The weekend in pictures

Israeli soldiers from the 155mm artillery cannons unit fire towards the Gaza Strip. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

A child cries outside the La Gran Familia shelter in Zamora, Mexico, where police rescued 596 people, including 458 children living in squalid conditions. Photograph: Hector Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

Flowers and mementos placed at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Photograph: Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters

Battered by the elements: a man pushes his scooter along a flooded seaside street as Typhoon Rammasun hits Haikou in China. Photograph: China Stringer Network/Reuters

A medic comforts a Palestinian in the Shejaia neighbourhood in Gaza City, which was heavily shelled by Israel. Photograph: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

Women mourn at a relative's coffin before a funeral in Kozarac for bodies found in a mass grave believed to be the largest from Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Sparks fly as Felipe Massa of Brazil overturns his car on the first corner of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators march up Whitehall towards the Israeli embassy during a protest in London. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

A man lies on top of fodder from a sugarcane field in Muzaffarnagar, India. This year's monsoon rains are several weeks late and the world's second-largest sugar and rice producer is on the verge of widespread drought. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters

Tourists take advantage of the sunny weather on the River Havel in Potsdam, Germany. Photograph: Ralf Hirschberger/AFP/Getty Images

Smoke from fires increases the intensity of the hues during sunset over the Methow Valley in Winthrop, Washington. About 100 homes have been destroyed by the flames. Photograph: Elaine Thompson/AP

Cyclists ride in a breakaway during the 14th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Grenoble and Risoul. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

A traditional kite is readied for flight during the Bali Kite Festival in Sanur. Photograph: Made Nagi/EPA

Divers warm up by diving from a three-metre rock prior to the Cliff Diving European Championships in Ponte Brolla, Switzerland. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Bongarts/Getty Images