The Week in Pictures

A sun halo appears behind a street light in Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, in eastern India. A sun halo is an atmospheric optical phenomenon as small ice crystal reflect or refract sunlight.  (Bikas Das / Associated Press)

Police in Mumbai detain leftist activists taking part in a nationwide strike to protest an increase in fuel prices. Transportation ground to a halt and businesses were closed across India for the one-day strike called by the main opposition parties to protest the government-imposed hike.  (Rafiq Maqbool / Associated Press)

hildren inspect the body of a whale that washed up on Hawkesbay Beach in Karachi. According to local wildlife officials the whale was trapped in the muddy sands of the local beach where it died.  (ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (not shown) attend a state dinner in their honor in Toronto. The queen is nearing the end of her nine-day Canadian tour.  (Warren Toda / EPA)

A security guard raises his baton against protesting Filipino students during clashes at the U.S. embassy in Manila at a demonstration on American Independence Day. The protesters are demanding the withdrawal of U.S. forces, who are engaged anti-terrorism training exercises in southern Philippines. At least two students were hurt in the melee.  (Jay Directo / AFP / Getty Images)

U.S. Spc. Nicholas Fischer, of the 82nd Airborne, smokes as he stands guard at Combat Outpost Ware in the volatile Arghandab Valley, outside Kandahar city. Read more about the Afghan war  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

The members of the New Shanghai Circus troupe perform at the International Circus Festival in the Indonesian capital.  (Irwin Fedriansyah / Associated Press)

A beach vendor walks along the shore Sunday in Cape Town, South Africa, trying to sell the last of his World Cup souvenirs, including the vuvuzelas that account for most of the sound in the soccer arenas.  (Julie Jacobson / Associated Press)

A man rows in the early morning on the Pripyat River near the village of Pererov, Belarus.  (Victor Drachev / AFP/Getty Images)

Soldiers carry the coffin of Army Spc. Scott Anthony Andrews into a hearse after his funeral service in Fall River, Mass. Andrews was killed last month in Afghanistan.  (Robert E. Klein / Associated Press)

Revelers crowd a London street for the Gay Pride Parade.  (Sang Tan / Associated Press)

Palestinian shepherd Sultan Awwad plays music as he tends to his flock in Salem, a village outside the West Bank town of Nablus.  (Nasser Ishtayeh / Associated Press)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel celebrates a goal by Germany in its World Cup quarterfinal match against Argentina, which it won, 4-0. At left is South African President Jacob Zuma.  (Gero Breloer / Associated Press)

A girl enjoys a break from the heat in Unken, Austria. Temperatures were expected to reach into the 90s this weekend.  (Kerstin Joensson / Associated Press)

A trained monkey salutes as it performs on a sidewalk in Islamabad, Pakistan.  (Dita Alangkara / Associated Press)

Andre Ooijer, kneeling at right, and Wesley Sneijder celebrate the Netherlands’ 2-1 victory over Brazil in a World Cup quarterfinal match.  (Martin Meissner / Associated Press)

Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan, left, sends the ball skimming over the net on a failed penalty kick against Uruguay at the World Cup. Gyan’s shot would have won the game had it gone in; instead; the teams went to a penalty-kick shootout, which Uruguay won.  (Hassan Ammar / Associated Press)

Rafael Nadal shows his excitement after defeating Andy Murray in a men’s singles semifinal match at Wimbledon.  (Ian Kingston / AFP/Getty Images)

Rows of headstones stretch on at Arlington National Cemetery. The military says it will check all graves in the wake of a scandal over mislabeling and management problems. Full story  (Alex Brandon / Associated Press)

A Cambodian woman is vaccinated against A- H1N1 at the Cambodian People’s Party headquarters. Cambodian Premier Hun Sen and several top officials have been infected with swine flu, a government spokesman said on June 29. In Cambodia, six people have died from the virus and another 591 have been infected, according to the country’s health ministry.  (Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP / Getty Images)

President Obama greets soccer player Tasha Kai during a White House ceremony honoring the women’s professional soccer team Sky Blue FC.  (Saul Loeb / AFP-Getty Images)

Visitors walk past the Canadian pavilion at the World Rxpo 2010 in Shanghai. Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean visited the pavilion on the occasion of Canada Day.  (Philippe Lopez / AFP/Getty Images)

A woman was among the people who headed to a shelter as Hurricane Alex was set to make landfall south of the U.S. border with Mexico. It was possible that Alex could arrive as a Category 2 hurricane, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.  (Luis Acosta / AFP / Getty Images)

Demonstrators paste up portraits of missing people during a march protesting Army Day in Guatemala City. Human rights groups say 98 percent of the civilian slayings during the 36-year Guatemalan civil war were committed by the army.  (Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press)

The statue of Christ the Redeemer is lighted with Brazil’s national colors after the completion of a four-month renovation. The statue reopened to the public Wednesday.  (Felipe Dana / Associated Press)

A cloud of incense hangs in the air as the funeral of California Highway Patrol Officer Philip Ortiz ends at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Ortiz was writing a ticket in the emergency lane of the 405 Freeway when a vehicle struck his patrol car and pinned him against the SUV he had pulled over. He died of his injuries June 22.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A Russian Progress cargo ship carrying supplies for the International Space Station blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The robotic space freighter is to dock at the station Friday.  (AFP/Getty Images)

Firefighters battle a blaze that swept through three homes, killing at least one person. The cause is under investigation.  (Bill Tompkins / Associated Press)

Tourists visit the renovated Christ the Redeemer statue at Corcovado hill. The monument was reopened following restoration with a $3.8-million private investment.  (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP / Getty Images)

