The best photos of the week: from Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on a cloudy day to sunflowers

Striking pictures from around the world

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on a cloudy day. Victor Besa / The National

Family and friends of singer and actress Jane Birkin pay their respects at her funeral in Paris. AP

Palestinian Mais Miqdad with the dog she is buying from a pet shop in Gaza city. Majd Mahmoud / The National

Ricarda Bauernfeind is congratulated by teammates after winning the fifth stage the women's Tour de France in the Tarn region of the country. AFP

Tourists sunbathing in Benidorm, Spain. Getty

Marine scientist Angela Stevenson dives with a bunch of flowering seagrass she collected as part of a restoration project in Laboe, Germany. Reuters

The Milky Way brightens the night sky near the village of Asklipieio on fire-ravaged Rhodes in Greece. Reuters

A flock of sheep and goats is led by shepherds to pasture in a mountain village on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen. EPA

The Chepe Express on a viaduct in Temoris, Chihuahua state, Mexico. AFP

Tommaso Marini celebrates after defeating Nick Itkin in the final of the men's foil at the Fencing World Championships in Milan. AFP

A man leaves a petrol station after checking the tyre pressure on his donkey cart in Soweto, Johannesburg. Reuters

Members of the Mexican Navy participate in an amphibious rescue training drill in Acapulco. EPA

Moroccan goalkeeper Khadija Er Rmichi tries to punch the ball away, only for an own goal to be scored in the Women's World Cup match between Germany and Morocco in Melbourne. AP

Pilots from Al Fursan, the UAE Air Force and Air Defence aerobatic team, soar over the pyramids at Giza, south of Cairo. Photo: Fursan Al Emarat/ Twitter

Israeli forces block Palestinian Red Cross ambulances near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus after claims that three Palestinians were killed for firing on the military from a car. AFP

A fireman rescues a cat and two rabbits from the burning villages of Kiotari and Gennadi on the Greek island of Rhodes. AFP

The Twitter logo is changed at its headquarters in San Francisco. Reuters

Police detain a supporter of the Aam Aadmi Party in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, at a rally against the oppression of women in Manipur, India. AP

A member of Welcome 66, a group focused on social integration, teaches a migrant how to swim, in Canet-en-Roussillon, southern France. AFP

A woman salvages produce from the remains of a building burnt in a forest fire near Meloula, north-western Tunisia. AFP

The War Memorial in Seoul on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire pact. EPA

Idols are offered to a deity at a Hindu temple near Puducherry, south-east India. EPA

Grain fields in the Harz mountains near Wernigerode, Germany. AP

A volunteer feeds a swift chick after it was found on the ground during a heatwave near Geneva. Reuters

Volunteers try to help stranded pilot whales return to the sea on Cheynes Beach, Western Australia. AFP

The Church of Asuncion of Mediano, normally submerged almost entirely in the Mediano reservoir, is now visible due to drought in Huesca province, Spain. AFP

A demonstrator clashes with police in Lima, Peru. EPA

A migrant mother from Africa, stranded at the Libyan-Tunisian border in Ras Jedir, cries while holding her son. AFP

Training for the Men's High Diving at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Getty

A field of sunflowers in bloom on the outskirts of Frankfurt. AP

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