The Week in Pictures

Argentina Coach Diego Maradona, foreground right, celebrates in front of his players after Carlos Tevez, not pictured, scored the team’s third goal during a World Cup round of 16 match against Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday.  (Guillermo Arias / Associated Press)

Fans celebrate Argentina’s first goal against Mexico while watching the World Cup match on a giant screen in Buenos Aires, on Sunday. Argentina won, 3-1, and advanced to the quarterfinals.  (Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press)

Stevie Wonder performs during the Glastonbury Festival, in Glastonbury, England, on Sunday. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the festival.  (Joel Ryan / Associated Press)

Opposition lawmaker Shahid Uddin Chowdhury, in white, is injured during a strike in the Bangladeshi capital. Security forces arrested dozens of protesters as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led a dawn-to-dusk general strike across the country.  (Pavel Rahman / Associated Press)

As part of the national Hands Across the Sand gathering, people unite on the beach in an “SOS” formation to show their concern for the gulf oil spill and some to voice their opposition to deep-water drilling.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Plaquemines Parish Coastal Zone Management Director P.J. Hahn rescues an oil-covered bird from contaminated gulf waters.  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)

Children play at a water fountain outside a shopping mall in the Chinese capital.  (Andy Wong / Associated Press)

A boy washes up near a public tap during a hot day. Northern India has been experiencing above-normal temperatures in recent weeks, and many residents eagerly await the annual monsoon rains, which bring cooler temperatures.  (Rajesh Kumar Singh / Associated Press)

Mark Woodward of Daphne, Ala., looks for tar balls as he walks along the beach at dawn. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill has started coming ashore here and on other beaches in Florida and Alabama.  (Dave Martin / Associated Press)

A Mexican wrestler observes a dissected and polymer-injected human body at Dr. Roy Glover’s exhibition “Bodies Revealed,” in Mexico City.  (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP/Getty Images)

Activists with India’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party wear traditional turbans as they attend a function in Bangalore to celebrate the second anniversary of the party’s government in Karnataka state.  (Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP/Getty Images)

A South African Airways flight appears to soar above the moon in the skies near Durban, one of nine South African cities hosting the 2010 World Cup football tournament from June 11 to July 11.  (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP/Getty Images)

A school of Angelfish, pterophyllum, swim in a tank during a news conference organized by the Taiwan government’s fisheries agency from the Council of Agriculture in Taipei to present the results of a industrial-academic cooperation to transgenically modify the fish so that they fluoresce in their dark tank.  (Sam Yeh / AFP/Getty Images)

Schoolchildren show off their XO laptops at the Miguel Larreynaga school, in Tipitapa, north of Managua. The One Laptop for Child Organization, in coordination with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Education, is giving computers to a group of schools through a program that has reached 17,000 children in 150 public schools and suburban neighborhoods across the country.  (Elmer Martinez / AFP/Getty Images)

A horse rider takes part in the traditional San Juan festival in Ciutadella on the Spanish island of Minorca.  (Jaime Reina / AFP/Getty Images)

A Japanese fan prays in front of a portrait of late pop icon Michael Jackson at the foot of Tokyo Tower on the first anniversary of his death. Read more coverage of Michael Jackson’s death anniversary.  (Toru Yamanaka / AFP/Getty Images)

A Chinese worker sits in front of a huge billboard advertising the opening of a fast-food restaurant in the port city. China’s increasing global economic integration has resulted in a dramatic rise in consumption of Western-style fast food. Some reports have warned that, without drastic measures, the number of obese and overweight in the country is set to double by 2028.  (Philippe Lopez / AFP/Getty Images)

Patrick Stevens uses his new iPhone 4 to photograph the Apple store on the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Hundreds of customers lined up at the store to purchase the new device.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

President Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, walk outside the White House.  (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses British service members in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on his way to the Group of 8 summit in Huntsville, north of Toronto.  (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)

British troops patrol at dawn in Nahr-e-Saraj, a village in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.  (Bay Ismoyo / AFP/Getty Images)