Players jog around the pitch during the Brazil team training session at St Stithians College. Brazil will play The Netherlands on Friday in the quarterfinals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  (Richard Heathcote / Getty Images)

A German firefighter and an investigator stand next to a crashed twin-engine U.S. Army plane as it lies in a field near the German A66 highway close to Wiesbaden. According to initial information by police and the Army, the two pilots were slightly injured. The reason for the crash was not yet determined, the area was cordoned off.  (Marius Becker / EPA)

Chinese firefighters try to extinguish a fire which engulfed a chemical warehouse. The blaze was brought under control after eight hours with no casualties reported. China’s work safety record is notoriously bad as an emphasis on economic growth over the last three decades has led to widespread disregard for workplace safety.  (AFP / Getty Images)

Gen. David Petraeus testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his selection as the next commander of forces in Afghanistan.  (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)

Solicitor General Elena Kagan listens to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) during her second day of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. President Obama nominated Kagan to fill the vacancy created when Justice John Paul Stevens retired.  (Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA)

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is sworn in on the first day of her confirmation hearing. “No one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom,” she said in her opening statement.
See full story  (Scott Andrews / Associated Press)

An old man wearing a yellow band with the nickname of President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III begs for alms in front of the Quiapo church in Manila. Aquino will be sworn in on Wednesday amid great hopes for change. Worsening poverty, pervasive corruption, decades-long insurgencies, empty state coffers and crumbling infrastructure are some of the massive challenges Aquino will face.  (Noel Celis / AFP/Getty Images)

A youth covers his face as he rides his bicycle through a cloud of dust in Kabul, Afghanistan.  (Shah Marai / AFP/Getty Images)

British Prince Harry falls from his horse while competing in the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic.
See full story  (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images)

A makeshift memorial to British soldiers killed in combat at a patrol base in Nahr-e-Saraj, Helmand province. The death toll for foreign soldiers in Afghanistan neared the grim milestone of 100 for June alone as the CIA chief warned the Afghanistan war would be tougher and longer than expected. Full coverage of the Afghanistan war  (Bay Ismoyo / AFP/Getty Images)

A flash of lightning illuminates the sky over the 2,500-year-old ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during a heavy rainfall in Athens.  (Petros Giannakouris / Associated Press)

Forcados of the Evora group try to catch a bull during a traditional Portuguese bullfight. The forcados are a group of eight men who perform the “pega de cara” or “face catch,” in which they challenge a fighting bull bare-handed.  (Francisco Seco / Associated Press)

Soccer fans cheer as video images of Argentina’s Coach Diego Maradona are shown on a screen before the start of the 2010 World Cup round of 16 match between Argentina and Mexico at Soccer City stadium in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.  (Jung Yeon-Je / AFP/Getty Images)

A diver clad in traditional costume feeds fish to mark the star festival Tanabata at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. The festival celebrates the meeting of Orihime (Vega in the Lyra constellation) and Hikoboshi (Altair, in the Aquila constellation).  (Itsuo Inouye / Associated Press)

Argentina Coach Diego Maradona, foreground right, celebrates in front of his players after Carlos Tevez, not pictured, scored the team’s third goal during a World Cup round of 16 match against Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday.  (Guillermo Arias / Associated Press)

Fans celebrate Argentina’s first goal against Mexico while watching the World Cup match on a giant screen in Buenos Aires, on Sunday. Argentina won, 3-1, and advanced to the quarterfinals.  (Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press)

Stevie Wonder performs during the Glastonbury Festival, in Glastonbury, England, on Sunday. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the festival.  (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)

Opposition lawmaker Shahid Uddin Chowdhury, in white, is injured during a strike in the Bangladeshi capital. Security forces arrested dozens of protesters as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led a dawn-to-dusk general strike across the country.  (Pavel Rahman / Associated Press)

Patrick Stevens uses his new iPhone 4 to photograph the Apple store on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Hundreds of customers lined up at the store to purchase the new device.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

President Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, walk outside the White House.  (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses British service members in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on his way to the Group of 8 summit in Huntsville, north of Toronto.  (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)

British troops patrol at dawn in Nahr-e-Saraj, a village in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.  (Bay Ismoyo / AFP/Getty Images)

Designer Mariana Karah inspects a mannequin on display at the public art exhibit Fashion Center Sidewalk Catwalk in New York.  (Mary Altaffer / Associated Press)

John Isner of the U.S. celebrates after winning the longest tennis match in major tournament history against France’s Nicolas Mahut. The first-round Wimbledon match finally concluded after more than 11 hours, spanning three days.  (Suzanne Plunkett / Getty Images)

An Israeli soldier wearing protective gear takes a shower during a drill simulating a chemical attack in the Barzilai Hospital. The Israeli military routinely carries out exercises to prepare emergency services for possible attacks.  (Ariel Schalit / Associated Press)

Steelworkers from the Fos-sur-Mer ArcelorMittal plant join a protest. French transport workers, teachers, postal workers and others are on strike to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy‘s plans to raise the retirement age to 62.  (Claude Paris / Associated Press)

Actress Alexandra Fulton, from the play “Extropia” performs for visitors at the Visiblility Stage in front of the Egyptian Theatre on Wednesday to bring attention to the Hollywood Fringe Festival being held through Sunday. The festival brings dance, theater, music and comedy groups as well as the visual arts to a cluster of small venues in Hollywood. Touring companies, local professional and amateur groups, international artists and even troupes that travel a “fringe festival circuit” will be on view.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Indian demonstrators shout anti-government slogans during a rally organized to demand justice for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. The Dow Chemical Co. said efforts to tie it to the 1984 disaster were “misdirected” amid media reports that the Indian government will try to extract compensation from the company.  (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / Getty Images)