It’s never been easier to keep up with what’s going on in the world. The news is everywhere – in our Facebook feeds, on the morning commute, during that lazy half hour before you switch off the TV and go to bed. But the tide of global affairs is often more upsetting than uplifting and it can be tempting to bury our heads in the sand. As the saying goes: a picture is worth a thousand words, so to offer a different perspective we've rounded up some of the most memorable images of the week's events, captured by the best photojournalists on the planet.
Steph Houghton of England's women's football team with the match pennant at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 semi-final between the Netherlands and England at De Grolsch Veste Stadium on 3rd August 2017 in Enschede, the Netherlands. England lost 0-3, with the Netherlands going through to face Denmark in the final.
Photo: Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images.
Two children hold a placard picturing a plane as they take part in a demonstration with other refugees and migrants outside the German embassy in central Athens to protest against the limitation of reunification of families in Germany, on 2nd August 2017.
Photo: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images.
Masao Gunji chats with local children on a visit to his Hello Kitty house on 2nd August 2017 in Yotsukaido, Chiba, Japan. Gunji, a retired police officer, has been recognised as the biggest Hello Kitty collection-holder by Guinness World Records. Gunji amassed his collection over a period of 30 years and says the toys helped ease the stress of working as a police officer.
Photo: Taro Karibe/Getty Images.
A US Customs and Border Protection pilot flies a helicopter patrol along the US-Mexico border on 1st August 2017 near Lajitas, Texas. Logistical challenges, such as the rugged terrain of west Texas' Big Bend region, are just some of the complications facing the construction of a border wall proposed by President Trump.
Photo: John Moore/Getty Images.
A woman covers her face as she walks through Gwoza, northeastern Nigeria, on 1st August 2017. Boko Haram seized Gwoza in July 2014, making it the headquarters of their so-called caliphate. Although it was retaken by Nigerian troops in March 2015, the extremists continued to raid nearby villages from their hideouts in the mountains along the border with Cameroon. At least 20,000 people have been killed and 2.6 million others displaced since the hardline Islamist group began a rebellion in 2009.
Photo: STEFAN HEUNIS/AFP/Getty Images.
An activist smokes a joint during a protest under the motto "No vamos a pagar, lo vamos a pegar" (something like "We are not going to pay for it, we are going to get a kick out of it") against the imposing of fines for smoking marijuana by police according to their new code, in Bogotá, Colombia on 1st August 2017.
Photo: RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images.
Indian residents affected by flooding navigate floodwaters to collect relief materials in Udaynarayanpur, some 83km west of Kolkata, on 1st August 2017. Lightning killed 21 people in eastern India as large swathes of the country reel under the worst floods in years, which have left hundreds dead and millions displaced, officials said on 31st July.
Photo: DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images.
Lightning flashes over windmills of the Odervorland wind energy park near Sieversdorf, eastern Germany, on 1st August 2017.
Photo: PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images.
Members of the Lady Boys of Bangkok pose on Calton Hill ahead of the Festival Fringe production Who Runs the World on 31st July 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Lady Boys of Bangkok will be performing their new cabaret from Friday at the unique, specially created Thai Pavilion.
Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.
As the temperature reaches 32 degrees Celsius, people play with inflatable rings and toys at a water park to avoid the heat on 30th July 2017 in Fushun, Liaoning province, China.
Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images.
Hot lava flows down Mount Sinabung volcano during the night in Karo, North Sumatra on 30th July 2017. Sinabung roared back to life in 2010 for the first time in 400 years. After another period of inactivity it erupted once more in 2013, and has remained highly active since.
Photo: TIBTA PANGIN/AFP/Getty Images.
A model poses with her body painting designed by artist Olga Popova from Russia during the 20th World Body Painting Festival 2017 on 30th July 2017 in Klagenfurt, Austria.
Photo: by Didier Messens/Getty Images.
Supporters of the governing Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) dance during a campaign rally in Kigali, on 30th July 2017. Presidential elections will be held in Rwanda on 4th August 2017, pitting opposition aspirants Frank Habineza of the the Democratic Green Party (DGP) and independent Philippe Mpayimana against controversial incumbent President Paul Kagame, who has been in charge of the country since 2000. Kagame succeeded President Pasteur Bizimungu, whose resignation paved the way for vice-president Kagame to take charge of the country ravaged by the 1994 genocide.
Photo: MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images.
A firefighting aircraft dumps its payload over a wildfire near Yeste in southeastern Spain on 28th July 2017. Fires have ravaged bone-dry pine forests and are still not under control, despite the mobilisation of 20 water-dropping planes and helicopters. Some 300 people were evacuated from villages and campsites as the fire burnt more than 1,000 hectares (nearly 4 square miles) in two days, Ana Cuevas, a spokeswoman for the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha, told AFP.
Photo: KOKE SERRA/AFP/Getty Images.
This picture, taken on 27th July 2017, shows people viewing lotus flowers in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province.
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