The best photos from around the world this week

Mass protests in Ferguson, fashion carnival in Indonesia, tornadoes in Italy, military exercises in Japan, dry lake Oroville in California - 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. Jember Fashion Carnaval in Jember, Indonesia. (© Robertus Pudyanto / Getty Images)

2. Annual live ammunition training of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces at the training ground at the foot of Mount Fuji. (© Reuters / Yuya Shino)

3. A nurse holds the hand of a premature baby who was born 5 months pregnant at a hospital in Medellin, Colombia. (© Reuters/Fredy Builes)

4. A giant 11-ton inflatable yellow duck arrived at the port of Los Angeles (USA). The duck was created by the Dutch sculptor Florentin Hofmann. (© Reuters / Lucy Nicholson)

5. Getty Images photographer Scott Olson is put in a paddy wagon after being arrested. He covered the riots in the city of Ferguson (USA) after the murder of a black teenager by police. (© Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

6. A tornado approaches the city of Genoa in northern Italy. (©AP Photo)

7. Australian Nathan Hedge glides on a wave during the championship Billabong Pro Tahiti in the village of Teahupo, French Polynesia. (© AFP / Getty Images)

8. A worker disinfects a ward in Liberia where an Ebola patient died. (© John Moore / Getty Images)

9. Lukas Michul of the Dream Walker team over Navagio Bay, Zakynthos Island, Greece. (© Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP)

10. A protester douses himself with milk to neutralize the effects of tear gas in Ferguson, Missouri. Police tried to disperse demonstrators protesting the murder of black teenager Michael Brown. (© Andres Lateef / Reuters)

11. The Chilean ferry Amadeo ran aground in the Paso Kirque area, near the city of Puerto Natales, south of Santiago. (© AFP / Getty Images)

12. Tank exercises at the foot of Mount Fuji, Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture. (© AFP / Getty Images)

13. Indonesian dancer waiting for the start of the parade in honor of the 69th anniversary of the country's Independence Day in Jakarta. (© Reuters)

14. Police officers pointed weapons at demonstrators protesting the murder of a black teenager by police officers in Ferguson, Missouri. (© Joshua Lott / Reuters)

15. Men sleep under a mosquito net on a bridge over a railway station in Burma. (© Reuters / Soe Zeya)

16. Installation "Divine Trees" in Singapore. (© Edgar Su / Reuters)

17. The police takes part in anti-terrorist exercises in Shanghai. (© Reuters/Stringer)

18. Israelis in the Israeli city of Sderot run for cover during the sound of a siren signaling a missile threat from Gaza. (© Jim Hollander / EPA)

19. The operation to clean the clock faces on the tower of Elizabeth II, also known as Big Ben, in central London. (© Oli Scarff / Getty Images)

20. Dry Lake Oroville in California. As California's severe drought enters its third year, water levels in the state's lakes and reservoirs are reaching historic lows. (© Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)