The Week in Pictures: Aug. 9 - 16

Members of the Spanish Emergency Army work to extinguish a forest fire in Torre de Macanes near Alicante on Aug. 13. Emergency teams battled through the night to quell flames in the pine forests that claimed the life of one firefighting team member the day before.

SEATTLE, WA - AUGUST 15: Starting pitcher Felix Hernandez #34 of the Seattle Mariners celebrates after throwing a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Safeco Field on August 15, 2012 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

A supporter of Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev dries her clothes at the venue of an anti-corruption protest in New Delhi, India on Aug. 12.

Lightning is seen above buildings during a storm in central Shanghai August 15, 2012. REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY CITYSPACE ENVIRONMENT)

South Korea's Jung Jinhwa riding Foot Perfect falls during the riding event of the men's modern pentathlon during the London 2012 Olympics at Greenwich Park August 11, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT EQUESTRIANISM PORT MODERN PENTATHLON TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A member of the Free Syrian Army tries to spot positions held by government forces from a residential building on the outskirts of the Salaheddin neighborhood of Aleppo on Aug. 14.

A Syrian woman holds her dead baby as she screams upon seeing her husband's body being covered following an airstrike by regime forces in the town of Azaaz, Syria on Aug. 15. At least 20 people were killed in the airstrike, said residents.

A firefighting tanker plane drops fire retardant on homes threatened by the Taylor Creek Fire outside Cle Elum, Washington, August 15, 2012. Wildfires roared out of control across the sun-scorched U.S. West on Wednesday and threatened to roll into two small towns in Idaho as firefighters managed to partially dampen a monster blaze that has destroyed 60 homes in Washington state. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at an awards ceremony for Russia's Olympians in Moscow's Kremlin on Aug. 15.

A victim of Saturday's earthquake sits on the ruins of buildings at the village of Bajebaj near the city of Varzaqan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. Twin earthquakes in Iran have killed at least 250 people and injured over 2,000, Iranian state television said on Sunday, after thousands spent the night outdoors after their villages were leveled and homes damaged in the country's northwest. Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. It experiences at least one earthquake every day on average, although the vast majority are so small they go unnoticed. (AP Photo/ISNA, Ruhollah Vahdati)

Elsy Castillo, 25, and her 8-year-old daughter Dairl, react as they are forced to leave the area near the Jacobo Arbenz housing settlement by the military and police in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Security forces evicted about 200 families on Monday from vacant lots that they took over in January, called the Jacobo Arbenz housing settlement, which is located in front a military base. On Wednesday, forces returned to the area to force families that didn't leave to move out. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

TOPSHOTS German steam boat \"Bussard\" built in 1905 parades on the Baltic Sea on August 11, 2012 during the \"Hanse Sail\" sailing festival in Rostock, northeastern Germany. Visitors can see more than 220 tall ships and attend a huge cultural program during the maritime festival taking place from August 9 to 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO / BERND WUESTNECK GERMANY OUTBERND WUESTNECK/AFP/GettyImages