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Our World in Pictures: Week 28 of 2021

Here is an incomplete, yet surprising and moving gallery of images of this week’s events around the world.
Our World in Pictures: Week 28 of 2021 A vigilante fires his weapon to disperse looters on July 14, 2021 in Vosloorus, Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa has deployed the military to quell spasms of civil unrest and looting sparked by last week's imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma, but also fueled by high unemployment and social and economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, which has hit the country hard. (Photo by James Oatway/Getty Images)
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Looters in Pinetown, Durban, on 12 July 2021. (Photo: Gallo Images / Darren Stewart)
Looters with trolleys in Pinetown on July 12, 2021 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)
VOSLOORUS, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 13:Aftermath at Chris Hani Mall during Pro-Zuma attacks on July 13, 2021 in Vosloorus. It is reported that the mob set the mall on fire, looted several shops and vandalised properties. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
Aftermath at Chris Hani Mall during Pro-Zuma attacks on July 13, 2021 in Vosloorus. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
Firefighters try to extinguish a burning truck after it was burnt and looted during the Pro-Zuma protests in the CBD on July 11, 2021 in Durban, South Africa. It is reported several roads in Durban central have been blocked by burning tyres as protests flare up in the city reportedly due to the recent incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungisi Louw)
Firefighters try to extinguish a burning truck after it was burnt and looted during the Pro-Zuma protests in the CBD on July 11, 2021 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungisi Louw)
ALEXANDRA, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 16: SANDF member looking for looted goods on July 16, 2021 in Alexandra, South Africa during on operation of South African Police Service (SAPS) and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to recover looted goods This comes after incidences of violent protests and looting that started in KwaZulu-Natal last week with Zuma's supporters calling for his immediate release and spread to some parts of the country. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)
SANDF member looking for looted goods on July 16, 2021 in Alexandra, South Africa during on operation of South African Police Service (SAPS) and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to recover looted goods. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)
ALEXANDRA, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 15: Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) patrol the streets close to the Pan Africa Mall that was looted earlier this week on July 15, 2021 in Alexandra, South Africa. It is reported that the soldiers were deployed to assist the police to quell the violent protests that started in KwaZulu-Natal last week with Zuma's supporters calling for his immediate release and spread to some parts of the country. (Photo by Gallo Images/Beeld/Deaan Vivier)
Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) patrol the streets close to the Pan Africa Mall that was looted earlier this week on July 15, 2021 in Alexandra, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Beeld/Deaan Vivier)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 13: A member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) patrols the streets on July 13, 2021 in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa has deployed the military to quell spasms of civil unrest and looting sparked by last week's imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma. The unrest is also fueled by high unemployment and social and economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, which has hit the country hard. (Photo by James Oatway/Getty Images)
A member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) patrols the streets on July 13, 2021 in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by James Oatway/Getty Images)
ALEXANDRA, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 16: SANDF helicopter (Oryx) lands at Alex Mall. Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Lieutenant-General Rudzani Maphwanya visits Alex Mall after recent violent protests and looting on July 16, 2021 in Alexandra, South Africa. The violent protests started in KwaZulu-Natal last week with Zuma's supporters calling for his immediate release and spread to some parts of the country. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)
SANDF helicopter (Oryx) lands at Alex Mall. Chief of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Lieutenant-General Rudzani Maphwanya visits Alex Mall after recent violent protests and looting on July 16, 2021 in Alexandra, South Africa.  (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius)
Operation Clean-Up and Rebuild at Jabulani Mall after recent violent protests and looting on 16 July 2021 in Soweto, Johannesburg. (Photo: Gallo Images / Sharon Seretlo)
Operation Clean-Up and Rebuild at Jabulani Mall after recent violet protests and looting on July 16, 2021 in Soweto, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
Citizen of Ekhuruleni at the clean-up campaign at Mayfield Mall on July 15, 2021 in Daveyton, South Africa. The clean-up drive forms part of the mop up activities in the aftermath of the rampant looting and violence that rocked parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)
Citizen of Ekhuruleni at the clean-up campaign at Mayfield Mall on July 15, 2021 in Daveyton, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - 15 JULY: Residents of Alexandra Township begin cleaning up after several days of looting on July 15, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africa has deployed the military to quell spasms of civil unrest and looting sparked by last week's imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma, but also fueled by high unemployment and social and economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, which has hit the country hard. (Photo by James Oatway/Getty Images)
