The D-day anniversary, the continuing unrest in the Central African Republic, the French Open, a bear in a hammock – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
In this photograph by Peter MacDiarmid, WW2 veteran Fred Holborn looks at British Legion Union flags planted in the sand on Gold beach near Asnelles, France, as part of the 70th anniversary commemorations of the D-day landings. Click here to see Peter Macdiarmid's now and then D-day project in which he has taken photographs of locations in France and England to match archive images taken before, during and after the D-day landingsPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/GettyHere, in another photograph from the D-day anniversary, the Red Arrows display team perform over Southsea Common at the end of a commemoration service in Portsmouth, England. This week saw the 70th anniversary of the D-day landings which saw 156,000 troops from the allied countries launch an audacious attack on the beaches of Normandy. These assaults are credited with the eventual defeat of Nazi GermanyPhotograph: Dan Kitwood/GettyA huge video screen on Sword Beach shows US president Barack Obama and Russian president Vladimir Putin as they arrive for the D-day commemoration in Ouistreham, Normandy, FrancePhotograph: Kevin Lamarque/ReutersA pro-Russian rebel from the Vostok Battalion stands guard at checkpoint in DonetskPhotograph: Gleb Garanich/ReutersPhotographer Goran Tomasevic continued his strong reportage from the Central African Republic. Here, Seleka fighters transport a sick child to her mother in a village between Bambari and GrimariPhotograph: Goran Tomasevic/ReutersPhotographer Marco Longari was also covering the violence in the Central African Republic. In this photograph, residents demonstrate in the 'Muslim enclave' of the PK5 district in Bangu. Three people were killed in the capital last weekend after a deadly church attack in which 27 people were kidnappedPhotograph: Marco Longari/AFPAt the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts during her women's semi-final match against Eugenie Bouchard of Canada. Sharapova reached the final winning in three sets 4-6, 7-5, 6-2Photograph: Stephane Mahe/ReutersSpanish bullfighter Daniel Luque is carried on the shoulders of a supporter as he leaves the bullring through the 'puerta grande' during the San Isidro fair in Madrid, SpainPhotograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/APIn this photograph by Bulent Kilic, a regular contributor to the 20 photographs of the week gallery, injured protesters lie on the ground as Turkish riot police fire teargas to disperse demonstrators near Taksim square, Istanbul. Turkey's combative prime minister warned protesters that police would do 'whatever is necessary' to clamp down on demonstrations to mark the anniversary of last year's turmoil when an estimated three million protested against the perceived authoritarian tendencies of Erdogan's Islamic-rooted governmentPhotograph: Bulent Kilic/AFPIsraeli soldiers and border police detain a Palestinian during a protest in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike at Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of RamallahPhotograph: Mohamad Torokman/ReutersBritish police search the ground for Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz, Algarve, Portugal. The investigation continued into the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann, then aged three, after she vanished from her family's holiday apartmen while her parents were having dinner at a nearby restaurantPhotograph: Luis Forra/EPAA man carries a young girl who was injured in a reported barrel-bomb attack by government forces in Aleppo. Some 2,000 civilians, including more than 500 children, have been killed in regime air strikes on rebel-held areas of the cirty since January, many of them in barrel-bomb attacksPhotograph: Baraa Al-Halabi/AFPA Free Syrian Army fighter sits behind a desk in the Palace of Justice in AleppoPhotograph: Nour Kelze/ReutersSikhs wield swords during a brawl inside the complex of the holy Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, in Amritsar, India. Rival groups clashed with swords and spears at the most sacred site of Sikh religion, where hundreds were killed by Indian army operation in 1984Photograph: Munish Sharma/ReutersPeople look at a damaged bus after bomb blasts in Kabul. Abdullah Abdullah, frontrunner in Afghanistan's presidential election, escaped assassination when two bombs blew up outside a hotel where he had just staged a rally, killing six peoplePhotograph: Ahmad Masood/ReutersInternally displaced Pakistanis from tribal areas and Afghan refugee children play in and around a polluted stream on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. The country has been home to one of the world's largest refugee communities: hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have fled the repeated wars and fighting in their countryPhotograph: Muhammed Muheisen/APMud has piled up inside a living room in Krupanj, west of Belgrade, after the Balkans were hit by the worst floods in living memory last month. As the waters retreat, a wave of solidarity has given way to questions about the readiness and response of authorities to the heaviest rainfall in the region in over a centuryPhotograph: Marko Djurica/ReutersCarlo Allegri photographs the hands of Rihanna as she arrives at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards in New YorkPhotograph: Carlo Allegri/ReutersAn egret preens itself as it stands on a branch along the river Brahmaputra on the eve of World Environment Day in Gauhati, IndiaPhotograph: Anupam Nath/APAnd, in this final photograph, a black bear is photographed lying in a hammock at a residential back yard in Daytona Beach, Florida. According to the photographer, Rafael C Torres, the bear used the hammock for more than 15 minutes before being startled when the backyard lights were turned onPhotograph: Rafael C Torres/Reuters
