The week that went past in pictures

Pictures by Associated Press photographers from across the world and also those at home that showcase the vivid lives people endure and enjoy.

A demonstrator holds up a picture of a bull during a protest against bullfighting in Madrid, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. For some people bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in Spain but animal rights activists see it as torture against animals. (Photo | 

A man looks at a burning structure during early morning airstrikes by government forces in the continuing fight for Marawi city by Muslim militants Friday, June 23, 2017, in southern Philippines. The siege by militants aligned with the Islamic State group continues as it enters its second month Friday. (Photo | AP)

NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind flanked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, senior leader LK Advani and other NDA leaders proceed to file nomination papers at Parliament in New Delhi on Friday.(File photo | PTI)

India's 'eye in the sky' is set to become sharper and wider after ISRO successfully launched the Cartosat-2 series satellite --a dedicated satellite for the defence forces-- along with 30 co-passenger satellites on PSLV-C38 from Sriharikota on Friday. (EPS | Ashwin Prasath)

With a rising tide, strong southerly winds from Tropical Depression Cindy lash the lakefront Thursday, June 22, 2017 in Mandeville, La. (Photo | AP)

Security forces personnel trying to control woman Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters during a protest at their office Patlebash in Darjeeling on Thursday. (File | PTI)

Stephanie Woodward, of Rochester, N.Y., who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, is removed from a sit-in at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office as she and other disability rights advocates protest proposed funding caps to Medicaid, Thursday, June 22, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo | AP)

Farmers resorted to violence on the Thane-Badlapur highway on Thursday morning while protesting against their land being acquired by the Navy. Farmer families from 17 villages blocked roads and vandalised vehicles. A police van set on fire on the highway. (File photo | EPS)

A woman walks past the scene of a suicide car bomb attack on a police station in Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, June 22, 2017. A number of people are dead and several others wounded in the blast in Somalia's capital, police said Thursday, adding that the bomber was trying to drive into the police station's gate but detonated against a wall. (Photo | AP)

A gun and a body are seen at the Campement Kangaba tourist resort following an attack near Bamako, Mali, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Authorities in Mali say one woman is still missing three days after Islamic extremists attacked a resort area near the capital. (Photo | AP)

An Israeli border police officer stands guards as people participate in the first Gay Pride Parade in Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Around 3500 people marched. (Photo | AP)

A storm moves in over a couple visiting White Sands National Monument, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, near Alamogordo, N.M. Temperatures in the area hit 105 degrees Wednesday. (Photo | AP)

People dance around a bonfire during a solstice celebration in Freiburg, southern Germany on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (Photo | AP)

The Kochi Metro Rail Ltd on Sunday offered a free ride to students of special schools, elders from old-age homes and inhabitants of orphanages on the first day after it was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on Saturday. (Albin Mathew | EPS)