The weekend in pictures

Melbourne, Australia: Players from Collingwood Magpies jostle for position with Adelaide Crows during an AFL match. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images

Nahal Oz, Israel: Israeli soldiers sleep on a tank outside the Gaza Strip. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Pyongyang, North Korea: People gather for a dance as North Korea celebrates its 61st anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean war. Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP

Cumbria, UK: Mark Fox and his team shearing 850 Swaledale and Herdwick sheep – at a rate of 50 per hour each – at Turner Hall farm, in Seathwaite. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian

Tokyo, Japan: Children play in the water fountain at Asuka Park. Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP

Kabul, Afghanistan: A barber serves a customer at a market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images

Didcot, UK: Didcot power station towers in the process of being demolished in the early hours of the morning. Photograph: Adam Sorenson/Barcroft Media

California, USA: Pharaoh Haywood plays with his daughter during a visiting day to Folsom state prison. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters

Gaza City, Gaza: Displaced Palestinian children peak from under a shop shutter, where their family is taking shelter. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images

Glasgow, UK: A competitor runs through the city centre during the women's marathon on day four of the Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Taipei, Taiwan: A man burns "ghost money" during the first day of Ghost Month festivities. During the Buddhist festival, people perform rituals to please the the dead, who they believe return to be among the living during this time. Photograph: Chiang Ying-ying/AP

San Diego, USA: Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth flex their superhero muscles at the Marvel Studios panel during Comic-Con. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

London, UK: A participant attempts to mount a bike in an inflated suit before taking part in the sumo run in Battersea Park. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

New York, USA: The 21st annual Watermill Centre summer benefit – which brings together art and fashion events to help raise fund for community projects. Photograph: Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images