Stunning images from around the world

China's Ding Ning watches the ball as she serves during her table tennis women's gold medal singles match against compatriot Li Xiaoxia of the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Excel Centre in London on Wednesday. Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

An elephant sprays water ahead of the Sri Lankan Esala Perahera festival in the ancient hill capital of Kandy on Wednesday. The festival features a nightly procession of Kandyan dancers, fire twirlers, traditional musicians, elephants, and draws thousands of tourists and spectators. (August 1, 2012) Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

A national parks ranger inspects a dead 30-tonne humpback whale in the Newport Beach rockpool north of Sydney on Wednesday. The 11.6 metre adult humpback, which appears to have been dead for several days, washed up in the ocean baths overnight as rough seas lashed parts of Australia's east coast. (August 1, 2012) Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

A rescued baby pangolin is released in the forest by government wildlife and conservation officer in Karo district located in North Sumatra province on July 31, 2012 after Indonesian police intercepted 85 endangered pangolins, most of them alive despite being stuffed into sacks by suspected smugglers. Photo Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Streets are packed with heavy traffic following a power outage and rains in the central part of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis spread over half the country Tuesday when both its eastern and northern electricity grids collapsed, leaving 600 million people without power in one of the world's biggest-ever blackouts. Photo Credit: AP

An Indian girl carries an idol of Hindu goddess Dashama as she looks for reusable material amid idols left by devotees on the banks of the River Sabarmati at the end of Dashama festival in Ahmadabad, India. The 10-day festival celebrated in the Shravan month of the Hindu calendar culminates with the immersion of the idols of Hindu goddess Dashama. (July 29, 2012) Photo Credit: AP

People throw colored powder into the air during the Holi Festival in Berlin, Germany. The original Holi, also known as the festival of colors, is a festival celebrated in India and other Hindu countries. Some thousands of people celebrated this event with Indian Djs, acrobatics and dance in the German capital. (July 29, 2012) Photo Credit: AP

Carnaval des Fleurs queen, Kimberley Benoit, 22, poses for a photo during a presentation ceremony of carnival royalty at the national palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Carnival of Flowers, a three-day celebration, will mark new beginnings and the revitalization of Haiti with a Sunday parade, concerts and street dancing. (July 27, 2012) Photo Credit: AP

Many hands join in to help as an anaconda snake at the Oklahoma City Zoo has dental floss taped to it's head and along it's body as it is measured at the zoo in Oklahoma City. The floss and tape are necessary because it would be nearly impossible to stretch out the snake. The anaconda weighed 152 lbs. and measured 16 feet. (July 26, 2012) Photo Credit: AP

Water is released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river, in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, after heavy downpours in the upper reaches of the dam caused the highest flood peak of the year. (July 24, 2012) Photo Credit: Getty Images