US Vice President Kamala Harris embraces National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan after welcoming home freed Americans following a prisoner exchange between Russia and the West, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. AFP
Russia's President Vladimir Putin welcomes Russians released in the prisoner swap, at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. AFP
Lightning illuminates the sky above Sacre Coeur during the Olympic Games in Paris. Reuters
Competitors in action in the third heat of the women's cycling BMX racing quarter-finals at the Paris Olympics, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. AFP
Spectators during the Argentina-Germany men's volleyball match at the Paris Olympics. Reuters
Bus drivers whip a fellow driver for breaking a strike against fuel shortages in El Alto, Bolivia. AP
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, right, is presented with a gift during a ceremony marking Germany's accession to the United Nations Command in South Korea, at the US military headquarters in Pyeongtaek. EPA
Visitors take photographs in front of the Cloud Gate sculpture, by Anish Kapoor, as it reflects the skyline in Chicago, Illinois, US. AFP
Poles light flares during a rally to mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupiers, in the Polish capital. AFP
Best photos of August 2: Kamala Harris in Maryland to the Warsaw Uprising anniversary