August 14, 2014

A competitor throws the weight in the Ballater Highland Games, in Monaltrie Park, Ballater, Scotland.

German team compete in the synchronised swimming duet free preliminary event at the 32nd LEN European Swimming Championships in Berlin.

Some 150 men, women and children cram into boxes at Parliament Square in London.  The event, organized by Oxfam, was to call attention to conditions of Gaza residents trapped by the blockade.

A South Korean security guard peers out of a glass door during Pope Francis meeting with President Park Geun-hye in Seoul.

A giant flower carpet is seen at Brussels' Grand Place, Belgium. 750,000 begonias were used to create the 1,800 square meter flower carpet design.

A general view of the crowded beach in the city of Durres, August 13, 2014. Albania has been gripped by hot weather, with temperatures reaching 38°C (100°F).

A protester throws back a smoke bomb while clashing with police in Ferguson, Missouri, USA, Aug. 13, 2014.  Police in Ferguson fired several rounds of tear gas to disperse the protest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown.

The RAF aerobatic team, The Red Arrows, perform at the Eastbourne airshow in southern England.

Visitors run away as waves surge past a barrier on the banks of Qiantang River, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Aug. 13, 2014.

In this photo released Aug. 14, fireworks explode in front of the supermoon outside the town of Mosta.  The town is celebrating the feast of its patron saint, in central Malta, Aug. 10, 2014.