The 20 photographs of the week

Photographer Bulent Kilic continued his powerful work this week from the Soma mine disaster in Turkey. Here, people mourn at the cemetery in Soma where some of the 301 people killed after the explosion in the coal mine were buried Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP

The Turkish media reported that gas masks used in the mine were over 15 years out of date. There were demonstrations against the government in the wake of the disaster. Here, in another photograph by Kilic, a young protester aims a catapult at riot police after they had used water cannons to try to disperse the demonstrators Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP

A Ukrainian coalminer finishes his shift at a mine near Donetsk, Ukraine. While steelworkers in Mariupol joined anti-separatist actions, miners refused to take part in a planned protest against the Donetsk People's Republic Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP

Goran Tomasevic was covering the conflict in the Central African Republic. In this photograph people protest against French soldiers after three people were killed when Muslims with machetes and rifles clashed with French peacekeeping troops trying to disarm rebels, a rebel spokesman said Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

And here, protesters carry a man who was shot by French soldiers after the troops had opened fire at them in Bambari Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

India's next prime minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Narendra Modi, bends down on the steps of the Indian parliament building in New Delhi Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

A sloth peeks out from behind a door on a floating house in the 'Lago do Janauari' near Manaus, Brazil, a host city at the 2014 World Cup Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Children play football at a coaching session at the Saõ Carlos slum, Rio de Janeiro, in this photograph by regular contributor to the 20 photos of the week, Pilar Olivares Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters

World champion Christian Sprenger of Australia swims during a clinic for children with special needs in the rooftop pool of the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore Photograph: Roslan Rahman/AFP

A dog sits on a flood-damaged basketball court in Topcic Polje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At least 40 people have died in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia, after several days of the heaviest rainfall since records began 120 years ago which caused rivers to burst their banks and which triggered hundreds of landslides Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters

A security guard watches as Russia's Yelena Slesarenko makes an attempt at the women's high jump during the 2014 IAAF World Challenge held at China's National Stadium Photograph: Alexander F Yuan/AP

Arsenal fans react after Kieran Gibbs missed a good chance during the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London. Arsenal went on to beat Hull City 3-2 after extra time Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

In the City of London, photographer Andrew Winning proves that you can take interesting images for financial stories. A man is reflected in a bus windscreen as he walks past the Bank of England. There were growing talks that the Bank of England would step in to cool the housing market, which would allow the central bank to keep interest rates lower for longer to sustain recovery elsewhere in the economy Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters

A young Masai man blows a horn during a tutorial led by Masai elder Jeremiah Saitabao for younger Masai men at the Suswa caves in Kenya. Suswa is a sacred place for the Masai community and is made up of an extinct volcano and cave systems. Masai believe that the inner crater is God's dwelling place Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP

Rachel Daniel holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel as her son Bukar sits beside her at their home in Maiduguri. Rose, along with more than 200 of her classmates, was one of those abducted by Boko Haram militants from a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria Photograph: Joe Penney/Reuters

Hundreds of residents from the Ndirande township queue to vote in Blantyre, Malawi, as election procedures were resumed after polling was disrupted. Voting in Malawi spilled into a second day after riots sparked by the late opening of polls marred an election seen as a test of President Joyce Banda's scandal-tainted rule Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

Israeli soldiers of the Ultra-Orthodox battalion Netzah Yehuda take part in their annual unit training in the Israeli annexed Golan Heights, near the Syrian border. The Netzah Yehuda is a battalion created to allow religious Israelis to serve in the army in an atmosphere respecting their convictions Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP

Beachgoers watch the detonation of a 500lb British bomb in Wassenaar, Netherlands. The bomb was dropped by the British allied forces during the second world war over nearby Leiden where it was found on a building site Photograph: Michel Porro/Getty

Actress Christina Hendricks arrives for the screening of the film Lost River at the Cannes Film Festival, France Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP

And finally, the fire at Glasgow School of Art. The blaze at the A-listed building was reported to have started in the basement after a projector exploded. Here is a 360º panoramic of the historic library before the fire Photograph: Chris Watt/Getty