The weekend in pictures

Belfast, 12 July: Loyalists confront police after an Orange parade was stopped from passing a Nationalist area Photograph: Julien Behal/PA

Allahabad, India, 12 July: A telegraph employee sits beneath portraits of Nehru and Gandhi at Targhar telegraph office. The last ever telegrams in history of the country's 162-year-old service were sent on 14 July. The last commercial telegraph operation is closing in the face of competition from the internet and mobile technology Photograph: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images

Nottingham, 13 June: England's Stuart Broad comes out of the pavilion to resume his innings on day four of the first Ashes test against Australia at Trent Bridge. England won the dramatic and controversial match by 14 runs
Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Osnabrück, Germany, 13 July: Competitors in the Tough Mudder endurance event run through an obstacle made up of cables with 10,000 volts of electricity passing through them Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

Siheung, South Korea, 13 July: A Lotus blossom at Kwangok-pond Photograph: Kim Jae-sun/EPA

London, 13 July: A television journalist waits amidst step ladders placed by photographers opposite the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge plans to give birth Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

Pretoria, South Africa, 13 July: Members of the Toronto Children's Chorus look at some of the get-well messages after singing outside the hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Los Angeles, US, 13 July: A man shouts as police try to remove protesters demonstrating against the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida Photograph: Jason Redmond/Reuters

Pamplona, Spain, 14 July: A woman falls at the entrance to the bull ring during the last running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

Bournemouth, 14 July: A couple sunbathe near Bournemouth beach as a period of hot weather continues across the UK Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Reuters

Mont Ventoux, France, 14 July: The British Team Sky rider Chris Froome on his way to winning the 15th stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France. Froome won the gruelling stage which finished atop the 1,912m peak to extend his lead in the race and retain the coveted yellow jersey Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/EPA

Tehran, Iran, 14 July: Female worshippers pray in a mosque Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP