2 August 2017: Prince Philip, in his role as Captain General, Royal Marines, attends a parade at Buckingham Palace. This was the 96-year-old Duke of Edinburgh's final official engagement before retiring from active public lifeHannah McKay/Reuters18 July 2017: Yi ethnic minority girls wait to participate in a traditional performance to celebrate the Torch Festival in Butuo County, Sichuan province, ChinaNatalie Thomas/Reuters3 August 2017: Soldiers attend a memorial service at the Dom of St. Peter in Fritzlar, for two German soldiers of the Combat Helicopter Regiment 36 who died on 26 July in MaliRalph Orlowski/Reuters1 August 2017: A woman pretends to ride a bike at the Underwater Park in Pula, CroatiaAntonio Bronic/Reuters30 July 2017: The Milky Way is seen behind hot lava flowing down Mount SinabungTibta Pangin/AFP28 July 2017: The Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft carrying the crew of Paolo Nespoli of Italy, Sergey Ryazanskiy of Russia and Randy Bresnik of the US blasts off to the International Space Station from the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in KazakhstanShamil Zhumatov/Reuters31 July 2017: Flames erupt as a device explodes in Caracas during the protests against the Constituent Assembly electionCarlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters2 August 2017: A young man takes a selfie with Pope Francis during his general audience at the VaticanMax Rossi/Reuters1 August 2017: Houston Astros relief pitcher Reymin Guduan jokes with relief pitcher Francis Martes in the dugout before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Minute Maid ParkTroy Taormina/Reuters1 August 2017: Jamaica's Usain Bolt speaks at a press conference before his final race at the World Athletics Championships in LondonAction Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs4 August 2017: Paris St Germain's new signing Neymar Jr takes part in a press conferenceChristian Hartmann/Reuters3 August 2017: Cast members Debra Messing and Eric McCormack attend a panel for the television series Will & Grace during the TCA NBC Summer Press Tour in Beverly HillsMario Anzuoni/Reuters30 July 2017: Primary school sumo wrestlers compete during the Wanpaku sumo wrestling tournament in Tokyo, JapanKim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters2 August 2017: A two-month-old snow leopard is seen during one of its first outings at the zoo in Mulhouse, eastern FranceSebastien Bozon/AFP28 July 2017: Two sheep fight in a competition in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, ChinaReuters31 July 2017: King Philippe of Belgium and Britain's Prince Charles stand next to a puppet from War Horse during commemorations of the centenary of Passchendaele, The Third Battle of Ypres, in BelgiumTim Rooke3 August 2017: 60,000 rubber ducks are dropped into the Chicago River to start the Windy City Rubber Ducky DerbyScott Olson/Getty Images29 July 2017: Volunteers stand around flamingo chicks gathered in a corral before fitting them with identity rings at dawn at a lagoon in the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern SpainJon Nazca/Reuters4 August 2017: Dan Mothersole stokes the boiler onboard ST Portwey after she docked alongside HMS President in London. The ST Portwey is one of the last coal fired twin-screw steam tugs in the world and was built on the Clyde in 1927 before coming under the command of the Royal Navy during the Second World WarCarl Court/Getty Images2 August 2017: Migrants and refugees wait to be rescued by the Aquarius rescue ship run by non-governmental organisations SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in the Mediterranean Sea, 30 miles from the Libyan coastAngelos Tzortzinis/AFP1 August 2017: African migrants celebrate after crossing the border fence from Morocco to Spain's North African enclave of CeutaJesus Moron/Reuters3 August 2017: A family claiming to be from Haiti drag their luggage over the border into Canada. So many Haitian asylum seekers have arrived Quebec that Montreal has opened up its cavernous Olympic Stadium to house and process themChristinne Muschi/Reuters1 August 2017: A young girl with a pot on her head poses with other children at one of the Internally-Displaced People (IDP) camps in Gwoza, north-eastern NigeriaStefan Heunis/AFP4 August 2017: Turkana tribesmen walk with guns to protect their cattle from rival tribes near Baragoy, KenyaGoran Tomasevic/Reuters2 August 2017: Kenyan opposition leader and presidential candidate Raila Odinga is surrounded by supporters from the Maasai community as he arrives on top of a car at an election rally in SuswaBaz Ratner/Reuters30 July 2017: Ivory Coast's Edgard Dakoi controls the ball during the 8th Francophonie Games final football match against Morocco at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in AbidjanIssouf Sanogo/AFP2 August 2017: Fans of Egypt's Al Ahly react during their teams's games against Al-Faisaly during the Arab Club Championship Semi final at Borg El Arab Stadium, AlexandriaAmr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters4 August 2017: A woman leaves a polling station in Kigali after voting in Rwanda's presidential electionsMarco Longari/AFP28 July 2017: Models perform on stage during the World Bodypainting Festival 2017 in Klagenfurt, AustriaLeonhard Foeger/Reuters3 August 2017: Participants attend the annual Jerusalem Gay Pride ParadeGali Tibbon/AFP1 August 2017: Members of the Orquestra de Cambra d'Emporda pose in Edinburgh. They are performing at the Assembly Rooms at this year's Edinburgh Festival FringeJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images1 August 2017: Mayor of Rotherham, Councillor Eve Rose, shares a joke with mace bearers as she joins Mayors and Lord Mayors from cities and towns across Yorkshire to parade through Sheffield to celebrate Yorkshire DayChristopher Furlong/Getty Images30 July 2017: Heavily armed soldiers patrol the Copacabana beach as part of a plan to combat organised crime in Rio de JaneiroSergio Moraes/Reuters1 August 2017: People cool off in a pool at a water park in Minsk, Belarus, where temperatures exceeded 30 degreesSergei Gapon/AFP31 July 2017: People cool off at a water park on a hot day in Fushun, Liaoning province, ChinaReuters
