Week in pictures: 26 July - 1 Aug

China's basketball star Yao Ming (c) was part of an all-Chinese delegation of athletes at the opening of the Olympic village.

At least 17 people were killed and 150 hurt by two bombs in a residential area of the Turkish city of Istanbul.

A huge fire destroyed the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. BBC website reader Bob Gardham sent in this picture.

British businessman Sir Richard Branson unveiled an aircraft designed for his company's project to launch tourists into space.

This giant panda was one of four cubs - including female twins - which were born at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Centre in China.

Trees of Love: A recent Russian tradition involves newlyweds placing a padlock on one of the iron trees on the Luzhkov Bridge, Moscow.

A young girl during the homecoming parade for Royal Marine unit 40 Commando in Taunton, Somerset. The event was organised to thank the soldiers for their service in Afghanistan.

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared at a UN war crimes court in The Hague after 13 years on the run.

A total solar eclipse was seen across parts of the northern hemisphere from Canada to China. Here a boy looks to the sky in Bulgaria.

The first new mainline steam locomotive in Britain for almost 50 years made its debut in Darlington, County Durham. The Peppercorn Class A1 Pacific 60163 Tornado is a replica of the last passenger steam train.

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