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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

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  • Nowhere to go

    Journalists sit it out in a hallway as gun-battles continue around the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Dozens of journalists were trapped inside the hotel as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi prevented them from leaving and gun battles with rebel forces raged around the building. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

  • India Day Parade

    A performer waits to march during the 31st India Day Parade on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)

  • Cuba

    Dancers of the Rosario Cardenas company perform during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba at the Great Theater in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)

  • Pakistan

    A Pakistani leaves as others offer evening prayers during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

  • East Africa Famine

    A Somali girl peeps from behind a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. Thousands upon thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance. The number is increasing by the day - as water and food suppliers grow scarcer. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

  • Kabul

    An Afghan man feeds pigeons outside the shrine of Shah-E-Doshamshera on the 21st day of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

  • Japan

    An elephant sprays water to visitors at the Yokohama zoological gardens Zoorasia in Yokohama south of Tokyo, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

  • Stretch

    The final round of the US gymnastics championships, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)

  • Tokyo

    Model Naomi Obata prepares make-up before a show at the Tokyo Fashion Fuse event in Tokyo Saturday Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

  • Symphony at the Park

    Joel McNeeley conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus at the American Express Symphony at the Park, held in the grounds of Chiswick House, London, in celebration of the 80th Birthday of Abbey Road Studios. AP Photo

  • Haiti

    Homeless people sleep in the destroyed Santa Ana church, which was affected by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday Aug. 20, 2011. In outlining a new program to move into homes people displaced by the earthquake, officials of the intergovernmental organization International Organization for Migration said approximately 594,000 people are living in nearly 900 camps. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

  • Madrid

    Pilgrims pray with Pope Benedict XVI's at Cuatro Vientos airport in Madrid, Saturday Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

  • Russia

    A Russian Orthodox priest prays as Moscovites light candles at a memorial to three men killed in the August 1991 hard line Communist coup attempt during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the failure of the coup in downtown Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

  • Protest

    An Indian schoolboy, dressed as Hindu God Krishna, participates in a rally in support of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, in Allahabad, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

  • India

    A Hindu holy man and supporter of India anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare shows his support at the site of the hunger strike in New Delhi,India, Saturday, Aug. 20,2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

  • Spain

    Members of a Catholic brotherhood line up while carrying a sculpture depicting Jesus and the Last Supper, during a procession after a religious ceremony celebrated with the Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. The Pontiff was in Madrid for a four-day visit on the occasion of the Catholic Church's World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

  • South Korea

    South Korean students wearing traditional costumes perform during a graduation ceremony at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

  • Beijing

    A girl eats snacks during a class break at a school for migrant workers' children in a Beijing suburb, China, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

  • Mideast

    A Palestinian child waits for her mother to cross the Qalandia checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

  • Flamingo chicks

    Adult greater flamingos are seen at Bristol Zoo Gardens.

  • Russia

    The tracks of launching sky paper lanterns, seem in this time exposure photo, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

  • Safari Park

    Veterinarians Colin Scott (second from right) and Simon Girling (right) use an ultrasound machine on Rosie the chimpanzee while anaesthetised at Blair Drummond Safari Park. They also took various samples so the chimp's DNA can be tested. AP Photo

  • Romania Heat Wave

    A man dives at sunset in a lake at the end of an unusually hot day in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Temperatures climbed to 35 degrees Centigrade in many regions across Romania as a heat wave affects the Balkans region. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

  • Gaddafi

    A Libyan expatriate smashes a portrait of embattled Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi after raising the Libyan rebel flag at the Libyan Embassy at suburban Makati city east of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

  • Serbia

    A man covered in mud sunbathes next to a small mineral spring pool in Ovca, a rural suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

  • Chile Demonstrations

    A police officer confronts a youth during clashes after the start of a national strike in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Chilean students, opposition politicians and union workers are leading a two-day nationwide strike to fight for fundamental changes in government. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)

  • New Words

    Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster Inc., thumbs through the index card files at the dictionary publisher's headquarters in Springfield, Mass. More than 100 new terms are were revealed Thursday for the dictionary publisher's newest edition.

