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IN PHOTOS | This week's most compelling images

Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here’s a selection of the week's top images.

Top photos include Canadian swimmers competing in Singapore and The Weeknd preforming

A man walks through debris as the sun sets directly behind him.
A Palestinian man searches through a landfill for firewood, plastic and canned goods in Al-Zawaideh, central Gaza Strip, on Thursday. (Abdel Kareem Hana/The Associated Press)

Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here's a selection of the week's top images.

A woman sits in a chair partially submerged in a river as ducks swim by under a haze filled sky.
A woman reads under a hazy sky while in the St. Lawrence River, in the Verdun borough of Montreal on Wednesday. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press)
A woman crouches in a row of purple flowers in a field.
An aerial view of Lorna Roberts checking the lavender crop ahead of the start of the harvest at Castle Farm in Eynsford, England, on Wednesday. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
A group of people riding bikes ride through a street near stone buildings and green trees.
Riders climbs Col du Soulor pass during the 12th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 180.6 kilometres with start in Auch and finish in Hautacam, France, on Thursday. (Thibault Camus/The Associated Press)
A home with a blue roof is surrounded by brown murky water.
Houses are submerged during flooding caused by torrential rain, in Yesan, South Korea, on Friday. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
Concrete debris and rubble from destroyed buildings as people walk down a clearing on a street.
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians are seen amid war-damaged infrastructure in Gaza City, on Thursday. (Jehad Alshrafi/The Associated Press)
A golfer swings a club while multiple people stand and watch under a cloudy sky.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is seen in action on the second hole during the first round of the 153rd Open Championship in Northern Ireland on Thursday. (Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters)
Two women wearing black swimsuits swim underwater in a pool.
Canada's Audrey Lamothe and Ximena Ortiz Montano perform during the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Friday. (Claudia Greco/Reuters)
A picture of a human eye is projected behind a man singing into a microphone on stage.
The Weeknd performs at BC Place in Vancouver on Tuesday. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
three sailors wearing hats are silhouetted near a large wooden ship on a clear blue sky day.
Members of the Canadian Coast Guard are silhouetted while piloting a small boat alongside the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle tall ship as it arrives in Victoria, on Tuesday. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
A man jumps in the air wearing a red and white uniform while throwing a white rugby ball while on a sunny field.
Canada's Brenden Black (right) is tackled by Belgium's Simeon Soenen (15) during second half men's rugby action in Edmonton on July 12. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)
A small white plane is parked behind a large blue and white plane outside.
A plane is towed from the runway surrounded by police vehicles at the Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Tuesday. (Ethan Cairns/CBC)
a man raises his hands in the air among a group of people inside of a theatre with blue lights.
Fans, friends and family respond during a national tribute ceremony for Serge Fiori, Quebec singer and founding member of the band Harmonium, in Montreal on Tuesday. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press)
A man wearing a swimsuit kicks a white and black soccer ball while on a sandy beach.
Torontonians make their way through a combination heat warning and air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke, in Toronto on Monday. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)