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Week in Photos

The Week in Photos: Stretch

This is the week that was, in photos…

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The Week in Photos: Stretch
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  • Home stretch

    Germany's Kyra Felssner performs her routine in the synchronised swimming technical solo event at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
  • Stretch your legs

    Pittsburgh Pirates' Andrew McCutchen falls rounding second base while trying to stretch a double to a triple in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
  • Branch out

    Competitors roll in yellow paint during the 5k Colour Run outside the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
  • Around the bend

    Gold medalists Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein from Germany perform during the men's 10-meter platform final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
  • Stretch the truth

    North Korean girls perform with hoops in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea has revealed a new rendition of the "Arirang" mass games, the song-and-dance ensemble. This year's performance was timed to debut for the 60th anniversary Saturday of the end of the Korean War, and features new scenes focusing on leader Kim Jong Un's directives. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
  • Spin off

    A young dancer learns to dance for the traditional ''Danza de Los Zancos'' (Los Zancos Dance) on stilts in honor of Saint Mary Magdalene, in the small town of Anguiano, northern Spain. Eight young people from the town balance on stilts along the old street turning to the sound of folk music played on a pipe and drum. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
  • Stretch marks

    Lightning strikes behind The London Eye in central London which is coloured red, white and blue to mark the birth of a baby boy, at 4.24pm yesterday to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at St Mary's Hospital.
  • Full stretch

    Patrick Hausding and Stephan Feck of Germany compete in the men's 3-meter synchro springboard preliminary competition at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
  • Great lengths

    Mexico perform their routine in the synchronised swimming team free preliminary event at the FINA Swimming World Championships. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
  • Root and branch

    Bronze medalists Jahir Ocampo and Rommel Pacheco perform during the men's 3-meter springboard final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
  • Art is long

    Jessica Ennis-Hill competes in the women's long jump during the Loughborough European Athletics Permit Meet at Loughborough University, Loughborough. (Mike Egerton/PA Wire.)
  • Take the long view

    Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltepetl mountain, rises above the morning mist as seen from a Mexican Navy aircraft on a volcano monitoring mission in Mexico. Pico de Orizaba is Mexico's highest peak and the third highest in North America. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
  • Long shot

    Disney Channel star Martina Stoessel, of Argentina, performs in concert as "Violetta," her character from the Disney Channel television series of the same name, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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