The weekend in pictures

Mexico City, Mexico: Dogs look out of a car. The theft of pedigree breeds has quadrupled in the last few years in the Mexican capital Photograph: Edgard Garrido/Reuters

Sydney, Australia: Falun Gong practitioners meditate on the 14th anniversary of the beginning of the persecution of adherents in China Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

Boryeong City, South Korea: Visitors enjoy a bath in a mud pool during the 16th Boryeong mud festival on Daecheon beach Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA

San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala: People protest against the inauguration of a cement factory in the area, arguing the plant will damage the environment Photograph: Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France: A girl drinks water on a hot summer day Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images

São Paulo, Brazil: Nuns attend a Catholic mass ahead of World Youth Day in Rio Photograph: Andre Penner/AP

Las Vegas, US: Lightning strikes above the Mandalay Bay and Luxor casinos on the Strip as a thunderstorm moves through Nevada Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters

Delhi, India: A vendor sells fruit during a monsoon downpour Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters

Saraqeb, Syria: Men rush a wounded man to hospital in north-west Syria after a barrel bomb dropped by an air force helicopter exploded about 10 metres away from his car Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

Brussels, Belgium: A picture of Princess Mathilde is held aloft by well-wishers during an evening of concerts attended by members of the Belgian royal family before the abdication of King Albert II Photograph: Handout/Getty Images

Rumangabo, Democratic Republic of the Congo: An M23 soldier sits in a confession booth in a church, during a session to teach the rebel movement's values to community heads at a military academy Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

Istanbul, Turkey: A riot police officer fires teargas during an anti-government protest near Taksim Square Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA

Geneva, Switzerland: A woman enters at Lake Geneva for a swim at sunrise Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP