Photos of the Week: July 14-19

ZEROED IN: A six-year-old gymnast practiced on a horizontal bar at a gymnastics hall in Jiaxing, China, Sunday.
ZEROED IN: A six-year-old gymnast practiced on a horizontal bar at a gymnastics hall in Jiaxing, China, Sunday.
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DIVING IN: Children dove as floodwaters entered the tank of the 600 year old Sarkhej Roza architectural complex, which has been dry for the last seven years, in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday.
DIVING IN: Children dove as floodwaters entered the tank of the 600 year old Sarkhej Roza architectural complex, which has been dry for the last seven years, in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday.
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MID-FLIGHT: A team went over an obstacle as they competed in the Red Bull Soapbox race in London on Sunday. The Red Bull Soapbox race is an annual event where amateur drivers race with their homemade soapbox vehicles down hill through obstacles.
MID-FLIGHT: A team went over an obstacle as they competed in the Red Bull Soapbox race in London on Sunday. The Red Bull Soapbox race is an annual event where amateur drivers race with their homemade soapbox vehicles down hill through obstacles.
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WEEKEND CRUISE: Bulldogs Otto, left, and Benito rode skateboards in a park in Lima, Peru, Saturday.
WEEKEND CRUISE: Bulldogs Otto, left, and Benito rode skateboards in a park in Lima, Peru, Saturday.
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STARTING THE CELEBRATIONS: An Indian ‘holy man’ blew a buffalo horn on the eve of the traditional Kharchi Puja festival at Agartala, India, Monday. The weeklong festival involves the worship of 14 gods.
STARTING THE CELEBRATIONS: An Indian ‘holy man’ blew a buffalo horn on the eve of the traditional Kharchi Puja festival at Agartala, India, Monday. The weeklong festival involves the worship of 14 gods.
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SHATTERED: A driver inspected a government bus damaged by students protesting against caste-based affirmative action in recruitment examinations for government jobs in Allahabad, India, Monday.
SHATTERED: A driver inspected a government bus damaged by students protesting against caste-based affirmative action in recruitment examinations for government jobs in Allahabad, India, Monday.
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PUBLIC OUTCRY: Hundreds of activists demanded justice for Trayvon Martin after marching to New York’s Times Square from Union Square on Monday. George Zimmerman, acquitted Saturday by a Florida jury of six women, still faces public outrage, a possible civil suit and demands for a…
PUBLIC OUTCRY: Hundreds of activists demanded justice for Trayvon Martin after marching to New York’s Times Square from Union Square on Monday. George Zimmerman, acquitted Saturday by a Florida jury of six women, still faces public outrage, a possible civil suit and demands for a federal investigation.
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STAYING COOL: Alisha Bennett and her daughter Chloe, 2, cooled off by walking through a waterfall at the Yards Park, near the Washington Nationals baseball stadium in Washington, D.C., where temperatures were in the mid-90s on Tuesday.
STAYING COOL: Alisha Bennett and her daughter Chloe, 2, cooled off by walking through a waterfall at the Yards Park, near the Washington Nationals baseball stadium in Washington, D.C., where temperatures were in the mid-90s on Tuesday.
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HOLDING ON: An injured supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi carried a poster of Mr. Morsi as people ran from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Cairo on Monday.
HOLDING ON: An injured supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi carried a poster of Mr. Morsi as people ran from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes in Cairo on Monday.
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SURROUNDED: A man accused by the Congolese army of being a rebel spy was tied and taken away on Tuesday in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
SURROUNDED: A man accused by the Congolese army of being a rebel spy was tied and taken away on Tuesday in Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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WILDFIRE: Smoke from a mountain fire near Mountain Center, Calif., rose over a nearby road Monday. At least two buildings were destroyed along with multiple outbuildings as crews struggled with rough terrain and erratic winds to get a control on the blaze, which started Monday.
WILDFIRE: Smoke from a mountain fire near Mountain Center, Calif., rose over a nearby road Monday. At least two buildings were destroyed along with multiple outbuildings as crews struggled with rough terrain and erratic winds to get a control on the blaze, which started Monday.
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DUCK, DUCK, GEESE: A flock of 150 geese got ready to cross a street in Duisburg, Germany, early Wednesday. The geese spend the day in an outdoor enclosure eating grass and move back to their night accommodations in the evening.
DUCK, DUCK, GEESE: A flock of 150 geese got ready to cross a street in Duisburg, Germany, early Wednesday. The geese spend the day in an outdoor enclosure eating grass and move back to their night accommodations in the evening.
