Here are some of the most striking images taken from around the world over the past week.
People watch a sound and light show at the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium on July 29, 2020. A sound and light show was held at the Grand Place of Brussels to highlight Belgium's missing events in this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [Photo/Xinhua]
A staff member polishes the blue whale skeleton at Hintze Hall of Natural History Museum before its reopening in London on July 27, 2020. The Natural History Museum will reopen Aug 5. [Photo/Xinhua]
Yoga enthusiasts practice yoga at an observation deck on the rooftop of the King Power Mahanakhon building in Bangkok, Thailand on Aug 1, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A cyclist passes a water spray on Schwarzenbergplatz in Vienna, Austria on July 28, 2020. Temperatures in Vienna reached a high of 37.2 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. [Photo/Xinhua]
A boy views the art installation "1000 Cinderellas", which consists of 1,000 shoes laid out by artist Mark Boellaard on Prokurative Square in Split, Croatia on Aug 1, 2020. To complete his art piece, Boellaard spent two years collecting shoes which washed up on the beach of the island of Hvar. [Photo/Xinhua]
People make their way through a flooded road in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on July 27, 2020. Almost half of Bangladesh remained in the grip of floods on Monday, with scores of casualties reported. According to the daily flood situation report of the country's disaster response coordination center, the floods have killed 119 people in 21 of 64 districts since June 30. [Photo/Xinhua]
A man rides a stand-up paddle board in Lagos, Algarve region, Portugal on July 28, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak speaks to the media before he leaves court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 28, 2020. Najib was found guilty of abuse of power, criminal breach of trust and money laundering on Tuesday. The verdict is the first in several corruption trials against Najib. [Photo/Xinhua]
People mourn late US congressman and civil rights figure John Lewis at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC on July 27, 2020. Lewis lay in state in the Capitol here on Monday. [Photo/Xinhua]
A participant takes part in an air mattress surfing competition in Vienna, Austria on Aug 1, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
