Photos of the week: 8/7 - 8/14

This past week in news saw the annual Perseid meteor shower, the one year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, and severe weather from California to Argentina and beyond. Click through the slideshow above to see the best photography from all of these stories and more, and be sure to check back next weekend for our selection of the best photos from the next seven days.