The best photos from around the world this week

A fight in the Ukrainian parliament, a conflict in the Middle East, a fire show in India, a 9-year-old fiance in South Africa, a German pianist on a "flying carpet" - see these and many other photos in our selection of the best photos from around the world over the past week.

(Total 25 photos)

1. Huge waves on the beach of Curl Curl, Australia. (© Rex Features)

2. Ukrainian politicians are fighting in the parliament in Kyiv. (© Reuters)

3. Children and dolls covered with artificial blood lie on the ground during a demonstration in Berlin, symbolizing the death of children in Gaza. (© Reuters)

4. A demonstrator with a Palestinian flag throws flowers into the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut during a protest against Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip. (© Reuters)

5. Former US President Bill Clinton poses with delegates at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia. (© Getty Images)

6. An Indian artist performs a number with fire during the Bonalu festival. (© AFP)

7. Nine-year-old boy Saneie Mazilela marries 63-year-old woman Helen Shabangu in South Africa. (© Barcroft Media / Other Images)

8. The cruise liner Costa Concordia, which crashed off the coast of Italy on January 13, 2012, began to be towed for recycling. (© Reuters)

9. View of the Earth from the International Space Station. (© NASA)

10. A column of mourning cars with the victims of the Malaysian flight MH17 with escort on the A27 highway near Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. (© Reuters / Marco de Swart)

11. Airplane in the sky near Carlton, Washington. (©AP Photo)

12. Kayaker in Melbourne, Australia. (© Getty Images)

13. An explosion over Gaza as a result of another Israeli air strike on the Palestinian territories. (© AP Photo / Hatem Musa)

14. American stuntman Andy Lewis set the world record for the longest tightrope crossing when he walked a cable between two skyscrapers in Bangkok. (AP Photo)

15. An Israeli policeman fires a pistol at Palestinian demonstrators while his colleagues arrest a man during clashes near the Old City in East Jerusalem. (© AFP / Getty Images)

16. Allie Shaughnessy as Mystique takes part in the annual San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. (© Reuters)

17. German pianist Stefan Aaron plays on a "flying carpet" suspended from a helicopter at Munich Airport. (© Reuters)

18. Aerial view of sailing boats on Lake Ammersee in Germany. (© AFP)

19. Aerial view of the Costa Concordia during towing in the harbor of Giglio off the coast of Italy. (© Reuters)

20. Gazans returned to the ruins during a 12-hour humanitarian truce on Saturday. (© AFP / Getty Images)

21. People watch as Russian soldiers take part in a naval parade rehearsal in the port of Sevastopol on Friday. Russia celebrated Navy Day on July 27, 2014. (© Reuters)

22. A homeless family lives under a statue in Manila, Philippines. (© AFP / Getty Images)

23. People jump into the Mediterranean Sea on a hot summer day in Nice, southern France. (© Sebastien Nogier / EPA)

24. Russian sailor takes part in the naval parade rehearsal in the port of Vladivostok. (© Yuri Maltsev / Reuters)

25. Russian servicemen take part in a naval parade rehearsal in the port of Vladivostok. (© Yuri Maltsev / Reuters)