Residents of Alexandra Township begin cleaning up after several days of looting on July 15, 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by James Oatway/Getty Images)
SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 15: Church ministers visit Ndofaya Mall where people died in the recent violent protests on July 15, 2021 in Soweto, South Africa. It is reported that the violent protests and looting started in KwaZulu-Natal last week with Zuma's supporters calling for his immediate release and have now spread to some parts of the country. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)
Church ministers visit Ndofaya Mall where people died in the recent violent protests on July 15, 2021 in Soweto, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Papi Morake)
PORTADOWN, NORTHERN IRELAND - JULY 11: A loyalist celebrates with a Union Jack flag as the 11th night bonfire which marks the beginning of the annual protestant 12th of July celebrations is lit on July 11, 2021 in Portadown, Northern Ireland. The 12th of July marches are a protestant celebration of King William of Oranges victory over the catholic King James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
A loyalist celebrates with a Union Jack flag as the 11th night bonfire which marks the beginning of the annual protestant 12th of July celebrations is lit on July 11, 2021 in Portadown, Northern Ireland. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
epa09346535 A person prays inside the Saint Yves church, which functions as a shelter where 1,496 people live, including 236 children, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 July 2021 (Issued 15 July 2021). Thousands of Haitians displaced from their homes as a result of gang-related territorial conflicts in Port-au-Prince have been rendered invisible by the assassination of Jovenel Moise, and their despair is mounting almost a month after fleeing the violence and losing everything. EPA-EFE/ORLANDO BARRIA
A person prays inside the Saint Yves church, which functions as a shelter where 1,496 people live, including 236 children, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 July 2021. EPA-EFE/ORLANDO BARRIA
epa09346538 A person prays inside the Saint Yves church, which functions as a shelter where 1,496 people live, including 236 children, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 July 2021 (Issued 15 July 2021). Thousands of Haitians displaced from their homes as a result of gang-related territorial conflicts in Port-au-Prince have been rendered invisible by the assassination of Jovenel Moise, and their despair is mounting almost a month after fleeing the violence and losing everything. EPA-EFE/ORLANDO BARRIA
A person prays inside the Saint Yves church, which functions as a shelter where 1,496 people live, including 236 children, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 13 July 2021. EPA-EFE/ORLANDO BARRIA
epa09348654 An aerial view taken with a drone shows a damaged bridge in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, 16 July 2021. Large parts of Western Germany were hit by heavy, continuous rain in the night to 15 July resulting in local flash floods that destroyed buildings and swept away cars. EPA-EFE/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL
An aerial view taken with a drone shows a damaged bridge in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, 16 July 2021. EPA-EFE/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL
epa09348657 An aerial view taken with a drone shows a damaged car at a cemetery in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, 16 July 2021. Large parts of Western Germany were hit by heavy, continuous rain in the night to 15 July resulting in local flash floods that destroyed buildings and swept away cars. EPA-EFE/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL
An aerial view taken with a drone shows a damaged car at a cemetery in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, 16 July 2021. EPA-EFE/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL
epa09349117 A general view over destruction after the floodings in Pepinster, Belgium, 16 July 2021. Heavy rainfall has caused widespread damage and flooding in parts of Belgium and adjacent regions. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
A general view over destruction after the floodings in Pepinster, Belgium, 16 July 2021. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
HAGEN, GERMANY - JULY 16: Dead fish lie on a blocked gully caused by flooding after the Volme River burst its banks on July 16, 2021 near by Hagen in Dahl, Germany. At least 81 people have been killed in devastating floods in western Germany with emergency services continuing to search for hundreds of people still missing in the worst hit states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images)
Dead fish lie on a blocked gully caused by flooding after the Volme River burst its banks on July 16, 2021 near by Hagen in Dahl, Germany. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images)
GEULLE, NETHERLANDS - JULY 16: A man carries a box through a flooded street on July 16, 2021 in Geulle, Netherlands. The flooding has been caused by unusually heavy rain in the hilly parts of Germany and the Ardennes region in Belgium. In Germany the death toll has now passed 100 with dozens more missing. Rescue and evacuation operations are now underway in tricky conditions across the affected regions. (Photo by Sanne Derks/ Getty Images)
A man carries a box through a flooded street on July 16, 2021 in Geulle, Netherlands. (Photo by Sanne Derks/ Getty Images)
epa09349122 A general view over destruction after the floodings in Pepinster, Belgium, 16 July 2021. Heavy rainfall has caused widespread damage and flooding in parts of Belgium and adjacent regions. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
A general view over destruction after the floodings in Pepinster, Belgium, 16 July 2021. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
epa09347212 A Palestinian participant gets his face painted as Palestinian youths take part during a military summer camp organized by fighters of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement in the west of Khan Younis town southern Gaza Strip, 15 July 2021. Military factions in Gaza, including the Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, announced the launching of the annual military summer camps for youngsters for the first time since the end of the eleven days of fighting during May 2021 between Israel and militants in Gaza strip. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABER
