Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this week.
1. A damaged railway bridge near the village of Novobakhmutivka, eastern Ukraine on July 8, 2014.
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(DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
2. Palestinian children play at the site of an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on July 8, 2014.
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(MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
3. Super Typhoon Neoguri in the East China Sea at 05:00 UTC on July 8, 2014 in Japan.
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(NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response via Getty Images)
4. An Israeli soldier performs a morning prayer in a deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 8, 2014.
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(DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images)
5. A seagull stands on a rock as the sun sets behind the Borgsjoen lake in Erikslund, north of Stockholm, on July 7, 2014.
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(JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)
6. A cow jumps over revelers who wait for the animal on the bull ring, at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain on July 8, 2014.
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(AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
7. Anti-immigration activists protest outside of the U.S. Border Patrol Murrieta Station on July 7, 2014 in Murrieta, California.
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(Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
8. Election officers carry ballot boxes for distribution to polling stations in Yogyakarta for Indonesia's presidential election on July 8, 2014.
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(Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
9. Ukrainian fighters shoot heat missiles as they fly above Ukrainian forces' headquarters near the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum on July 8, 2014.
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(GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)
10. Sea World marine rescue workers try to save a humpback whale beached at Palm Beach on Queensland's Gold Coast on July 9, 2014.
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(PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP/Getty Images)
1. A damaged railway bridge near the village of Novobakhmutivka, eastern Ukraine on July 8, 2014.
(DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
2. Palestinian children play at the site of an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on July 8, 2014.
(MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
3. Super Typhoon Neoguri in the East China Sea at 05:00 UTC on July 8, 2014 in Japan.
(NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response via Getty Images)
4. An Israeli soldier performs a morning prayer in a deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on July 8, 2014.
(DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images)
5. A seagull stands on a rock as the sun sets behind the Borgsjoen lake in Erikslund, north of Stockholm, on July 7, 2014.
(JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)
6. A cow jumps over revelers who wait for the animal on the bull ring, at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain on July 8, 2014.
(AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
7. Anti-immigration activists protest outside of the U.S. Border Patrol Murrieta Station on July 7, 2014 in Murrieta, California.
(Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
8. Election officers carry ballot boxes for distribution to polling stations in Yogyakarta for Indonesia's presidential election on July 8, 2014.
(Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
9. Ukrainian fighters shoot heat missiles as they fly above Ukrainian forces' headquarters near the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum on July 8, 2014.
(GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images)
10. Sea World marine rescue workers try to save a humpback whale beached at Palm Beach on Queensland's Gold Coast on July 9, 2014.
(PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP/Getty Images)