TORONTO – Two young brothers die after they were asphyxiated by a python in New Brunswick.
A group of mice show off their skateboarding skills.
A terminally ill toddler who served as a best man at his parents’ wedding over the weekend dies two days later.
Here’s a look at this week’s heartwarming and heart-wrenching news photos.
Two brothers killed by a python are remembered at a vigil:
Mourners gather in Campbellton, N.B. to remember Noah and Connor Barthe on Wednesday, August 7, 2013. (Photo credit: AP Photo)
Four-year-old Noah Barthe and his six-year-old brother Connor were killed by an African rock python in an apartment upstairs from Reptile Ocean. The young boys will be laid to rest Saturday. (Photo credit: Facebook). Read the latest here.
Mourners gather a the funeral of a police officer who was shot dead earlier that day in front of his children:
Mourners react beside the coffin of a Pakistani police officer killed in a suicide bombing prior to the funeral ceremony in Quetta on August 8, 2013. (Photo credit: Getty Images). Read the story here.
Terminally ill 2-year-old boy dies after serving as parents’ best man:
Christine Swidorsky carries her son and the couple’s best man, Logan Stevenson, 2, down the aisle to her husband-to-be Sean Stevenson during the wedding ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 in Jeannette, Pa. (Photo credit: AP Photo). Read the story here.
Relatives hold portraits of their lost loved ones:
Mourners hold up portraits of their missing relatives, presumed dead following the April 24 Rana Plaza garment building collapse, at the scene during the one hundredth-day anniversary of the disaster in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on August 2, 2013. (Photo credit: Getty Images). Follow our coverage here.
Mice show off their stellar skateboarding skills:
Flying through a hoop of fire:
Pet mice ride on mouse-sized toy skateboards in a mouse-sized skate park built by Shane Willmott in his backyard on August 2, 2013 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo credit: Getty Images). See the full gallery here.
Sport teams celebrates their wins or goals:
(From L) France’s Fabien Gilot (front), Camille Lacourt (back), Jeremy Stravius and Giacomo Perez-Dortona celebrate after winning the final of the men’s 4×100-metre medley relay swimming event in the FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on August 4, 2013. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Philipp Riese (TOP), Fabian Klos (C) and Tim Jerat of Bielefeld celebrate their teams second goal during the DFB Cup first round match between Arminia Bielefeld and Eintracht Braunschweig at the Schueco Arena on August 4, 2013 in Bielefeld, Germany. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
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