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The Week in Pictures: July 18, 2015

From humanity’s brilliant Pluto fly-by to the fiery eruption of Volcán de Colima, a look at the most compelling images from the past seven days.

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By William BootJul 18, 2015

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo1_xio2yu — Passing Pluto
July 15, 2015

A new closeup image of a region near the outer dwarf planet’s equator reveals a range of mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the surface of the icy body, in a picture released by NASA.
NASA/Reuters

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo2_bbg2mh — Tehran
July 14, 2015

Women wave the national flag during celebration after Iran’s nuclear negotiating team struck a deal with world powers in Vienna. Iranians poured onto the streets after the Ramadan fast ended at sundown.

Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo3_baqewg — Pamplona, Spain
July 14, 2015

A boy sits between two “Cabezudos” (big headed figures) during the last day of the San Fermin Festival. The festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourists to watch the bull runs, despite heavy condemnation from animal-welfare groups.
Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo4_i7rqg4 — Athens
July 15, 2015

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attends a parliament session as the body geared up for a parliamentary vote on draconian reforms demanded by eurozone creditors in exchange for a huge new bailout, just hours after a bombshell report from the International Monetary Fund criticized the deal.
Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo5_mhwvwd — Athens
July 12, 2015

A car full of watermelons.

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galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo7_odzvwh — Rizhao, China
July 16, 2015

A policeman runs from the scene after an explosion at a chemical plant, which broke out after tanks containing liquefied hydrocarbon leaked.
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galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo8_ikcbin — Aleppo, Syria
July 15, 2015

A man drives a motorcycle near damaged buildings in the old city’s Kadi Askar area.

Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo9_ympw2q — Hyderabad, Pakistan
July 12, 2015

Moulana Mohammed Fasihuddin Nizami examines a 100-year-old one-inch Quran at Islamic University.
Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo10_ihcq8a — Colima state, Mexico
July 12, 2015

View of the Volcán de Colima erupting, from the community of San Antonio. Hundreds of people were evacuated from villages around Mexico's “Volcano of Fire” and an airport closed amid fears an eruption could escalate to become the biggest in a century.
Hector Guerrero/AFP/Getty

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo11_xuys22 — London
July 16, 2015

Queen Elizabeth prepares to unveil a plaque during a tour of Sydney Russell School in Dagenham. The queen and Prince Philip were visiting as part of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the London Borough.
Toby Melville/Reuters

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo12_wpamkr — Pamplona, Spain
July 14, 2015

Bullfighter Manuel Escribano kneels before a bull during the last bullfight of the San Fermin Festival.
Susana Vera/Reuters

galleries/2015/07/18/the-week-in-pictures-july-18-2015/150717-week-photo13_gvw4mb — Madre de Dios, Peru
July 14, 2015

A boy carries a dog as he stands after a police operation to destroy illegal gold-mining camps in a zone known as Mega 14, in the southern Amazon region. Police razed dozens of camps at the edge of an Amazonian nature reserve this week, part of a renewed bid to halt the spread of wildcatting in a remote rainforest region.
Janine Costa/Reuters

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