TIME's Best Pictures of the Week: June 14 – June 21, 2013

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June 15, 2013. Chinese authorities display bear paws after 213 were seized from two Russian smugglers in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia. Some in China consider the paws a delicacy.






Andrè Liohn
June 17, 2013. Protesters arrived at the Palacio dos Bandeirantes, the headquarters of the government of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.






Kevin Lamarque—Reuters
June 17, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.






Muhammed Muheisen—AP
June 17, 2013. Afghan refugee children, swim in muddy water created from a broken water pipe, on the outskirts of Islamabad.






Jorge Silva—Reuters
June 15, 2013. Spectators watch the Confederations Cup Group A soccer match between Brazil and Japan at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia.






Jens Meyer—AP
June 16, 2013. The Sphynxcat 'Amhara's Mira' of German breeder Sabine Braeuer waits prior to competition during the International pedigree dog and purebred cat exhibition in Erfurt, central Germany.






Mario Laporta—AFP/Getty Images
June 15, 2013. Max Hess from Germany takes part in the Red Bull Airlines Freestyle Slackline International Championship in downtown Naples. Slackline is a sport in which contestants try to walk without falling across an elastic rope stretched between two points.






Stefano Rellandini—Reuters
June 17, 2013. Pope Francis attends the opening of the Pastoral Convention of the Diocese of Rome at the Vatican.






Julio Cortez—AP
June 16, 2013. Justin Rose, of England, reacts after a putt on the 18th hole during the fourth round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.






Carol Lawrence—Colorado Springs Gazette/MCT/Sipa USA
June 17, 2013. A deer lies in ash near the ruins of a home in Colorado Springs, Co.

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Muhammed Muheisen—AP
June 14, 2013. Pakistani youths enjoy a ride at a makeshift entertainment park set up outside a shrine in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.






Abbas Momani—AFP/Getty Images
June 14, 2013. A Palestinian protester climbs Israel's controversial separation barrier during clashes with Israeli security forces following a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the West Bank village of Nilin.






Daniel Leal-Olivas—Zuma Press
June 15, 2013. Women washing fair amounts of wool in a small pond between Hama and Idlib province in Syria.






Marcos Brinidicci—Reuters
June 15, 2013. Women sunbathe as a man kicks a soccer ball in between shadows of palm trees on Boa Viagem Beach in Recife, Brazil.






Oscar Martinez—Reuters
June 15, 2013. Mayoral candidate Morris the Cat is seen at his home in Xalapa, capital of the state of Veracruz, Mexivo. Morris is running for mayor in the upcoming July elections with the slogan "Tired of voting for rats?" (rats used as an expression for corrupt politicians).






Mohammad Akhlagi—Fars News/Reuters
June 14, 2013. Women stand in line to vote during the Iranian presidential election at a mosque in Qom, 120 km (74.6 miles) south of Tehran.






Joshua Roberts—Getty Images
June 16, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia walk to Marine One as they depart the White House in Washington, DC.






Mohamad Torokman—Reuters
June 16, 2013. A member of the Samaritan sect takes part in their traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Shavuot, atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus.






Laurent Gillieron—EPA
June 16, 2013. Backdropped by the French alps, kids jump into Lake Geneva, enjoying the sunny and warm weather in Lutry Beach, near Lausanne, southwestern Switzerland.






Alexander F. Yuan—AP
June 17, 2013. A military officer uses a computer in an electronic library at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, an elite military school for boys ages eleven to eighteen, on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea.

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Jens Wolf—DPA/Corbis
June 17, 2013. A helicopter throws so-called BigPacks into the gap of a breached dam in Fischbeck, Germany.






Cathal McNaughton—Reuters
June 17, 2013. An anti-G8 poster rests in razor wire after protestors broke through the security fence surrounding the G8 Summit in the Lough Erne Golf Resort in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.






Ian Langsdon—EPA
June 17, 2013. Protestors masked as the G8 leaders protest aboard the Big IF Flotilla as they sail past the international press centre, close to the G8 Summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland.






Gerry Broome—AP
June 17, 2013. Demonstrators gather at Halifax Mall near the state legislature in Raleigh, N.C.






Edgar Su—Reuters
June 17, 2013. A hotel guest rests in the pool of the Marina Bay Sands Skypark in front of the hazy skyline of Singapore.






Navesh Chitrakar—Reuters
June 17, 2013. Nepalese farmer cover themselves from the rain while planting rice saplings in the rice paddy field in Khokana, Lalitpur.






AP
June 18, 2013. A submerged idol of Hindu Lord Shiva stands in the flooded River Ganges in Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India.






Anindito Mukherjee—Reuters
June 18, 2013. A man ferries his boat after retrieving floating watermelons from the flooded waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi.






Kevin Frayer—AP
June 18, 2013. A Bangladeshi boy tosses a goat off of a boat on the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh.






Charles Trainor Jr.—Miami Herald/MCT/Landov
June 18, 2013. The Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) spins out after his layup was denied by the San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan, who is on the floor behind James, in the second quarter in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Flo.

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Marko Djurica—Reuters
June 18, 2013. Erdem Gunduz stands in a silent protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul. Gunduz, a Turkish man, has staged an eight-hour silent vigil on Istanbul's Taksim Square, the scene of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in recent weeks, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead.






Rahmat Gul—AP
June 18, 2013. Afghan security officials attend a ceremony at a military academy on the outskirts of Kabul.