Designer Mariana Karah inspects a mannequin on display at the public art exhibit Fashion Center Sidewalk Catwalk in New York.  (Mary Altaffer / Associated Press)

John Isner of the U.S. celebrates after winning the longest tennis match in major tournament history against France’s Nicolas Mahut. The first-round Wimbledon match finally concluded after more than 11 hours, spanning three days.  (Suzanne Plunkett / Getty Images)

An Israeli soldier wearing protective gear takes a shower during a drill simulating a chemical attack in the Barzilai Hospital. The Israeli military routinely carries out exercises to prepare emergency services for possible attacks.  (Ariel Schalit / Associated Press)

Steelworkers from the Fos-sur-Mer ArcelorMittal plant join a protest. French transport workers, teachers, postal workers and others are on strike to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy‘s plans to raise the retirement age to 62.  (Claude Paris / Associated Press)

Actress Alexandra Fulton, from the play “Extropia” performs for visitors at the Visiblility Stage in front of the Egyptian Theatre on Wednesday to bring attention to the Hollywood Fringe Festival being held through Sunday. The festival brings dance, theater, music and comedy groups as well as the visual arts to a cluster of small venues in Hollywood. Touring companies, local professional and amateur groups, international artists and even troupes that travel a “fringe festival circuit” will be on view.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Indian demonstrators shout anti-government slogans during a rally organized to demand justice for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. The Dow Chemical Co. said efforts to tie it to the 1984 disaster were “misdirected” amid media reports that the Indian government will try to extract compensation from the company.  (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / Getty Images)

The scoreboard at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon shows a record-setting statistic: John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and Nicolas Mahut of France were tied at 59-59 in the fifth set after exactly 10 hours of action when play was suspended because of darkness. The match will resume Thursday. It is by far the longest match in terms of games or time in the century-plus history of tennis.  (Matthew Stockman / Getty Images)

Soldiers, family members and friends attend a funeral for 17-year-old Buse Sraiyag in her hometown of Elmadag, near Ankara. The teen was killed along with four soldiers in a bombing in Istanbul. Kurdish rebels were suspected in the attack.  (Adem Altan / AFP/Getty Images)

Fans in the stands before the FIFA World Cup 2010 Group C preliminary round match between the U.S. and Algeria at the Loftus Versfeld stadium. The U.S. won, 1-0.  (Vassil Donev / EPA)

An American flag adorns a fan in the stands before U.S.-Algeria match, which the U.S. ended up winning, 1-0.  (Vassil Donev / EPA)

A Hindu holy man offers water to his pet monkey as he waits to register for the annual Hindu pilgrimage, Amarnath Yatra. Thousands are expected to participate in the annual pilgrimage to an icy cave in Indian-controlled Kashmir that begins July 1.  (Channi Anand / Associated Press)

The first of the 140,000 music fans due at this year’s Glastonbury Festival arrive at Worthy Farm, Pilton. The gates opened 8 a.m. to what has become Europe’s largest music festival, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.  (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)

Young fans in the Soweto district of Johannesburg, South Africa, react while watching a broadcast of South Africa’s World Cup match against France. South Africa won, 2-1, but was eliminated from the tournament.  (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

A boy carries containers to be filled at a water depot in a slum in New Delhi’s diplomatic enclave. Many of the slum’s residents are embassy employees.  (Kevin Frayer / Associated Press)

South Korea’s Park Ji-sung vies for the ball in a match against Nigeria in Durban, South Africa. The teams tied, 2-2, but South Korea advanced to the round of 16; Nigeria did not.  (Jung Yeon-je / AFP/Getty Images)

A man that ran onto the pitch wearing a Mexican flag is stopped by a security official during the World Cup group A soccer match between Mexico and Uruguay at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa on Tuesday.  (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)

Members of the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles fire a mortar round from within a patrol base in a Nahr e Saraj village on Tuesday. NATO faced setbacks in Afghanistan as U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal appeared to mock the White House, the British envoy took extended leave and casualties mounted in the anti-Taliban war.  (Bay Ismoyo / AFP/Getty Images)