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FOOD FIGHT: Palestinian children fought over a bag of donated food in Hebron in the West Bank Wednesday.
FOOD FIGHT: Palestinian children fought over a bag of donated food in Hebron in the West Bank Wednesday.
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SYNCHRONIZED: Egypt’s synchronized swimming team practiced Wednesday at the Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona, ahead of the coming World Swimming Championships. The competition will take place from July 20 to Aug. 4.
SYNCHRONIZED: Egypt’s synchronized swimming team practiced Wednesday at the Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona, ahead of the coming World Swimming Championships. The competition will take place from July 20 to Aug. 4.
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CONTAMINATED: A man mourned for his daughter inside an ambulance outside a hospital in Bihar, eastern India, Tuesday. At least 22 children died after eating contaminated food from a public school-lunch program.
CONTAMINATED: A man mourned for his daughter inside an ambulance outside a hospital in Bihar, eastern India, Tuesday. At least 22 children died after eating contaminated food from a public school-lunch program.
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JUST A TRIM: A barber cut the hair of a customer at the barber shop Barbearia Campo, open since 1886, in Lisbon on Tuesday.
JUST A TRIM: A barber cut the hair of a customer at the barber shop Barbearia Campo, open since 1886, in Lisbon on Tuesday.
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SWIMMING WITH THE FISHES: A monkey played in a pond at a wildlife park in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Tuesday.
SWIMMING WITH THE FISHES: A monkey played in a pond at a wildlife park in Hefei, Anhui province, China, Tuesday.
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COLD SHOWER: A Free Syrian Army fighter took a shower outdoors to beat the heat in Deir al-Zor Wednesday.
COLD SHOWER: A Free Syrian Army fighter took a shower outdoors to beat the heat in Deir al-Zor Wednesday.
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BURIED: A boy lay in the sand on a nice day at the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands, on Thursday.
BURIED: A boy lay in the sand on a nice day at the beach in Scheveningen, Netherlands, on Thursday.
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FLOODED FIELDS: Villagers worked in a flooded field in Liujiacun village in central China’s Hubei province Thursday.
FLOODED FIELDS: Villagers worked in a flooded field in Liujiacun village in central China’s Hubei province Thursday.
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DUSTY: An aerial view showed the Zaatari refugee camp, near Mafraq, Jordan, on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spent about 40 minutes with a half-dozen refugees in the camp, which is about 8 miles from the Syrian border and holds roughly 115,000 Syrian refugees.
DUSTY: An aerial view showed the Zaatari refugee camp, near Mafraq, Jordan, on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spent about 40 minutes with a half-dozen refugees in the camp, which is about 8 miles from the Syrian border and holds roughly 115,000 Syrian refugees.
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ESCARGOT? Snails crawled on the face of a woman during a demonstration of a new beauty treatment at Clinical-Salon Ci:z.Labo in central Tokyo Wednesday. According to a beautician at the salon, the snail slime is believed to make one’s skin supple and remove dry and scaly patches.
ESCARGOT? Snails crawled on the face of a woman during a demonstration of a new beauty treatment at Clinical-Salon Ci:z.Labo in central Tokyo Wednesday. According to a beautician at the salon, the snail slime is believed to make one’s skin supple and remove dry and scaly patches.
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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: A diver trained on the 3-meter springboard at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona Friday.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: A diver trained on the 3-meter springboard at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona Friday.
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SEA OF GREEN: A fisherman waded in Chaohu Lake, covered in blue-green algae, in Chaohu city, Anhui province, China, Friday.
SEA OF GREEN: A fisherman waded in Chaohu Lake, covered in blue-green algae, in Chaohu city, Anhui province, China, Friday.
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UP IN ARMS: Police detained a demonstrator Friday as supporters of opposition blogger Alexei Navalny gathered in Moscow’s Manezhnaya Square. Mr. Navalny was convicted Thursday of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison, effectively removing him from political life less…
UP IN ARMS: Police detained a demonstrator Friday as supporters of opposition blogger Alexei Navalny gathered in Moscow’s Manezhnaya Square. Mr. Navalny was convicted Thursday of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison, effectively removing him from political life less than two years after he led the biggest protests to threaten the Kremlin since President Vladimir Putin rose to power.
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SPILL: A crab walked on top of an oil slick along a stretch of beach near the village of Gastria in northern Cyprus Friday.
SPILL: A crab walked on top of an oil slick along a stretch of beach near the village of Gastria in northern Cyprus Friday.
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MUD WRESTLING: People played in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, South Korea, Friday.
MUD WRESTLING: People played in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in Boryeong, South Korea, Friday.
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