Week in Pictures

17 Jul 2021

Week in pictures

INSUL
Houses are damaged by flooding in Insul, Germany, on Thursday, July 15. Severe flooding caused by historic rainfall has led to dozens of deaths in western Europe (Michael Probst/AP)

HAVANA
Cars are overturned in the street as people in Havana, Cuba, take part in protests on Sunday, July 11. Thousands of Cubans took the streets Sunday to protest a lack of food and medicine as the country undergoes a grave economic crisis aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic and US sanctions (Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images)

LONDON
Italian players celebrate after defeating England in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday, July 11. The match was decided by a dramatic penalty shootout (Laurence Griffiths/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

SPACE
Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, experiences weightlessness after successfully rocketing to space on Sunday, July 11. Branson is the first billionaire to travel to space aboard a spacecraft he helped fund (Virgin Galactic)

DEATH VALLEY
Visitors take photos in front of a thermometer at Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, California, on Saturday, July 10. A day earlier, the park hit 130 degrees Fahrenheit for only the fifth time in recorded history (Roger Kisby/The New York Times/Redux)

Here is the top news photography from the past week:

INSUL: Houses are damaged by flooding in Insul, Germany, on Thursday, July 15. Severe flooding caused by historic rainfall has led to dozens of deaths in western Europe (Michael Probst/AP)

HAVANA: Cars are overturned in the street as people in Havana, Cuba, take part in protests on Sunday, July 11. Thousands of Cubans took the streets Sunday to protest a lack of food and medicine as the country undergoes a grave economic crisis aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic and US sanctions (Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images)

LONDON: Italian players celebrate after defeating England in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday, July 11. The match was decided by a dramatic penalty shootout (Laurence Griffiths/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

SPACE: Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, experiences weightlessness after successfully rocketing to space on Sunday, July 11. Branson is the first billionaire to travel to space aboard a spacecraft he helped fund (Virgin Galactic)

DEATH VALLEY: Visitors take photos in front of a thermometer at Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, California, on Saturday, July 10. A day earlier, the park hit 130 degrees Fahrenheit for only the fifth time in recorded history (Roger Kisby/The New York Times/Redux)

Week in Pictures

Week in pictures 17 Jul 2021

INSUL Houses are damaged by flooding in Insul, Germany, on Thursday, July 15. Severe flooding caused by historic rainfall has led to dozens of deaths in western Europe (Michael Probst/AP)

LONDON Italian players celebrate after defeating England in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday, July 11. The match was decided by a dramatic penalty shootout (Laurence Griffiths/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

SPACE Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, experiences weightlessness after successfully rocketing to space on Sunday, July 11. Branson is the first billionaire to travel to space aboard a spacecraft he helped fund (Virgin Galactic)

DEATH VALLEY Visitors take photos in front of a thermometer at Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, California, on Saturday, July 10. A day earlier, the park hit 130 degrees Fahrenheit for only the fifth time in recorded history (Roger Kisby/The New York Times/Redux)

INSUL
Houses are damaged by flooding in Insul, Germany, on Thursday, July 15. Severe flooding caused by historic rainfall has led to dozens of deaths in western Europe (Michael Probst/AP)

LONDON
Italian players celebrate after defeating England in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday, July 11. The match was decided by a dramatic penalty shootout (Laurence Griffiths/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

SPACE
Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, experiences weightlessness after successfully rocketing to space on Sunday, July 11. Branson is the first billionaire to travel to space aboard a spacecraft he helped fund (Virgin Galactic)

DEATH VALLEY
Visitors take photos in front of a thermometer at Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, California, on Saturday, July 10. A day earlier, the park hit 130 degrees Fahrenheit for only the fifth time in recorded history (Roger Kisby/The New York Times/Redux)