Police inspect the wreckage of a military bus after a roadside bomb blew it up, killing two soldiers and a girl and wounding six people on Tuesday. The coach was carrying soldiers and their families through the Halkali district, a densely populated suburb on the European side of the city where there is military housing. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.  (Bulent Kilic / AFP/Getty Images)

Thai soldiers stand in respect ahead of the cremation of Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdipol at a temple on Tuesday. Thousands of Thai “Red Shirts” turned out for the cremation of the rogue general, shot during opposition protests last month. More than 800 police officers were deployed to oversee the ceremony for Sawasdipol, an unofficial security advisor to the Red Shirts who was shot in the head while being interviewed by a reporter.  (Christophe Archambault / AFP/Getty Images)

Kobe Bryant holds up the NBA Championship trophy for the crowd as the team passes along the parade route Monday. Bryant now has five championship rings and was named Finals MVP for a second consecutive year.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Lucas Mahuca, 3, kicks a ball in a field next to his house in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. The first soccer World Cup held in Africa is underway.  (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)

Portugal’s Hugo Almeida, right, scores the team’s third goal past North Korea goalkeeper Ri Myong Guk, left, during a World Cup Group G soccer match. Portugal won, 7-0.  (Armando Franca / Associated Press)

An elephant takes a bath at the Oregon Zoo in Portland.  (Don Ryan / Associated Press)

The Schultz fire burns behind homes in Flagstaff, Ariz. Hundreds of evacuations were forced by the blaze, which had reached 8,800 acres by Monday.  (Matt York / Associated Press)

Sea lions play before spectators at the Oregon Zoo in Portland.  (Don Ryan / Associated Press)

A huge crowd of fans is on hand as the truck carrying the Lakers heads south on Figueroa Street after leaving Staples Center in downtown L.A. at the start of the team’s NBA championship victory parade.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Amara Mann, 2, and her sister Emery, 9, celebrate the summer solstice -- the official start of the summer and the day with the longest period of sunlight -- by taking a dip in the William Mulholland memorial fountain in Los Feliz.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

The Stonehenge monument at sunrise on the summer solstice.  (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)

People meditate during a summer solstice celebration shortly after 04:52 a.m. at Stonehenge. Thousands of people danced and whooped in delight as the sun rose above the ancient stone circle. About 20,000 people crowded the prehistoric site after an annual all-night party.  (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)

Revelers celebrate the summer solstice at Stonehenge. The festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrates the longest day of the year, when the sun is at its maximum elevation.  (Carl Court / AFP / Getty Images)

A laser show on the Neva River in St. Petersburg honors graduating students. Similar celebrations are being held all over Russia this week for graduates from elementary schools, high schools and military academies.  (Dmitry Lovetsky / Associated Press)

Audience members watch performances at the Sonar music festival in Barcelona.  (Manu Fernandez / Associated Press)

Indian police officers chase Kashmiri protesters who threw rocks in Srinigar, India. Troops fired on hundreds of demonstrators in Kashmir who tried to torch a paramilitary bunker Sunday.  (Mukhtar Khan / Associated Press)

Tiger Woods watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the U.S. Open.  (Donald Miralle / Getty Images)

Green-winged macaws study a visitor to the Chiba zoo in Japan.  (Itsuo Inouye / Associated Press)

A fire burns on a mountain behind the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.  (Felipe Dana / Associated Press)

Youths cool off in New Delhi during an unrelenting heat wave in the Indian capital. Temperatures hovered around 109 degrees with no sign of rain.  (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP/Getty Images)

Russell Henley, right, has some fun with the crowd as he walks up the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open. Henley, of the University of Georgia, finished the tournament at eight-over par.  (David J. Phillip / Associated Press)

Planes perform acrobatics at an air show before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma. Full coverage  (Jonathan Ferrey / Getty Images)