The week in pictures

Publish : 09 Jul 2018, 12:28 PMUpdate : 09 Jul 2018, 12:28 PM

Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world from the previous week

Boys from an under-16 soccer team and their coach wait to be rescued after they were trapped inside a flooded cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand | Thai Navy Seal Facebook via Reuters

Portugals Cristiano Ronaldo reacts at referee Cesar Arturo Ramos during their World Cup loss to Uruguay | Reuters

A Syrian refugee girl who left Lebanon looks through a window as she arrives in Qalamoun, Syria | Reuters

A man blocks a road with a burning tire while protesting against electricity cuts in Klipspruit Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa | Reuters

New citizens smile at a US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library in Manhattan | Reuters

Fire is seen on the slopes of Mount Agung volcano following an eruption as seen from Amed in Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia | Reuters

A man kicks a ball as he takes part in an event celebrating National Paddy Day, also called Asar Pandra, marking the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives, in Lalitpur, Nepal | Reuters

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wave from the Truman Balcony during a fireworks display celebrating Independence Day at the White House | Reuters