A Palestinian participant gets his face painted as Palestinian youths take part during a military summer camp organized by fighters of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement in the west of Khan Younis town southern Gaza Strip, 15 July 2021. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABER
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 14: People look at the newly repaired mural of England footballer Marcus Rashford by the artist known as AKSE_P19, which is displayed on the wall of a cafe on Copson Street, Withington, on July 14, 2021 in Manchester, England. Rashford and other Black players on England's national football team have been the target of racist abuse, largely on social media, after the team's loss to Italy in the UEFA European Football Championship last night. England manager Gareth Southgate, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and the Football Association have issued statements condemning the abuse. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
People look at the newly repaired mural of England footballer Marcus Rashford by the artist known as AKSE_P19, which is displayed on the wall of a cafe on Copson Street, Withington, on July 14, 2021 in Manchester, England.  (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JULY 14: A general view of the mural at Trafford Park is seen on July 14, 2021 in Manchester, England. A Giant mural in support of the three England footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka has been unveiled in Manchester. The England stars were targeted with racist abuse online after they missed penalties in the Euro 2020 final leading to defeat by Italy. (Photo by Charlotte Tattersall/Getty Images)
A general view of the mural at Trafford Park is seen on July 14, 2021 in Manchester, England. A Giant mural in support of the three England footballers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka has been unveiled in Manchester.  (Photo by Charlotte Tattersall/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 16: A visitor looks out towards the Paris skyline from halfway up the Eiffel Tower as the iconic landmark reopened for the first time in over 8 months on July 16, 2021 in Paris, France. The iconic Paris landmark has been closed since October 30th, 2020, due to the Coronavirus Pandemic restrictions, it's longest closure since WWII. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
A visitor looks out towards the Paris skyline from halfway up the Eiffel Tower as the iconic landmark reopened for the first time in over 8 months on July 16, 2021 in Paris, France.  (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
CANNES, FRANCE - JULY 14: Marta Lozano attends the "A Felesegam Tortenete/The Story Of My Wife" screening during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 14, 2021 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)
Marta Lozano attends the "A Felesegam Tortenete/The Story Of My Wife" screening during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 14, 2021 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Pool/Getty Images)
epa09349128 Yseult arrives for the screening of 'Les Intranquilles' (The Restless) during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 16 July 2021. The movie is presented in the Official Competition of the festival which runs from 06 to 17 July. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON
Yseult arrives for the screening of 'Les Intranquilles' (The Restless) during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 16 July 2021. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON
TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 15: A general view of 'KAWS TOKYO FIRST' exhibition during media preview at Roppongi Hills on July 15, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition will be open to public on July 16, 2021 until October 11, 2021. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images)
A general view of 'KAWS TOKYO FIRST' exhibition during media preview at Roppongi Hills on July 15, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition will be open to public on July 16, 2021 until October 11, 2021. (Photo by Christopher Jue/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 16: Members from the 360 Allstars perform a backflip during the "London Wonderground" photocall at Earls Court on July 16, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
Members from the 360 Allstars perform a backflip during the "London Wonderground" photocall at Earls Court on July 16, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
epa09348480 A visitor wearing cosplay costumes applies make-up at the China International Cartoon and Games Expo (CCG EXPO) in Shanghai, China, 16 July 2021. The large-scale event runs from 15 July to 18 July 2021 and features companies like Tencent Video and Bilibili. The Bank of China set up a booth in the style of an ancient 'money house,' exhibiting the history of the Chinese currency development from shell coins to digital yuan. A special animation theme exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. EPA-EFE/ALEX PLAVEVSKI ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
A visitor wearing cosplay costumes applies make-up at the China International Cartoon and Games Expo (CCG EXPO) in Shanghai, China, 16 July 2021. EPA-EFE/ALEX PLAVEVSKI
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 14: Goats are seen running during the second-ever Running of the Goats at Riverside Park on July 14, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Riverside Park Conservancy)
Goats are seen running during the second-ever Running of the Goats at Riverside Park on July 14, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Riverside Park Conservancy)

Thank you to Kim McCarthy from Gallo Images for her generous help in the production of this image selection. DM/ ML

Comments

Kanu Sukha Jul 17, 2021, 05:45 PM

The last picture of 'Running of Goats' is disinformation ... they are on a leisurely stroll !!! Their philosophy is why waste energy by running ... is to be commended !?