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Week in Photos

The Week in Photos: Shadow

This is the week that was, in photos …
7.30pm, 27 Apr 2014
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The Week in Photos: Shadow
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    A Christian pilgrim holds candles at the church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City. The "holy fire" was passed among worshippers outside the Church and then taken to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, where tradition holds Jesus was born, and from there to other Christian communities in Israel and the West Bank. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty) Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Roger Federer of Switzerland returns the ball to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their semifinal match at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Clayton Anderson, a member of the Houston Rockets' Anti-Gravity dunk team, performs outside Toyota Center before Game 1 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Cambodian army soldiers stand while participating in a US-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2014" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)Source: Heng Sinith

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    Shadows of people with flowers pay homage to the victims of the Holocaust at a monument in World War II Nazi concentration camp Sajmiste in Belgrade, Serbiato mark The Holocaust Remembrance Day. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Visitors reading messages wishing safe return of missing passengers aboard the sunken ferry Sewol are silhouetted on the side of a tent at a port in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea. One by one, coast guard officers carried the newly arrived bodies covered in white sheets from a boat to a tent on the dock of this island, the first step in identifying a sharply rising number of corpses from the South Korean ferry that sank nearly a week ago. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)Source: Lee Jin-man

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    Herminia Hernandez gathers trash on the beach while volunteering to pick up trash on Earth Day in Miami Beach, Florida. People across the globe held events on Earth Day to celebrate the earth's environment and spread awareness on how to conserve its natural resources. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Firefighters put out a burning barricade during clashes at the Pavao Pavaozinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Intense exchanges of gunfire, numerous blazes set alit and a shower of homemade explosives and glass bottles onto a busy avenue in Rio de Janeiro'’s main tourist zone erupted Tuesday night after the death of a popular young shantytown resident, Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    A view of the Club house during a media day at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake. (Peter Byrne/PA Wire)Source: Peter Byrne

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    Members of CoisCeim perform at Meeting House Square, Dublin, for the launch of Bealtaine, Ireland's festival celebrating creativity as we age. (Brian Lawless/PA Wire)Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images

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    Brazilians and tourists play soccer on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro. With the World Cup weeks away, Brazil has been struggling to get the country ready for the World Cup. Infrastructure work is far from completed and violent clashes continue to flare up in several cities. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Headstones in Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin (Brian Lawless/PA Wire)Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images

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    Philadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard casts a shadow as he throws the ball during practice for a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Source: Jae C. Hong

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    Daryl Cura demonstrates an e-cigarette at Vape store in Chicago. The US federal government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warning labels. Meanwhile, in Ireland the HSE has announced the ban on e-cigarettes on its smoke-free campuses. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Buddhist monks pray for the safe return of passengers aboard the sunken ferry boat Sewol at a port in Jindo, South Korea. Divers made their way deeper Thursday into the submerged wreck of the ferry that sank more than a week ago as the death toll continues to rise and relatives of the more than 140 still missing pressed the government to finish the grim task of recovery soon. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Source: Ahn Young-joon

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