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The Week in Photos: Ripple

This is the week that was, in photos…

THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The Week in Photos: Ripple
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  • Pulse of life

    A Hindu devotee offers prayers to the sun god after taking holy dips in the River Ganges on the occasion of Anant Chaturdashi festival in Mirzapur, India. The annual Anant Chaturdashi festival is the culmination of ten days when members of the Jain community reflect upon the past year to take steps towards purifying the soul and taking steps towards ten aspects that include giving and seeking forgiveness, prayers and meditation, non-violence towards all living beings, and riding the soul of jealousy, egoism and anger. (AP Photo/Anshul Mishra)
  • Go with the tide

    Indian Muslim women wash themselves near a fountain as a pigeon flies by at the Jama Masjid, or the Grand Mosque, in New Delhi, India. The Jama Masjid is one of India's biggest mosques. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
  • Sea to shining sea

    Classic yachts sails in the bay of Cannes, southeastern France, during the 34th Royal Regatta of Cannes. The Royal Regatta brings more than 100 yachts into the bay of Cannes. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
  • Swirl around

    Masts of classic yachts, are seen in the harbour of Cannes, southeastern France, during the 34th Royal Regatta of Cannes. The Royal Regatta brings more than 100 yachts into the bay of Cannes. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
  • Deep water

    A Palestinian protester walks away from a water canon used by Israeli troops to disperse protesters during a weekly protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
  • Shiver

    Leaves along the Androscoggin River are at peak color in Berlin, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
  • Mist over

    A huge sphere is lit during the Circle of Light Festival launch at the red Square in Moscow. Almost all of central Moscow'Â’s famous sites will be served as screens for the festival, including, in addition to the historic buildings in Red Square, the Manege Central Exhibition Hall, the fountain in Manege Square, the Hotel Moskva and even the entrance to Gorky Park. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
  • Ripple effect

    Foreign tourists swim in an outdoor pool in one of the hotels, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)
  • A swell time

    Surfers attempt to break the Guinness world record for the largest amount of surfers on a wave at one time, in Muizenberg on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
  • Rhythm of time

    Elderly women rinse their mouths with holy water at a shrine in Tokyo. The UN Population Fund has urged governments to build safety nets to ensure that older people have income security and access to essential health and social services as the world's elderly population grows. The UN agency said discrimination toward and poverty among the aged are still far too prevalent in many countries. It released its report Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 in Tokyo, capital of the world's fastest-aging country. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
  • Shake in your boots

    A 700kg crocodile called Rex calmly waits just beneath the water for a feed after coming out of a three month hibernation at the Sydney Wildlife world in Sydney, Australia. Rex who has been a resident of the park since 2009, was a so-called rogue crocodile that was captured in the Northern Territory when his taste for local pet dogs drew him too close to the human population. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
  • Rain Room

    Visitors explore 'Rain Room' by artists Random International, a 100 square metre field of falling water which parts as visitors walk underneath, at the Barbican, in central London. Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
  • Surge up

    A devotee carries an idol of elephant-headed Hindu God, Ganesha, for immersion in the River Yamuna on the last day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
  • Silence is golden

    Two men cross the River Tawi early morning in Jammu, India. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
  • Rush hour

    Leaves begin to turn peak colors at the The Middle Falls of the Ammonoosuc River in Crawford's Purchase, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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