THIS WEEKWORLD

AZERBAIJAN

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (second left), Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (center) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (second right) attend a trilateral meeting in Baku on August 8, focusing on trade, transportation and the environment as well as the Syrian situation

ZIMBABWE

Robert Gabriel Mugabe (second left), President of Zimbabwe, inspects troops at the National Defense Day ceremony held in the capital, Harare, on August 9

JAPAN

People at a store in Tokyo watch Emperor Akihito delivering a video message on August 8. In his address, the emperor hints indirectly at his wish to abdicate

NEPAL

Rescuers search for victims at the scene of a helicopter crash in the Madanpur area of Nuwakot District on August 8. All seven on board, including a newly-born baby, were killed

SWITZERLAND

Hikers view a giant biodegradable painting by French artist Saype on the Chaux-de-Mont ski slope above the Alpine resort of Leysin on August 8

PAKISTAN

An ambulance carrying injured people leaves the site of an explosion in the southwestern city of Quetta on August 8. At least 93 people were killed and 56 others injured in a suicide blast inside the emergency ward of a hospital on that day