The Week in Photos: June 22, 2013
From the protests swelling in Brazil's streets to towers of smoke from forest fires in Indonesia, see the week’s most striking images.
Victor R. Caivano/AP
June 17, 2013
A military police officer pepper-sprays a protester during a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro. Protesters gathered in at least seven Brazilian cities Monday for another round of demonstrations, voicing frustration about life in the country and raising questions about security during big events like the current Confederations Cup and next month's scheduled papal visit.
Victor R. Caivano/AP
June 20, 2013
An aerial view shows Brazilian protesters. Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Thursday to convey widespread anger at poor public services, police violence, and government corruption.
Sergio Moraes/Reuters
June 21, 2013
Thick smoke rises from raging forest fires in Indonesia's Riau province. Environmental ministers from Singapore and Indonesia met in Jakarta on June 21 to discuss the haze problem. Indonesia deployed aircraft to create artificial rain to douse the fires, which have choked Singapore with record-breaking levels of smog that threaten the elderly and the ill.
June 20, 2013
The sun rises over the Singapore Central Business District's skyline as the haze or smog envelopes the city. A smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia has caused air pollution in Singapore to reach its worst level in nearly 16 years.
Joseph Nair/AP
June 21, 2013
A Pakistani boy injured in a suicide bombing is treated at a local hospital. Militants opened fire on a Shiite Muslim mosque during Friday prayers, after which a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside. More than a dozen people were killed.
Mohammad Sajjad/AP
June 18, 2013
Commuters ride on a subway train at Yonggwang station, or "glory station." Foreign visitors are usually allowed to take the train only one stop, from Puhung station to Yonggwang station, on Pyongyang's north-south Chollima subway line.
Alexander F. Yuan/AP
June 15, 2013
Garment worker Mariyam, 30, who worked on the 6th floor of Rana Plaza, poses for a portrait at Enam Medical College, in Savar, Bangladesh. Mariyam had her right arm amputated to free her from the rubble when she was rescued nearly 72 hours after the building collapsed.
Kevin Frayer/AP
June 21, 2013
Racegoers hold umbrellas during a rain shower on the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horse racing festival at Ascot.
Toby Melville/Reuters
June 19, 2013
A child's toy Ferrari is parked between two hatchbacks at the Hale Barns Cricket Club in Altrincham.
Phil Noble/Reuters
June 20, 2013
Houston Astros catcher Carlos Corporan, left, tags out Milwaukee Brewers' Scooter Gennett (2), who was trying to score during the ninth inning.
David J. Phillip/AP
June 20, 2013
A girl jumps off the breakwater into the Black Sea.
Gleb Garanich/Reuters
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