This Week in Photos, Week of July 22-28, 2011

A sign of love for Oslo inside of a sea of flowers placed in memory of those killed in Friday's attack.

Barbara Tremblay (L) and Stacey Minondo wait on line to get married at the Brooklyn City Clerk's office in New York City. July 24, 2011 was the first day gay couples were allowed to legally marry in New York state.

Michael Phelps competes in the Men's 200m Butterfly Semi-Final during the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.

Bavarian men and women in traditional clothes play their Alphorn instruments during a meeting on top of the mountain Fellhorn.

A 6-week-old hippopotamus yawns beside its mother at Prague Zoo.

Exhibition curator, Caroline de Guitaut, adjusts Kate Middleton's wedding dress at Buckingham Palace in London. Up to 650,000 people are expected to visit Queen Elizabeth's London residence to catch a glimpse of the dress worn by the Duchess of Cambridge on her wedding day.

A Comic Con attendee makes his way to the convention hall in costume during the pop culture convention's first day in San Diego, California.

Hindu holy men rest on the premises of Pashupati Temple in Kathmandu.

People walk along banks of the Seine during the opening of "Paris Plages,' the yearly transformation of a section of the river into a man-made beach. Paris Plages opened today for its 10th anniversary and will run from July 21 to August 21.

BMC Racing Team's Cadel Evans has a glass of champagne as he rides during the last stage of the 98th Tour de France cycling race between Creteil and Paris. Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France.

A woman waves to Confederate soldiers as they march to the re-enactment of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia. The event commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first major conflict of the Civil War.