Pictures of the Week: June 29 – July 5

Julio Cortez—AP
Julio Cortez—AP
July 1, 2012. Fair-goers spin on a ride at the State Fair Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.

From South Sudan’s refugee crisis and Spain’s historic Euro 2012 win to the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials and a polar bear cub’s piggyback, TIME’s photo department presents the best images of the week.

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