The best photos from around the world this week

Harry's wax figure at Madame Tussauds, Indian firefighters, the Bristol International Balloon Festival, an inflatable swimming pool in a student dormitory - see these and many other photos in our selection of the best photos from around the world over the past week.

(Total 20 photos)

1. A woman shows drawings on her hands made by Japanese artist Hikaru Cho in Tokyo. (© AFP)

2. Wax figure of Harry from the British pop group One Direction at Madame Tussauds in London. (© Carl Court / AFP)

3. Indian firefighters demonstrate their skills in the city of Hyderabad. (© AFP)

4. Spanish missionary Miguel Pajares, 75, who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia, returned to Madrid on Thursday aboard a military plane. This is the first patient affected by the rapidly spreading epidemic, evacuated to Europe for treatment. (© Reuters)

5. On August 7, the 36th International Balloon Festival started in Bristol, UK. (© PA / AP)

6. Young wrestlers gather during the traditional fair in Shilin-Gol - Aimak in Inner Mongolia. (© Reuters)

7. Kylie Minogue performs at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. (© Reuters)

8. A tank drives through a water barrier during the World Tank Biathlon Championship at the Alabino military training ground near Moscow. (© Reuters)

9. Children pray for people affected by the earthquake that occurred in southwest China. (© Reuters)

10. A man photographs beams of light - an art installation called Spectra ("Spectra") behind the building of the Palace of Westminster in London, which was created by Japanese visual artist Ryoji Ikeda in memory of the centenary of Britain's entry into the First World War. (© Getty Images)

11. Egyptian youths practice rap and dance on a hill overlooking Cairo, Egypt. (© Reuters)

12. In Nepal, in the Sindhupalchok region, a landslide killed at least eight people, more than 150 are missing. (© AP Photo / Dinesh Gole)

13. Police block the area around a man who fell into a puddle of water on the street in the city of Conakry, Guinea. People do not approach him for fear that he may be infected with the Ebola virus. The man lay for several hours until specialists from the virus control center took him away. (© AP Photo / Yussuf Ba)

14. College students during the summer heat chill in an inflatable pool installed in a hostel in Wuhan, China. (© Reuters / China Daily)

15. A couple sits next to a fountain in New York. (© AP Photo / John Minchillo)

16. Rescuers help the driver get out of the car after the vehicle got stuck over an alley in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. (© Reuters/Stringer)

17. The shadow of the active Fujiyama volcano, reaching a length of 24 kilometers. (© Rex Features)

18. Uighur bride talking to a friend at a wedding in Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China. Nearly 100 people were killed during last week's riots in the troubled Xinjiang province. (© Kevin Frayer / Getty Images)

19. An Afghan refugee child plays with soap bubbles on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (Muhammed Muheisen/AP)

20. Palestinians drive past destroyed houses in Beit Lahia in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (© Reuters)