A 12-metre installation depicting a whale made out of plastic waste in Bruges, Vietnam's "Golden Bridge", California wildfire season and other photographs of the week. The world in pictures in a photo gallery by TASS
This week in photos: Giant 'trash' whale, 'God's hands' bridge and California wildfires
The world in pictures in a photo gallery by TASS
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A boat of tourists sails past a 12-metre installation depicting a whale, made up of five tons of plastic waste pulled out of the Pacific Ocean, displayed in Bruges, August 1. The whale consists of 5 tons of plastic and highlights the dangers of plastic waste polluting the seas and oceans
© EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ Eva Furman, 8, surfaces through a wall of bubbles after jumping from a small cliff into Lake Wood at Acadia National Park, USA, July 30
© AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty Tourists walk past giant hand structure on the Gold Bridge on Ba Na hill near Danang City, Vietnam, August 1
© REUTERS/Kham Festival visitors celebrate at the 'Pol'and'Rock Festival 2018' in Kostrzyn, August 2
© EPA-EFE/Lech Muszynski British tourist participates in a crab race at the annual Tobago Heritage Festival, at Buccoo Integrated Facility, Trinidad and Tobago, July 29
© EPA-EFE/Andrea De Silva Yesha the Raccoon at Alexei Krotov's animal hospital. The raccoon is considered as an employee by the clinic's staff as it greets people at the entrance and helps to bring new clients, Rostov-on-Don, August 2
© Valery Matytsin/TASS Russia's President Vladimir Putin receives a ball and a Number 11 football jersey from the head coach of Russian's national team Stanislav Cherchesov and Russian football players after a ceremony to award national decorations to Russia's national men's football team and coaches at the Kremlin, Moscow, July 28
© Mikhail Metzel/TASS Russian paratroopers participate in an Orthodox religious procession during celebration of Paratroopers' Day in Red square in Moscow, August 2
© AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin Deer graze along a road covered in fire retardant as the Carr Fire burns near Redding, USA, July 28
© AP Photo/Noah Berger Fireworks over the Neva River in central St Petersburg on Russian Navy Day, July 29
© Peter Kovalev/TASS Actors perform the play 'Comedia Aquilana' (Aquilana Comedy), by Spanish Renaisssance playwright Bartolo de Torres Naharro, at the castle of the town Olite, Spain, as part of 19th Olite Theater Festival, July 29
© EPA-EFE/Villar Lopez