The best photos from around the world this week

Elements in the USA, a military parade in Taiwan, seasonal workers from Russia in the fields in Germany, a holiday for all Scarlet Sails graduates in St. Petersburg and much more. We have prepared for you a selection of the best photos from around the world over the past week.

(Total 25 photos)

1. Aircraft AT-3 during the ceremony dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Military Academy of Taiwan in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (© AFP / Getty Images)

2. Parade of hats on the first day of racing in Ascot, England. (© AP)

3. A storm and two tornadoes that passed one and a half kilometers apart hit the state of Nebraska in the USA on the evening of June 16th. (© AP)

4. A man plays football on the beach of Aracaju in Brazil. (© Getty Images)

5. Football fan in contact lenses with the image of the flag of Brazil in Sao Paulo. (©AP Photo)

6. Leonardo DiCaprio hugs US Secretary of State John Kerry during the Washington Ocean Conference, hosted by the US State Department. President Obama issued an executive order to expand the protected area in the Pacific Ocean. (© AP Photo / Cliff Owen)

7. A fan of the Brazilian national football team watches the match between the teams of Brazil and Mexico on Tuesday. (©AP Photo)

8. Georgian actors take a selfie before participating in a joint Georgian-American military anti-terrorism exercise called Agile Spirit 2014 in Vaziani, about 20 km from Tbilisi. (© AFP / Getty Images)

9. A giant statue of American actress Marilyn Monroe at a garbage dump in Guigang, an urban district in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. (© AFP / Getty Images)

10. People dressed in flower costumes in Brazil. (© AFP / Getty Images)

11. Night view of Sao Paulo. (© Reuters)

12. Kashmiri women carry grass through a rice field in Srinagar. (© Reuters)

13. Iraqi refugees in a UNHCR tent in a temporary camp set up for people fleeing violence in northern Iraq. (© AFP / Getty Images)

14. Ivory Coast football player Serey Dee burst into tears during the performance of the national anthem prior to the start of the match at the World Cup in Brazil. Later, in an interview, the player admitted that the reason was the patriotic feelings that overwhelmed him. (© Reuters)

15. A soldier of the Kurdish security forces runs away from a controlled explosion in the city of Tuz-Khurmatu, north of the capital Baghdad. (© Reuters / Yahya Ahmad)

16. A man walks along a railway track surrounded by trees in Nanjing, China. (© Reuters/Stringer)

17. Seasonal workers from Russia on the field in Kalden in Germany. (© EPA)

18. Iraqi Shiite fighters with weapons shouting slogans against al-Qaeda in Baghdad. (©AP Photo)

19. Police officers drive away protesters during a demonstration of people of artistic and creative professions (intermittent du spectacle) near the regional office for cultural affairs in Lille, northern France. (© AFP Photo)

20. A man proposes to his girlfriend during a colorful 5K race in Beijing. (© China Daily / Reuters)

21. People watch a laser show and fireworks over the Neva and the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, June 21, 2014. The city hosted the tenth anniversary celebration of all graduates of the "Scarlet Sails", which brought together 80 thousand schoolchildren from different regions of Russia. (© Reuters)

22. Fireworks over the Neva and the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. (© Reuters)

23. Robots, which will play in the football championship among robots in Brazil. (© Reuters)

24. Sunset at Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River in South Africa. (© AFP / Getty Images)

25. The character of "Transformers" Optimus Prime, surrounded by journalists during the premiere of the fourth part of the film in Hong Kong. (© AFP / Getty Images)