Week in photos - Aug. 2, 2013

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Here are some outstanding photos from the past week.

Michelle Knight speaks during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Knight was the first woman abducted Castro in 2002.

Former Goldman Sachs vice president Fabrice Tourre, left, leaves Manhattan federal court with his attorneys, in New York, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Tourre, who earned the nickname "Fabulous Fab," was found liable Thursday in a fraud case brought by federal regulators in response to the 2007 mortgage crisis that helped push the country into recession.

Brian Bond, second from left, Lindsey Stewart's fiance, watches as her casket is placed into a hearse at the Good Shepard Lutheran Church in Pearl River, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. The service for Lindsey Stewart of Piermont is being held at the church in Pearl River where she would have been married Aug. 10. Stewart died Friday night when the powerboat she was in crashed into a barge on the Hudson River. Bond was injured and his best man, Mark Lennon, was killed. The pilot of the boat, Jojo John, was charged with vehicular manslaughter and police said they suspect he was intoxicated. Stewart's and Lennon's parents suggested Thursday that poor lighting on the barge, not drunkenness, was responsible.

Margaret Miles, right, celebrates with wife Cathy ten Broeke, left, after they were married at the Minneapolis Freedom to Marry Celebration, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at the Minneapolis City Hall. The couple were the first women legally married in Minnesota.

Fireworks are seen behind the Divino Salvador del Mundo monument during "Agostinas" (in allusion to the August month) religious celebrations in San Salvador, August 1, 2013. The Agostinas parties are held annually from August 1 to 6 in honor of the Divine Savior of the World (Divino Salvador del Mundo in Spanish), patron of the Salvadoran capital.

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Michelle Knight speaks during the sentencing phase for Ariel Castro Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, in Cleveland. Knight was the first woman abducted Castro in 2002.

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