Pictures of the week 11th - 17th July

Gymnasts from Italy performs at the 14th World Gymnaestrada during the International Gymnastics Federation Gala, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Some 20,000 participants from 55 national federations participate in this event which is organised every four years by the International Gymnastics Federation, FIG and runs through 16 July 2011. (AP Photo/Keystone/Dominic Favre)

Residents pray at Imam Abbas Shrine during the Sha'abaniya pilgrimage in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad July 16, 2011. Sha'abaniya is a ritual marking the birth of Imam al-Mehdi, a revered figure in Shi'ite Islam. Picture taken July 16, 2011. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed

Umbrellas are seen at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California July 16, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

Beekeeper Lv Kongjiang, 20, waves as he stands with bees partially covering his body on a weighing scale during a "bee-attracting" competition against fellow beekeeper Wang Dalin in Shaoyang, Hunan province July 16, 2011. Wang and Lv competed by standing on a scale wearing only a pair of shorts and using queen bees they reared to attract other bees onto their bodies. Wang won the competition after attracting 26 kg (57 lbs) of bees on his body in 60 minutes, while Lv had 22.9 kg (50 lbs), local media reported. Picture taken July 16, 2011. REUTERS/China Daily

A spider is silhouetted against the full moon as it waits in its web for prey, Sunday, July 17, 2011, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Terry Nielson hits the ground as he is throw from his mount in the bareback riding competition Thursday, July 14, 2011, at the Frontier Days Celebration and Championship Rodeo in Benton, Pa. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May)

Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebration late Thursday, July 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Veterinarian Livia Pereira kisses paralyzed lion Ariel who she is caring for in her home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday July 13, 2011. An Internet and Facebook campaign has been launched in Brazil to obtain funds needed to treat the lion that has been paralyzed for the past year. The campaign was launched by Raquel Borges, the owner of Ariel, a three-year-old, 310 pound (140 kilogram) lion that has been unable to use his four legs due to a degenerative disease affecting his medulla. Borges runs a a shelter that cares for sick or abandoned animals. Borges and Pereira say that the money needed to pay for Ariel's treatment come from donations from people who belong to the Facebook page created for the lion. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)