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The week in photos: Brave

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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos: Brave
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  • Brave new world

    You Ya-ting, left, and her partner Huang Mei-yu stamp their names in front of a statue of Buddha in the prayer hall as they are married in the first gay Taiwan Buddhist ceremonial wedding in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The country still does not legally recognise same sex marriage. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

  • Cold comfort

    Secret swimming launches at The Wilderness Festival with the world’s largest skinny dip at Oxfordshire. Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

  • Brave face

    Hwang Woojin, of South Korea, and his horse Shearwater Oscar, fall down after the horse bucked after the starting bell sounded to start their run in the equestrian show jumping stage of the men's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  • Ride the lightning

    A man plays guitar as high voltage of up to 1 million volts, generated by a Tesla coil transformer, runs through his body during a stunt performance in Changle, Fujian Province of China.. (Photo by Liu Tao/ChinaFotoPress)

  • Ready... set...

    The equestrian show jumping stage of the men's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

  • Bold as brass

    An exile Tibetan prostrates himself on the road during a peaceful prostration march in New Delhi, India. The march was held to express support and solidarity with Tibetans who allegedly immolated themselves in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet Thursday in Amdo Ngawa in Tibet, according to the protesters. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

  • Pulling through

    Young evacuees play inside a temporary evacuation center in the outskirts of Quezon City, nYoung evacuees play inside a temporary evacuation centre in the outskirts of Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. Officials will mobilise thousands to clean up the Philippine capital in the wake of torrential monsoon rains and flooding, as evacuees return to clear mud and debris that swamped their homes. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)orth of Manila, Philippines on Saturday Aug. 11, 2012. Officials will mobilize thousands to clean up the Philippine capital in the wake of torrential monsoon rains and flooding as evacuees return to clear mud and debris that swamped their homes.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

  • Brave the flames

    Smoke billows across houses as a wildfire burns near Chipude Village, La Gomera, Spain. Wildfires spurred by high temperatures raged across Spain's Canary Islands of La Gomera and Tenerife as well as Ourense in northwestern Spain. One firefighter died in a forest blaze.(AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)

  • Strong and silent

    Scott Coleman from USA (red) in action against Asgarov Toghrul of Azerbaijan in their Men's Freestyle Wrestling 60kg Semi Final at the Excel Arena, London.

  • Fortune favors the brave

    A supporterof Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev bathes at the venue of a protest in New Delhi, India. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is on his third day of fasting, deferred announcement on the next course of his action to pressure the government to bring back billions of ill-gotten gains. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

  • Brave front

    Mud on the feet of children waiting in line for the distribution of relief goods after a flood east of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

  • Pluck up courage

    A man plays violin as up to 1 million volts, generated by a Tesla coil transformer, runs through his body during a stunt. Wang Zengxiang has dedicated himself to a dare-devil career for a decade. (Photo by Liu Tao/ChinaFotoPress)

  • Braving nature

    Water roars down the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River on August 11, 2012 in Linfen, Shanxi Province of China. (Photo by Lv Jianping/ChinaFotoPress)

  • Fight the power

    Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of feminist punk group Pussy Riot greets her supporters as she is escorted to a court room in Moscow. On Friday, the three women were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for staging an anti-Putin protest at a Moscow cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
  • You Ya-ting, left, and her partner Huang Mei-yu stamp their names in front of a statue of Buddha in the prayer hall as they are married in the first gay Taiwan Buddhist ceremonial wedding in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The country still does not legally recognise same sex marriage. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
  • Secret swimming launches at The Wilderness Festival with the world’s largest skinny dip at Oxfordshire. Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire
  • Hwang Woojin, of South Korea, and his horse Shearwater Oscar, fall down after the horse bucked after the starting bell sounded to start their run in the equestrian show jumping stage of the men's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • A man plays guitar as high voltage of up to 1 million volts, generated by a Tesla coil transformer, runs through his body during a stunt performance in Changle, Fujian Province of China.. (Photo by Liu Tao/ChinaFotoPress)
  • The equestrian show jumping stage of the men's modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
  • An exile Tibetan prostrates himself on the road during a peaceful prostration march in New Delhi, India. The march was held to express support and solidarity with Tibetans who allegedly immolated themselves in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet Thursday in Amdo Ngawa in Tibet, according to the protesters. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
  • Young evacuees play inside a temporary evacuation center in the outskirts of Quezon City, nYoung evacuees play inside a temporary evacuation centre in the outskirts of Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines. Officials will mobilise thousands to clean up the Philippine capital in the wake of torrential monsoon rains and flooding, as evacuees return to clear mud and debris that swamped their homes. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)orth of Manila, Philippines on Saturday Aug. 11, 2012. Officials will mobilize thousands to clean up the Philippine capital in the wake of torrential monsoon rains and flooding as evacuees return to clear mud and debris that swamped their homes.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
  • Smoke billows across houses as a wildfire burns near Chipude Village, La Gomera, Spain. Wildfires spurred by high temperatures raged across Spain's Canary Islands of La Gomera and Tenerife as well as Ourense in northwestern Spain. One firefighter died in a forest blaze.(AP Photo/Andres Gutierrez)
  • Scott Coleman from USA (red) in action against Asgarov Toghrul of Azerbaijan in their Men's Freestyle Wrestling 60kg Semi Final at the Excel Arena, London.
  • A supporterof Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev bathes at the venue of a protest in New Delhi, India. Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev, who is on his third day of fasting, deferred announcement on the next course of his action to pressure the government to bring back billions of ill-gotten gains. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
  • Mud on the feet of children waiting in line for the distribution of relief goods after a flood east of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
  • A man plays violin as up to 1 million volts, generated by a Tesla coil transformer, runs through his body during a stunt. Wang Zengxiang has dedicated himself to a dare-devil career for a decade. (Photo by Liu Tao/ChinaFotoPress)
  • Water roars down the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River on August 11, 2012 in Linfen, Shanxi Province of China. (Photo by Lv Jianping/ChinaFotoPress)
  • Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of feminist punk group Pussy Riot greets her supporters as she is escorted to a court room in Moscow. On Friday, the three women were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred for staging an anti-Putin protest at a Moscow cathedral. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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