Ali Ali—EPA
June 18, 2013. Palestinian refugees children play on the ground of their family's home in the Bait Lahiya camp, northern Gaza Strip,






Yang Shunpi—Xinhua Press/Corbis
June 18, 2013. A villager selects tea leaves in Hukou Village of Enshi City in central China's Hubei Province.






Anindito Mukherjee—Reuters
June 19, 2013. A boy sits on a ladder next to his flooded house with the rising water level of river Yamuna after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi.






Jens Meyer—Reuters
June 19, 2013. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Malia (C) and Sasha (R) visit the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.






Ali Al-Saad—AFP/Getty Images
June 19, 2013. Iraqi special forces take part in a drill simulating a hostage rescue operation at an Iraqi army base North of Baghdad.






Anupam Nath—AP
June 19, 2013. An Indian man sells lotus flowers to devotees standing behind a fence at the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, India.






Siegfried Modola—Reuters
June 19, 2013. A sedated elephant is placed in a container on a truck by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) wardens during a relocation exercise, aimed at relocating to a national park 10 elephants who keep on encroaching on community land, on the margins of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya.






Siegfried Modola—Reuters
June 19, 2013. A close-up view of a sedated elephant's eye is seen as it is secured on the back of a truck by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) wardens during a relocation exercise, aimed at relocating to a national park 10 elephants that were encroaching on community land, on the margins of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya.

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Fabian Stoffers—EPA
June 19, 2013. Storm clouds hovering in the evening sky over Melsungen, Germany.






Muhammed Muheisen—AP
June 19, 2013. A Pakistani boy walks his horse while visiting an entertainment park set up outside a shrine in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.






Andy Wong—AP
June 19, 2013. Rifles used by members of a Chinese honor guard for a welcome ceremony for visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang are laid on the ground at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.






Adel Hana—AP
June 19, 2013. Palestinian youths march during a military style exercise run by Hamas during a scouting summer camp next to the border between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.






Feisal Omar—Reuters
June 19, 2013. A soldier fires a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) after gunmen attacked the United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu.






Andre Penner—AP
June 19, 2013. Riot police aim their weapons at protesters gathering near Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil.






Muzaffar Salman—Reuters
June 19, 2013. A member of the Free Syrian Army is seen inside a building in the old city of Aleppo.






Hamid Khatib—Reuters
June 19, 2013. A member of the Free Syrian Army dives into a swimming pool in Aleppo.






Edgar Su—Reuters
June 19, 2013. Construction workers at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands are pictured against the hazy skyline of Singapore.






Michael Sohn—AP
June 19, 2013. US President Barack Obama takes off his jacket due to warm weather while he delivers a speech in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

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Jesco Denzel—Bundesregierung/Getty Images
June 19, 2013. President Barack Obama (R) and German President Joachim Gauck wave to the media waiting outside the Bellevue Palace in Berlin.






Kim Kyung-Hoon—Reuters
June 19, 2013. An officer uses a string to ensure that members of the honour guard are standing in a straight line, ahead of a welcoming ceremony for visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.






Francois Mori—AP
June 19, 2013. An aerial view of the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris.






Maya Alleruzzo—AP
June, 19, 2013. A helicopter fires artillery as part of Eager Lion multinational military maneuvers, in Quweira,186 miles south of Amman, Jordan.






Alan Crowhurst—Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse
June 19, 2013. Racegoers during day two of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England.






Stefano Rellandini—Reuters
June 19, 2013. Pope Francis kisses a baby as he arrives to lead the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican.






Eduard Korniyenko—Reuters
June 19, 2013. A priest baptises a child at Novopyatigorsk lake near the Russian southern town of Pyatigorsk.






Carlos Osorio—AP
June 19, 2013. Investigators stand at the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., where officials attempt to restore the field to its natural condition after the FBI stopped the search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains.






Alexander F. Yuan—AP
June 19, 2013. North Korean men and women dance in front of the Monument to Party Founding in Pyongyang, North Korea.






Ueslei Marcelino—Reuters
June 20, 2013. Demonstrators protest against the government of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in front of the National Congress in Brasilia.

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Azwar—Reuters
June 20, 2013. Children cover their noses near burnt land in Marpoyan Damai sub district, in the outskirts of Pekanbaru, in Indonesia's Riau province.






Ahmad Masood—Reuters
June 20, 2013. People watch the rising waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi.






Ahmad Masood—Reuters
June 20, 2013. A child displaced by the rising waters of the river Yamuna sits on a cycle cart parked outside makeshift tents at a roadside camp in New Delhi.






Ali Ali—EPA
June 20, 2013. A Palestinian girl takes a shower after a swim in the pool on a hot day in Dolphin park, Central Gaza Strip.






Rahmat Gul—AP
June 20, 2013. Returning Afghan refugees, who have recently arrived from Pakistan, wait during the registration process at a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.






Kerim Okten—EPA
June 20, 2013. Revellers gather to celebrate the Summer Solstice within the circle of standing stones at Stonehenge, near Salisbury, Britain.






Kevin Frayer—AP
June 15, 2013. Bangladeshi garment worker Rikta, 27, who worked on the 3rd floor of Rana Plaza, poses for a portrait at Enam Medical College, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rikta had her right arm amputated inside the rubble when she was rescued nearly 72 hours after the building collapsed.