The best photos from around the world this week

World Population Day in India, conflicts in the Middle East, trouble-weary Barack Obama, frustrated Brazilian football fans - 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 3-year-old boy gets stuck inside a washing machine while playing in Zhejiang province in China. Arriving firefighters pulled him out of the car safe and sound. (© Reuters/Stringer)

2. Schoolchildren display henna-painted hands during World Population Day celebrations in Ahmedabad, India. (© Amit Dave/Reuters)

3. Palestinians and Lebanese set fire to American and Israeli flags in the city of Sidon (Lebanon), protesting against airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. (© Ali Hashisho/Reuters)

4. Smoke and flames rise from the ground after an Israeli air strike in the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. (© Reuters)

5. Barack Obama almost fell asleep in a cafe in Texas during a meeting with a student at a local university. Obama met with the girl to discuss her family's problems. Earlier, she sent a letter to the president, in which she described the troubles that happened to her family. (© AFP)

6. The reaction of a fan of the Brazilian national team after the defeat by Germany with a score of 7:1 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. (© Getty Images)

7. Conchita Wurst in a black wedding dress at Paris Fashion Week. Under the glass dome of the famous Grand Palais, Jean Paul Gaultier's Fall-Winter 2014 show took place. (© AFP)

8. Aerobatic team "Red Arrows" during the air show Royal International Air Tattoo based at RAF Fairford in Wiltshire, UK. (© Reuters)

9. Balloons fly over the Spanish city of Igualada during the European Balloon Festival. (© David Ramos/Getty Images)

10. Showing a collection of French designer Charlie Le Mindu during Paris Fashion Week. (© Etienne Laurent / EPA)

11. At the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the creative association of artists Robotlab presented to the public a robot that can write the entire Torah. (© Adam Berry / Getty Images)

12. Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino during a bullfight at a festival in Pamplona. (© EPA)

13. State Duma deputy Roman Khudyakov said that the design of the 100-ruble bill should be changed, since the image on the banknote does not comply with the law “On the protection of children from information that is harmful to their health and development.” The deputy was outraged by the fact that the banknote depicts the "intimate parts of the body" of the figure of Apollo on the roof of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. (© Reuters)

14. Workers near the sculpture of Gulliver in the amusement park on the island of Usedom, Germany. The sculpture of Gulliver in the land of the Lilliputians is 36 meters long and 17 meters wide and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. (© Stefan Sauer / AFP PHOTO)

15. Brazilian fan cries during the 2014 World Cup match, when the German team scored the fifth goal against the Brazilian team. The Brazilian national team was defeated with a score of 1:7. (© Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters)

16. An Israeli woman, covering her head, lies on the ground during a siren signaling missiles in the southern city of Ashdod, Israel. (© Avi Roccah / EPA)

17. A family stands next to their house on the outskirts of the city of Leer (South Sudan) after receiving an aid package. (© AFP / Getty Images)

18. Solemn funeral procession with the remains of the former king of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk on the street in Phnom Penh. (© MAK REMISSA / EPA)

19. Participant of the international festival of body art in Pertschach, Austria. (© APA-PictureDesk GmbH / REX)

20. A boy leaves the arena after a bullfighting lesson by bullfighter Alejandro Talavante during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. (© Andres Kudacki / AP)