The weekend in pictures

Manila, Philippines: Benjie Villena, 14, shows crabs he collected along the shores tainted by oil in Rosario, Cavite province. A spill of over 50,000 litres of diesel has affected around 300 sq km of Manila Bay Photograph: Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA

Paris: A couple embrace as they enjoy sunset on the padlock-covered Pont des Arts over the River Seine Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters

Juba, South Sudan: The festival for Fashion and Arts for Peace, which promotes peace and tolerance in South Sudan through artistic expression Photograph: Reuters

Hechi City, China: Tourists at Leye-Fengshan Global Geopark. The park has witnessed a peak in tourist numbers recently due to the prolonged heatwave Photograph: Zhou Enge/Rex Features

Jiujiang, China: A man squats in a dried-up pond at Fenghuang village in Saiyang, east China's Jiangxi province, during the heatwave Photograph: Zhang Haiyan/Xinhua Press/Corbis

Guangzhou, China: Tightrope-walker Adili Wuxor on a 506m steel wire installed between the Canton Tower and Haixinsha Island, 116m above the Zhujiang River. Wuxor finished the performance successfully Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft Media

Lisbon, Portugal: People are silhouetted and reflected in a puddle as they take photos and watch the sun set by the Tagus riverbank in the city's Comercio square Photograph: Francisco Seco/AP

Bristol: The Bristol International Balloon Fiesta is Europe's largest ballooning event. During the four-day fiesta over 150 hot air balloons take off from Ashton Court estate, with the event attracting over half a million visitors Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Yongin, South Korea: A polar bear eats a block of ice filled with sauries and fruits at the Everland amusement park, about 31 miles south of Seoul. Zookeepers give the animals special treats in the summer to help them overcome the hot weather, with temperatures in most parts of the country soaring above 35 degrees Celsius Photograph: Lee Jae-Won/Reuters

Gao, Mali: Soldiers on patrol the day before the final round of Mali's presidential elections. Malians vote on 11 August in a run-off election between former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a National Assembly deputy from Bamako, and Soumaila Cisse, a technocrat from Timbuktu Photograph: Tanya Bindra/EPA

London: A protester for LGBT rights in Whitehall. The protest was against Russia's new laws that criminalises homosexuality and persecutes LGBT people Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features

Malkiya, Bahrain: Masked anti-government protesters chant slogans as they prepare for clashes with police after the funeral procession of Ali Jaffar Habib, 10. The boy's family and opposition activists believe that his death was due to repeated teargas exposure Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP

Taipei, Taiwan: People take photos during the 2013 Taipei Musical Firework Festival, which featured music from Taipei Symphony Orchestra Photograph: Barcroft Media/Xinhua/Landov