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(AFP) - A quick rest : A butterfly sits on a flower during a hot summer day in Silver Spring, Maryland. (AFP/Jewel Samad)

(AP) - Model Victoria presents the latest hat fashion 'Rosentraum' (Rose Dream) of designer Schubhofen-Froy, in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Monday, July 26, 2010. The latest hat and cap fashion is shown at the fashion fair CPD in Duesseldorf from July 25 to 27, 2010. (AP Photo/dapd/Mark Keppler)

(Reuters) - Fans watch the Egyptian Super Cup soccer match between Al-Ahly and Haras El Hodood during a full moon at Cairo Stadium July 25, 2010. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: SPORT SOCCER SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Striking pictures from around the world this week

Russia is battling forest fires which have destroyed villages and a heatwave which is suffocating the capital Moscow.

An Afghan policeman fires into the air during clashes with protesters following Friday prayers in Kabul. Hundreds of protestors took to the streets torching two vehicles similar to those used by foreign security guards following reports of a fatal traffic accident.

A woman sits among her belongings as she watches her home go up in flames. Extreme heat has caused numerous forest fires throughout Russia, killing five people and destroying hundreds of homes.

A U.S. medical helicopter arrives to evacuate a soldier of the 101st Airborne Division, who was seriously wounded when he stepped on an improvised mine near Combat Outpost Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley.

Stephane Rousson, chief designer of the Scubster submarine, a pedal-powered personal wet sub, tests the craft in Villefranche sur Mer, France.

A display of a dentist's office inside a Jenin museum depicting daily Palestinian life is adjusted by a worker affiliated with the museum.

Indonesian terror suspect Putri Munawaroh waits behind bars at a court house before the verdict in her trial in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Family members of plane crash victims try to identify their relatives at a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan after an Airbus 321 belonging to Airblue, a private airline, crashed in heavy rain near the city on July 28.