The best photos from around the world this week

A forest fire in California, a Miss America 2015 winner, the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland, a ritual called the Fire Walk in China - check out these and many more photos in our selection of the best photos from the past week.

(Total 20 photos)

1. Forest fire on the shores of Lake Bass Lake in California. (© AP Photo / Darvin Atkeson)

2. Extreme slackliners rest in hammocks over a deep ravine during the International Slackliner Congress in Monte Piana in the north of the Italian Alps. (© EPA / Balazs Mohai)

3. Shiite volunteers who joined the Iraqi army to fight against members of the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) take part in a field exercise in the desert in the province of Najaf, Iraq. (© Reuters)

4. Wrestlers train in a traditional wrestling center in Allahabad, India. (© Ravi Prakash / ZUMA Press)

5. Tropical storm "Fung Wong" hit the Philippine capital Manila with heavy rains. More than 50% of the monthly rainfall fell within a few hours. (© Erik De Castro / Reuters)

6. The daughter of Russian immigrants, the winner of the Miss America 2015 contest, Kira Kazantseva, poses for photographers. (© Reuters)

7. A man walks barefoot through hot coals while participating in a traditional ritual called the "Fire Walk" in Zhejiang province, China. (© Reuters / China Daily)

8. A man dressed as an astronaut walks past a traffic controller at a pedestrian crossing near the Sydney Exhibition Center, which hosted the sci-fi forum Oz Comic-Con. (© Reuters/David Gray)

9. An art installation by Brazilian artist Eduardo Srura, made in the form of a life-size mannequin, stands on a bridge over the polluted Pinheiros River in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The artist dedicated his work to warning people about the pollution of local rivers. (©AP Photo)

10. Young girls are preparing for the Queen Charlotte Ball at Highclere Castle in Berkshire, England. (© Getty Images)

11. Geologists from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory study the June 27 lava flow from the Kilauea volcano in Pahoa, Hawaii, on September 15, 2014. (©AP Photo)

12. In Portadown (Northern Ireland), a race called "Mud Madness" took place. (© AFP / Getty Images)

13. Amphibious tanks of the Marine Corps of South Korea take part in a military parade on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the Incheon landing operation, which was carried out under the leadership of the United Nations troops during the Korean War of 1950-1953. in the port of Incheon. (© Reuters)

14. A car rammed the doors of a bar in San Francisco, California. (© AFP / Getty Images)

15. Military police takes part in the parade during the celebration of Independence Day in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (© Reuters / Jorge Cabrera)

16. Amateur athlete Li Zhiheng slides down the stairs during morning exercises in a park in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. (© Reuters/Stringer)

17. An aerial photo shows a small plane flying over the Bardarbunga volcano in southeast Iceland. (© AFP / Getty Images)

18. Fishing boats that went to sea after a summer break, in the port city of Ningbo, in the northeast of Zhejiang province, China. (© Rex Features)

19. A Knox-class frigate fires flares during a military exercise about 10 nautical miles from the port of Hualien in eastern Taiwan. (© Reuters)

20. Photographer Ales Komovets, 45, captured the stunning scenery from a hilltop above the flooded Planina Plain in Ljubljana, Slovenia. (© Ales Komovec / Solent / Legion-Media)