Week in PICTURES : 25 - 31 July 2015

  01 August 2015    Read: 1989
Week in PICTURES : 25 - 31 July 2015
Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world this week.


US President Barack Obama urged Kenya to hold "visible" trials to tackle corruption, which he said could be the "biggest impediment" to further growth in the country. Mr Obama was on his first visit as president to the country where his father was born and is seen here with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.


Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would not become a "safe haven" for migrants in Calais, after hundreds continued their attempts to reach the UK from France.


Authorities in El Salvador arrested men suspected of being part of a gang believed to be responsible for a string of threats and attacks on bus drivers that has disrupted public transportation in the capital, San Salvador.


Chairman and chief executive Masayoshi Son reacts as SoftBank Group Corporation`s robot, Pepper, performs in Tokyo.


Chris Froome became the first Briton to win the three-week Tour de France twice, when he crossed the finish line in Paris. Froome, 30, beat Colombia`s Nairo Quintana to the yellow jersey by 72 seconds, with Spain`s Alejandro Valverde coming third.


Boys threw rocks at riot police blocking a road to Batasang Pambansa, where Philippine President Benigno Aquino was delivering his final state of the nation address to Congress, in Quezon city.


Ukrainian artist Dariya Marchenko created a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin made out of 5,000 cartridges recovered from the fighting between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country. Marchenko calls her art philosophic symbolism, where every element has its hidden meaning. Despite the ceasefire in February and an agreement to stop the use of heavy weapons, fighting continues in some areas.


Tom Cruise joked with fans ahead of the premiere of his latest film, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, in Times Square, New York.


The North Korea team swims ahead of the women`s team technical synchronised swimming Final at the FINA World Championships at the Kazan Arena in Russia.


The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall had a close encounter with an eagle in a flap at a flower show on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

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