1. First Known Pic of Michael Phelps  One Direction member Harry Styles tweeted this humorous photo of a very young Michael Phelps with the simple caption, “Genius.”  2. Harry Styles Takes a Dip  Another photo posted to Harry Styles’ Instagram shows the singer cooling off on a hot day.  3. Flooding in the Philippines  This photo of flooding in the Philippines was posted to Instagram by chabuenconsejo with the hashtag #PrayForthePhilippines  4. Tribute to Usain Bolt  BBC journalist Frank Keogh posted this photo of police officers in London paying tribute to Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt with the hashtag #BBC2012  Taylor Swift has 2,363,952 followers on Instagram alone, helping fuel this photo of her cat seated with a view of the Olympics. The picture received more than 190,000 likes and 6,000 comments.  6. James Harden Gets Crossed Up  In their opening round matchup, the U.S. men’s basketball team beat Nigeria by 82 points: 156-73. But Nigeria did have one highlight when point guard Tony Skinn brought James Harden to his knees with a nasty crossover.  7. Curiosity Tweets From Mars  This photo was taken on Mars by the Curiosity Rover and then posted to the robot’s official Twitter account. This was one of the first photos uploaded, with the caption “Once more, without the clear dust cover. Here's the "fisheye" pic from my rear Hazcam #MSL”  8. Tom Daley Meets Spongebob  Tom Daley fan melldolan Tweeted this photo of him -- featuring Spongebob -- at the British diver himself, who then retweeted with good humor. His tweet was then retweeted along with her photo over 5,000 times.  9. An Early Medal Count  This popular parody of the Queen (almost 900,000 followers) tweeted this pic of the medal count early in the games, showing Britain in third. Her caption read, “TeamGB. Third in the medal table. The Empire Strikes Back.” The image was retweeted over 4,000 times.  10. Prince Charles Chasing "Bubble Girl"  Another photo from the parody account of the Queen just contained the word “Awkward” and shows Prince Charles in pursuit of the popular meme  Which photos on Twitter resonated with users the most this week? We’ve got the pics that rose above and captured the attention of people across the world.  The Olympics have been popular on social media for several weeks now, and this week was no exception with many events in full swing. Most of the photos here have some sort of Olympics angle, whether it’s British policemen having some fun, diver Tom Daley interacting with fans, or the Games seen through the eyes of one noteworthy cat. Outside of London, one stunning photo of flooding in the Philippines was particularly arresting.  Not to be outdone, Harry Styles of British boy band One Direction makes not one but two appearances in our top 10. And with nearly 6,000,000 Twitter followers, we’re not surprised.  Each week, we assemble the top 10 Twitter pics with the help of our partners at Skylines — a group that examines the most popular trends and photos online.
This week's top 10 Twitter pics show what people were talking about across the world, including a lot of Olympics chatter.