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Week in Photos

The Week in Photos: Seeing Double

This is the week that was, in photos…
7.00pm, 17 Aug 2014
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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The Week in Photos: Seeing Double
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  • Seeing Double

    Colorado Rockies' Ben Paulsen (4) celebrates with teammate Drew Stubbs (13) after hitting a two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second inning of a baseball game.Source: AP/Press Association Images

  • Seeing Double

    Bullfighter's banderillero Vicente Cabanes is tossed by a Guardiola Fantoni ranch fighting bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring, in Madrid.Source: Daniel Ochoa de Olza

  • Seeing Double

    Two lone deckchairs stand on a near deserted Brighton beach as the effects of ex-Hurricane Bertha are felt across England and Wales.Source: Andrew Matthews

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    U.S. F/A-18 fighter jets take off for mission in Iraq from the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, in the Persian Gulf.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    The supermoon rises behind the golden double-headed eagle, the National Emblem of the Russian Federation at Red Square in Moscow, RussiaSource: AP/Press Association Images

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    The moon rises in the sky as seen through the Four Towers or C.T.B.A. (Cuatro Torres Business Area), one of the main symbols of Madrid, Spain.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    A Muslim woman poses for a souvenir picture in front of a mural in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSource: Lai Seng Sin

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    Ex-Seleka fighters ride on a motorcycle in Bambari, Central African Republic.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Valentino (right) a two-and-a-half year old Rothschild Giraffe with his new companion Lehanne, getting used to his new surroundings at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Ashford, Kent, after arriving at the park earlier this week to take part in their breeding programme.Source: PA Wire/Press Association Images

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    Schoolgirls dressed in the colors of the Indian national tricolor flag participate in rehearsals for Independence Day celebrations in Ajmer, India.Source: Deepak Sharma

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    Men, women and children are squashed inside boxes to illustrate the conditions faced by the population of Gaza trapped by the blockade, the wooden boxes, 90cm high by 80cm wide, have been arranged to represent the Gaza strip as a protest by Oxfam on Parliament Square, central London.Source: Andrew Matthews

  • Seeing Double

    aria Korobova and Svetlana Kolesnichenko from Russia perform during the duet synchronized swimming free routine at the LEN Swimming European Championships in Berlin, Germany.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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    Kosovo women cool off in a cascade of the Mirusha water falls 80 km west of Kosovo capital Pristina, during a heat wave with temperatures reaching 37 degrees Celsius.Source: AP/Press Association Images

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