This Week in Photos, Week of June 8-14, 2012
Hockey, boxing, horseracing -- sports reigned supreme this week throughout the world. Find out what else happened over the last 7 days.
Azumi Maeda of Japan competes in the women's high jump final during the 96th Japan National Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Neil Patrick Harris and Patti LuPone perform onstage at the 66th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre in New York City.
Torchbearer Lauren Fraser carries the Olympic Flame on the leg through Crathie in Scotland on day 24 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. The relay is 70 days long involving 8,000 torchbearers covering 8,000 miles.
The Groupama Sailing Team, skippered by Franck Cammas from France, lead the fleet of Volvo Open 70's as they sail towards the Cristo-Rei statue in the Oeiras In-Port Race in Lisbon.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Queen Elizabeth II stop by Vernon Park during a Diamond Jubilee visit to Nottingham, England.
Football fans soak up the atmosphere during the UEFA EURO 2012 match between Greece and the Czech Republic at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw, Poland.
Wayang Orang dancers perform at the Bharata Theatre in Jakarta every Saturday night. The traditional dances, called "Human Theatres," are heavily influenced by Hinduism, which can be traced as far back as the 9th century in Indonesia.
Manny Pacquiao lands a blow to the head of Timothy Bradley during their WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Bradley’s controversial victory is under review by the WBO and a rematch is scheduled for November.
Captain Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings holds up the Stanley Cup after the Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-1 to win the Stanley Cup series at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Union Rags ridden by John Velazquez narrowly beats Paynter during the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes on June 9 in New York.
Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela walks back to the garage after crashing during qualifying for the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
A man representing the devil leaps over babies during the festival of El Colacho in Castrillo de Murcia near Burgos, Spain. The festival is based on the traditional belief that babies will be cleansed of original sin when leapt over.
"Girl Scouts Rock the Mall," a concert and festival to celebrate the organization’s 100th birthday, was held at the National Mall on June 9th in Washington, DC.
Passengers on the inaugural Singapore-Gold Coast flight disembark at Gold Coast Airport on June 13th in Australia. Scoot, the budget offshoot of Singapore Airlines, has launched flights to Sydney and Australia from its Singapore hub.
A man paddles past a humpback whale that beached itself in White Rock, British Columbia on June 12th. The injured whale was alive when fisheries officials arrived but died soon after.
First lady Michelle Obama signs her new book American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America during a book signing on June 12th in Washington, DC. The book is about growing fruit and vegetables in the White House garden and eating healthy foods.
Boys play in heavy rain at a Buddhist monastery used as a collective shelter for people displaced by recent violence in Sittwe, Myanmar.