19 June 2014

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Netherlands' Robin van Persie heads the ball to score during the group B World Cup soccer match between Spain and the Netherlands at the Arena Ponte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Friday, June 13, 2014.

A Chinese student, part of a group of supporters of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, waves the Chinese national flags as they gather at a counter-demonstration for the leader on Downing Street in central London, where he was meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Tuesday, June 17, 2014.
An Afghan policeman stands guard near the scene of an attack in Torkham, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Afghan officials said three Taliban suicide bombers targeted NATO fuel trucks at the border with Pakistan, setting off a gunbattle with police guards.
A neighbor of Gabriela Ovid checks to see if the family is still in the house as she arrives to help them during Ovid's eviction in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Gabriela Ovid, her husband, Jorge Ovid, and their four children occupied a Barclays bank property, as they could not afford to pay the rent with a low income coming from collecting state benefits.
Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Brownsville,Texas. CPB provided media tours Wednesday of two locations in Brownsville and Nogales, Ariz., that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1.
A Kashmiri body builder displays his muscles at a body building competition in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Dozens of Kashmiri youth participated in the competition to choose Mr. Kashmir on Tuesday.
Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents, in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraq, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. Thousands of Shiites from Baghdad and across southern Iraq answered an urgent call to arms Saturday.
A surfer carries his board along Cacimbinha beach in Tibau do Sul, near Natal, Brazil, Sunday, June 15, 2014. Natal is one of the host cities for the World Cup soccer tournament.
Constance Peach, center, poses with friends for photographers on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, which is traditionally known as Ladies Day, at Ascot, England, Thursday, June, 19, 2014.
A Sri Lankan Muslim woman looks out on the street, in Aluthgama, a town 50 kilometers (31.25 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 16, 2014. At least three Muslims were killed after a right-wing Buddhist group with alleged state backing clashed with Muslims in southwestern Sri Lanka, a government minister said Monday.