement in their performance can allow foreign forces to draw down.  (Shah Marai / AFP/Getty Images)

A rioter is silhouetted by a burning car during a fourth night of Nationalist rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  (Stephen Wilson / AFP/Getty Images)

A young devotee, face smeared with turmeric powder, participates in a procession toward Golconda Fort during the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, in southern India. The monthlong festival celebrated in Andhra Pradesh state is dedicated to the Hindu goddess of power, Kali.  (Mahesh Kumar A. / Associated Press)

President Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base for a trip to Michigan.  (Susan Walsh / Associated Press)

Two spider monkeys rest at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill.  (Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press)

Support vessels surround the Q4000, left, in the Gulf of Mexico. The platform operated briefly Thursday during a testing problem, but it stopped collecting and burning off oil from BP’s leaking well after the well was sealed for the first time since the disaster began in April.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The pack rides past sunflowers in the 184.5-kilometer 11th stage of the 2010 Tour de France cycling race run between Sisteron and Bourg-les-Valence.  (Joel Saget / AFP / Getty Images)

A detail shot of Ian Poulter’s trousers and shoes during the first round of the 139th British Open Championship on the Old Course, Scotland’s St. Andrews, on Thursday.  (Stuart Franklin / Getty Images)

A man cools off in a waterfall in Minsk, Belarus. A heat wave hit the city this week with temperatures soaring towards 90 degrees.  (Sergei Grits / Associated Press)

A pair of 6-foot-tall ruby red slippers are unveiled outside Madame Tussauds New York on 42nd Street in Times Square to celebrate the launch of “The Wizard of Oz Cinema 4-D Experience” and the interactive “Land of Oz “ exhibit.  (Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images)

Nine-time world champion Kelly Slater of the U.S. dives over the back of a wave during Round 1 of the Assn. of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Tour event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. The U.S. $400,000 Billabong Pro J-Bay sees the world’s best surfers take to the waves of Supertubes in Jeffreys Bay for Stop No. 4 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, the global series of events that determines surfing’s annual world champion.  (Nic Bothma / EPA)

South Korean elementary school students wallow in the mud during a summer military camp for kids at the Cheongryong Self-denial Training Camp on Daebu Island in Ansan, southwest of Seoul, South Korea. More than 150 kids are taking part in the three-day camp to strengthen themselves mentally and physically.  (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

Youths jump into Lake Lucerne to cool off during hot summer weather in Stansstad, Switzerland, on Wednesday.  (Urs Flueeler / EPA)

Elephant Chandra enjoys a cold shower at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland. Temperatures may hit 95 degrees Wednesday.  (Steffen Schmidt / EPA)

Residents repair their damaged shanty house along a coastal road in the town of Paranaque, outside of Manila, after Typhoon Conson hit the country’s capital late Tuesday. The typhoon ripped through the main Philippine island, leaving a trail of wreckage in Manila and sweeping shanties into the sea, officials and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of fatalities but communication systems were down amid the chaos of the typhoon’s aftermath, and disaster relief officials were still trying to determine the extent of the damage. Electricity was knocked out throughout the main island of Luzon, including the country’s capital where fallen tree branches and other debris littered the streets.  (Ted Aljibe / AFP / Getty Images)

Workers put the finishing touches on a massive billboard advertisement at a shopping center in Dubai.  (Karim Sahib / AFP / Getty Images)

“The Greatest Show on Earth” came to Los Angeles in the predawn hours with several rail cars full of elephants. One of the curious pachyderms lifts its snout to get a sniff of Tinseltown while awaiting the three-mile walk to Staples Center. See full story  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Ventura County Firefighter Jeff Witt hoses down smoldering brush as crews work to get a line around a fire that threatened the Camarillo Heights neighborhood. The blaze started Tuesday afternoon in a homeless encampment. See full story and follow updates at L.A. Now.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Irish nationalist rioters attack Police Service of Northern Ireland officers in North Belfast, Northern Ireland on Tuesday. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province’s annual parades by the British Protestant majority.  (Liam Mc Burney / Associated Press)

A honor guard of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army lines up during a welcoming ceremony for Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China and Argentina agreed on contracts for railway projects in the South American country totaling $10 billion.  (Liu Jin / AFP/Getty Images)

Tourists swim in Hangaroa beach as the sun sets on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean.  (Martin Bernetti / AFP/Getty Images)

Crowds cheer the Spanish soccer team riding in an open top bus in Plaza Cibeles in Madrid a day after Spain won the FIFA World Cup.  (Denis Doyle / Getty Images)

Oil flows from the leaking Gulf of Mexico well as a new containment cap is lowered into place. The tighter-fitting cap is designed to stop the flow altogether; testing will show if it works.  (BP PLC / Associated Press)

Flowers are placed near Olga Guillot’s star on a walk of fame in Miami’s Little Havana. The legendary Cuban bolero singer died Monday at 86. She was the first Latino artist to perform at Carnegie Hall.  (Wilfredo Lee / Associated Press)

Men hold the Irish flag during Nationalist rioting in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, Northern Ireland. Rioting by Catholics left 27 police officers injured in Northern Ireland, including three with gunshot wounds, officials said ahead of the biggest day of the country’s marching season.  (Stephen Wilson / AFP/Getty Images)

Darkness covers stone statues known as Moais during the total solar eclipse in Easter Island, Chile.  (Patricio Munoz / Associated Press)

A woman throws back her hair in a swimming pool in the southern Slovakia village. Many parts of Slovakia are experiencing high temperatures.  (Samuel Kubani / AFP / Getty Images)

The Airbus A380 with the German national soccer team on board lands at the international airport in Frankfurt after returning from the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. The German team placed third after beating Uruguay in the small final.  (Daniel Roland / AFP/Getty Images)

Spain’s midfielder Andres Iniesta celebrates with the trophy after the team defeated the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup final match.  (Carl de Souza / AFP/Getty Images)

Tiger Woods eyes the ball on the Old Course ahead of the 2010 Open Championship at St. Andrews.  (Glyn Kirk / AFP/Getty Images)

Young men and women with torches participate in the wedding procession a night before the “Galicnik wedding” ceremony in the western Macedonian village Galicnik, about 93 miles southwest of Skopje on. Every year, around the Christian Orthodox holiday Petrovden (St. Peters day), Macedonians originating from Galicnik gather in this almost deserted mountainous village and a couple gets married according to the traditions of the region.  (Robert Atanasovski / AFP/Getty Images)