Best pictures from July 27
A local resident watches a house being moved along a street in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday. The house, which is owned by Ben Ford and his wife Jen, was lifted off its foundations and transported by truck to the Fraser River where it will be loaded onto a sea barge and transported to Union Bay near Comox on Vancouver Island.ANDY CLARK/Reuters
Families who fled from renewed fighting between government troops and M23 rebels, prepare their meals Friday in the open in Kibati, Democratic Republic of Congo.JAMES AKENA/Reuters
Lightning is seen in the sky Thursday above the Christopher Columbus monument at Madrid's Colon Square.JUAN MEDINA/Reuters
People watch a heart-shaped hot-air balloon during the Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Thursday evening.Sebastian Willnow/The Associated Press
Sunbathers and swimmers enjoy the sunny, hot weather on the shore of lake Wannsee in Berlin, Germany, Friday.Oliver Lang/The Associated Press
A woman paddles a canoe past demolished stilts houses at Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday. A government-led eviction last week, that saw men in speedboats destroy homes leaving about 3,000 people homeless, raised new fears among activists that authorities may try to wipe out the area entirely.Sunday Alamba/The Associated Press
Palestinian girls hold torches Thursday during celebrations to mark the breaking of fast during the holy month of Ramadan.AMMAR AWAD/Reuters
Workers wait inside a food stand while a summer storm sweeps over the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday.Eric Albrecht/The Associated Press
A woman is surrounded by sunflowers in a field near Gachenbach, southern Germany, Thursday.MICHAELA REHLE/Reuters
A butterfly called Kleiner Fuchs or little fox lands on a flower near Ingolstadt, southern Germany, Thursday.MICHAELA REHLE/Reuters