The week in photos

Firefighters monitor the progress of the Rocky Fire in Clearlake, California on August 1. Over 1,900 firefighters are battling the fire, which has burned over 22,000 acres since it started.

A firefighting air tanker flies in front of the setting sun while battling the Rocky Fire on August 1 near Clearlake, California.

Large images of endangered species were projected on the south facade of The Empire State Building on August 1.

A pro-Houthi activist paints graffiti during a campaign against Saudi-led air strikes on the wall of the Saudi embassy in Sanaa, Yemen on August 2.

Adam Worth dressed as the Joker for Boston Comic Con on August 2.

A keeper of blast-furnace number six works at a cast house at the Novolipetsk steel mill in Lipetsk, Russia on August 3.

An Indian flood victim makes her way to a makeshift shelter through flooded street in a village of Calcutta on August 4. At least 215 people have died in floods and landslides in India over the past week.

A Pakistani family enjoyed a camel ride at the Karachi beach in Pakistan on August 4.

A migrant walks toward “The New Jungle” camp in Calais, France on August 4.

A cooling-off period at the 72nd Street dog run in Riverside Park in New York City.

Ginger Huber of the United States competes during the women’s 20 meter high dive final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia on August 4.

On August 4, a girl swims to escape the heat in front of a large cutout that raises awareness on water shortage in Seoul, South Korea.

A migrant looks out the window of a train heading to the border with Serbia at the train station on the Macedonian-Greek border on August 4.

A swimmer cools off in a water fall at the Rolling Hills Water Park in Ypsilanti, Michigan on August 5.

A man floats a candle lit paper lantern on the river during 70th anniversary activities commemorating the atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 6 in Hiroshima, Japan.

A squirrel runs across a fairway during the first round of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club South Course on August 6 in Akron, Ohio.

A Nepalese woman lies on the ground pretending to sleep during a protest on August 7 against a proposed provision in the new constitution that would deny citizenship rights to children whose fathers are not Nepalese citizens.