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The week in photos: Faith

This is the week that was, in photos…

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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The week in photos: Faith
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  • Keep the faith

    A Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil Hindu devotee participates, with a trident pierced through his mouth, in the annual Hindu festival of the Shri Samudishwari Ambal Kovil Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The act of piercing one’s body is performed to show their devotion towards the Shri Samudishwari Ambal deity. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

  • Have faith in yourself

    A schoolgirl looks at a book as she sits at a desk on her first day at school in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukrainian children began their new school year on Sept. 1, known as Knowledge Day. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

  • Faith and honour

    A villager offers flowers to a female adult elephant lying dead on a paddy field in Panbari village, about 50 kilometers east of Gauhati, India. The elephant, who was crossing a railway line with a herd of wild Asiatic elephants, was killed after being hit by a speeding train. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

  • Blessed event

    Children perform exercises in a park as a rainbow appears in the background in Mumbai, India. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)

  • Faithful representation

    A girl stands beside Lego figures during a preview at Legoland Malaysia in Nusajaya, Johor, southern Malaysia. Legoland Malaysia is Asia's first Legoland theme park and is to open on Sept. 15. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

  • Trust in yourself

    during the athletics competition at the 2012 Paralympics in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

  • Put it on trust

    A sea lion reaches a fish during meal time at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

  • Hope eternal

    An exile Tibetan prays while he attends a program to mark the Tibetan Democracy Day in Katmandu, Nepal. This day in 1960 members of the first Tibetan parliament-in-exile were elected. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

  • Leap of faith

    A woman holds an extra edition reporting about the death of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon at an Unification Church in Seoul, South Korea. Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, died Monday at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast of Seoul, church officials said. He was 92. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

  • Hope against hope

    Three white Indian tiger cubs, born on July 1, 2012 in Liberec, Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

  • Hope chest

    Heriberto Pacheco stands still as someone rolls suntan oil on his skin before competing in the Mr. Mexico and Miss Perfection bodybuilding contest in Mexico City. The body building competition attracts more than 500 participants from around the country for the three day event. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

  • Family and faith

    Angelana Jones, right, poses for a photgraph as she waits to take part in the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

  • In good faith

    An elderly Sri Lankan laborer pushes a cart as it rains in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

  • Act of faith

    The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

  • Faith will move mountains

    A Greenpeace activist, dressed as a polar bear, sits inside a police car after being detained outside Gazprom's headquarters in Moscow. Russian and international environmentalists are protesting against Gazprom's plans to pioneer oil drilling in the Arctic. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
  • A Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil Hindu devotee participates, with a trident pierced through his mouth, in the annual Hindu festival of the Shri Samudishwari Ambal Kovil Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The act of piercing one’s body is performed to show their devotion towards the Shri Samudishwari Ambal deity. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
  • A schoolgirl looks at a book as she sits at a desk on her first day at school in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukrainian children began their new school year on Sept. 1, known as Knowledge Day. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
  • A villager offers flowers to a female adult elephant lying dead on a paddy field in Panbari village, about 50 kilometers east of Gauhati, India. The elephant, who was crossing a railway line with a herd of wild Asiatic elephants, was killed after being hit by a speeding train. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
  • Children perform exercises in a park as a rainbow appears in the background in Mumbai, India. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)
  • A girl stands beside Lego figures during a preview at Legoland Malaysia in Nusajaya, Johor, southern Malaysia. Legoland Malaysia is Asia's first Legoland theme park and is to open on Sept. 15. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
  • during the athletics competition at the 2012 Paralympics in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
  • A sea lion reaches a fish during meal time at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
  • An exile Tibetan prays while he attends a program to mark the Tibetan Democracy Day in Katmandu, Nepal. This day in 1960 members of the first Tibetan parliament-in-exile were elected. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
  • A woman holds an extra edition reporting about the death of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon at an Unification Church in Seoul, South Korea. Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded Unification Church, died Monday at a church-owned hospital near his home in Gapyeong County, northeast of Seoul, church officials said. He was 92. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
  • Three white Indian tiger cubs, born on July 1, 2012 in Liberec, Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
  • Heriberto Pacheco stands still as someone rolls suntan oil on his skin before competing in the Mr. Mexico and Miss Perfection bodybuilding contest in Mexico City. The body building competition attracts more than 500 participants from around the country for the three day event. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
  • Angelana Jones, right, poses for a photgraph as she waits to take part in the West Indian Day Parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
  • An elderly Sri Lankan laborer pushes a cart as it rains in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
  • The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
  • A Greenpeace activist, dressed as a polar bear, sits inside a police car after being detained outside Gazprom's headquarters in Moscow. Russian and international environmentalists are protesting against Gazprom's plans to pioneer oil drilling in the Arctic. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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