The best photos from around the world this week

Hurricane winds and hail on the Ob River in Novosibirsk, an Argentine fan upset by the loss of the national team, Bastille Day in France, the crash site of the Malaysian Boeing - 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. Sudden hurricane wind and hail on the Ob River in Novosibirsk. The hurricane caused the death of three-year-old twin sisters. (© Nikita Dudnik / AP)

2. Visitors look at sand sculptures during the International Sand Sculpture Festival in Palanga, Lithuania. (© AFP)

3. A small football fan of Argentina waits for the arrival of his country's football team in Buenos Aires after they lost to the German team at the 2014 World Cup. (© Reuters)

4. Fireworks around the Eiffel Tower in Paris during the annual Bastille Day celebrations. (© Getty Images)

5. Soldiers take part in a military parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris during the annual celebration of Bastille Day. (© Reuters)

6. A boy at a vegetable wholesale market in Jinan, Shandong province. (© Reuters)

7. The Israeli military fire from a 155-millimeter howitzer at targets in the Gaza Strip from their position near the border of Israel and Gaza. (© Menachem Kahana / AFP / Getty Images)

8. Anna Endsley swings over the Guadalupe River in Texas. (© Eric Gay / AP)

9. Sand sculptures at an art exhibition in Yokohama, Japan. (© Getty Images)

10. A woman at the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in the village of Rassypnoye in the Donetsk region. (© Dmitry Lovetsky / Associated Press)

11. Beckham and his sons were covered in gold paint at the Kids' Choice Sports Awards. (© Getty Images)

12. Two Somalis sentenced to death for the murder of a Somali nurse, tied to poles in Mogadishu. (© AFP Photo)

13. An overweight Chinese student cries after a light exercise during a training session at a camp for overweight children in Beijing, China. (© Kevin Frayer / Getty Images)

14. Headlines of the British tabloids after the crash over the Donetsk region of the Malaysian plane Boeing. (© Rex Features)

15. Fishing boats during the hurricane Rammasan in the city of Imus, Philippines. (© Reuters)

16. The latest version of the ASIMO robot goes up the stairs during a presentation in Zaventem, near Brussels. The new generation Honda ASIMO robot moves smoother, faster and more accurately than its predecessor. (© François Lenoir / Reuters)

17. An Israeli tank performs a maneuver after the end of a five-hour humanitarian truce near the border with the Gaza Strip. (© Reuters)

18. Swiss Geraldine Fasnacht jumps from the top of Mount Le Brevent over the French ski resort of Chamonix. (© AFP Photo)

19. An Afghan policeman in front of a military airfield in Kabul runs for cover during an attack by the Taliban. (© AFP Photo)

20. An 8-year-old street performer walks a tightrope in Allahabad, India. Shanti and her two siblings perform on the streets and earn about 12,000-16,000 rupees ($203-271) per month. (©AP Photo)

21. Filipinos try to escape from the strong winds that brought Typhoon Rammasan, in the city of Las Piñas, south of Manila, Philippines. (© Francis R. Malasig / EPA)

22. The son of one of the family members of Taysir al-Batsh, who died in an Israeli air attack, mourns during their funeral in Gaza City. An airstrike on the home of Gaza police chief Taysir al-Batsh killed 18 people. (© Reuters)

23. A Filipina hugs her child during a "silent" protest in front of the Israeli embassy in the city of Makati, in the financial district of Manila, Philippines. (© Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA)

24. Rescuers carry a passenger injured as a result of a train derailment in the Moscow metro. (© AFP/Getty Images)

25. A malnourished child is examined by doctors without borders at a nutrition center in Leer, South Sudan. (© Andrea Campeanu / Reuters)