Former special counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, July 24. Mueller testified about his recently completed investigation into Russian election interference. It was just the second time in two years that he spoke publicly. In pictures: Mueller's long-awaited testimony
People celebrate in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, after Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Wednesday, July 24, that he would be resigning after more than a week of protests. Protesters started calling for Rosselló's resignation after Puerto Rico's Center for Investigative Journalism published a series of homophobic and misogynistic messages between Rosselló and members of his inner circle. The leaks came the same week that two former officials from the Rosselló administration were arrested as part of a federal corruption investigation.
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Comedian Jon Stewart smiles as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks by him on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, July 23. Stewart, who was in Washington to advocate for an extension of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, has been sharply critical of McConnell in the past. Later in the day, the Senate passed the extension, which would permanently compensate individuals who were injured during the 2001 terrorist attacks or the cleanup and rescue efforts.
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Baby elephant Ben Long cools off at a zoo in Leipzig, Germany, on Wednesday, July 24. Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom all reached record-breaking temperatures this week as Europe suffers through its latest heat wave.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II welcomes Boris Johnson at Buckingham Palace, where she formally invited him to become Prime Minister on Wednesday, July 24. Johnson won the UK's Conservative Party leadership contest on Tuesday. He replaces Theresa May, who was forced into resigning after members of her Cabinet lost confidence in her inability to secure the UK's departure from the European Union.
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Photographers take pictures of the Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft as it blasts off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday, July 20. It was carrying a new three-person crew to the International Space Station.
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US Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, center, speaks at a private ceremony at the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, where former Justice John Paul Stevens was lying in repose on Monday, July 22. Kagan was the one who replaced Stevens after he retired in 2010. Stevens died last week at the age of 99.
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This aerial photo, taken on Sunday, July 21, shows an Iranian speedboat moving around the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which Iran seized in the Strait of Hormuz two days prior. Iran accused the tanker of "violating international regulations." The United Kingdom has said the tanker was within Omani territorial waters exercising "the lawful right of transit passage in an international strait." Days later, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appeared to signal that his country might be willing to release the vessel in exchange for the UK's release of a detained Iranian tanker.
Dozens of long-finned pilot whales lie dead on a remote beach in Iceland on Thursday, July 18. They were discovered by tourists who were flying in a helicopter above the Snaefellsnes Peninsula.
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A boy looks out from a voting booth at a polling station in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday, July 21.
Embers from the Museum Fire glow north of Flagstaff, Arizona, on Monday, July 22. The wildfire inside the Coconino National Forest grew to 1,800 acres Monday, prompting authorities to order mandatory evacuations in the surrounding area.
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This aerial image shows beach umbrellas and deck chairs in Scheveningen, Netherlands, on Wednesday, July 24. The Netherlands is among the European countries that have experienced record-breaking temperatures this summer.
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New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves from the steps of No. 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, July 24.
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A woman prays Friday, July 19, at a makeshift memorial honoring the victims of a fire in Kyoto, Japan. A suspected arson attack killed 34 people at the Kyoto Animation Studio. It is being described as the country's worst mass killing in almost 20 years.
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Britain's Prince George wears an England soccer jersey in this undated photo that was released by Kensington Palace to mark his sixth birthday on Monday, July 22.
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Film director Taika Waititi hands Thor's hammer to actress Natalie Portman during a Comic-Con panel in San Diego on Saturday, July 20. Marvel announced that Portman would play Thor in the fourth installment of the movie franchise.
