A volunteer dressed as a clown calls on the public to wear masks and observe anti-epidemic measures in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2021. /CFP

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry attends a meeting with Russian presidential adviser on climate change Ruslan Edelgeriev, in Moscow, Russia, July 13, 2021. /CFP

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in New York City was reopened for the public after over a year of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic and serious fire damage to its collections. MOCA also unveiled a new original exhibition detailing the history of anti-Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate, July 14, 2021. /CFP

Torrential rains have caused flooding in western Europe, with Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands badly affected, July 15, 2021. /CFP

A gigantic human-faced balloon has been flown over Tokyo's Yoyogi Park one week before the start of the Olympic Games. The unusual sight has caught the eyes of commuters and pedestrians alike, July 16, 2021. / CFP

The extreme drought-hit western United States braced for more wildfire destruction. The Bootleg Fire near Oregon's border with California grew overnight to 240,000 acres and remains only seven percent contained, July 16, 2021. / CFP

Syrian President Bashar Assad takes the oath of office for a fourth seven-year term, at the Syrian Presidential Palace in the capital Damascus, Syria, July 17, 2021. /CFP