  • Carnbane East

    Loughcrew Megalithic Cairns on Carnbane East in County Meath. Photo /Photocall Ireland

  • Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann

    Playing in a session in on Main Street in Cavan are Amber Fadden (13) and Sophie Beirne (14) from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, while attending the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann Cavan 2011. Photo /Photocall Ireland

  • Iraq

    Children swim in a canal near the northern gate of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo / Karim Kadim)
  • Journalists sit it out in a hallway as gun-battles continue around the Rixos hotel in Tripoli, Libya, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Dozens of journalists were trapped inside the hotel as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi prevented them from leaving and gun battles with rebel forces raged around the building. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
  • A performer waits to march during the 31st India Day Parade on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)
  • Dancers of the Rosario Cardenas company perform during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba at the Great Theater in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
  • A Pakistani leaves as others offer evening prayers during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
  • A Somali girl peeps from behind a makeshift shelter in a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia. Thousands upon thousands of people have arrived in Mogadishu over the past two weeks seeking assistance. The number is increasing by the day - as water and food suppliers grow scarcer. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
  • An Afghan man feeds pigeons outside the shrine of Shah-E-Doshamshera on the 21st day of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
  • An elephant sprays water to visitors at the Yokohama zoological gardens Zoorasia in Yokohama south of Tokyo, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
  • The final round of the US gymnastics championships, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)
  • Model Naomi Obata prepares make-up before a show at the Tokyo Fashion Fuse event in Tokyo Saturday Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
  • Joel McNeeley conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus at the American Express Symphony at the Park, held in the grounds of Chiswick House, London, in celebration of the 80th Birthday of Abbey Road Studios. AP Photo
  • Homeless people sleep in the destroyed Santa Ana church, which was affected by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday Aug. 20, 2011. In outlining a new program to move into homes people displaced by the earthquake, officials of the intergovernmental organization International Organization for Migration said approximately 594,000 people are living in nearly 900 camps. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
  • Pilgrims pray with Pope Benedict XVI's at Cuatro Vientos airport in Madrid, Saturday Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
  • A Russian Orthodox priest prays as Moscovites light candles at a memorial to three men killed in the August 1991 hard line Communist coup attempt during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the failure of the coup in downtown Moscow, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
  • An Indian schoolboy, dressed as Hindu God Krishna, participates in a rally in support of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, in Allahabad, India. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
  • A Hindu holy man and supporter of India anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare shows his support at the site of the hunger strike in New Delhi,India, Saturday, Aug. 20,2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
  • Members of a Catholic brotherhood line up while carrying a sculpture depicting Jesus and the Last Supper, during a procession after a religious ceremony celebrated with the Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. The Pontiff was in Madrid for a four-day visit on the occasion of the Catholic Church's World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
  • South Korean students wearing traditional costumes perform during a graduation ceremony at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
  • A girl eats snacks during a class break at a school for migrant workers' children in a Beijing suburb, China, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
  • A Palestinian child waits for her mother to cross the Qalandia checkpoint on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
  • Adult greater flamingos are seen at Bristol Zoo Gardens.
  • The tracks of launching sky paper lanterns, seem in this time exposure photo, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
  • Veterinarians Colin Scott (second from right) and Simon Girling (right) use an ultrasound machine on Rosie the chimpanzee while anaesthetised at Blair Drummond Safari Park. They also took various samples so the chimp's DNA can be tested. AP Photo
  • A man dives at sunset in a lake at the end of an unusually hot day in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Temperatures climbed to 35 degrees Centigrade in many regions across Romania as a heat wave affects the Balkans region. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
  • A Libyan expatriate smashes a portrait of embattled Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi after raising the Libyan rebel flag at the Libyan Embassy at suburban Makati city east of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
  • A man covered in mud sunbathes next to a small mineral spring pool in Ovca, a rural suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
  • A police officer confronts a youth during clashes after the start of a national strike in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. Chilean students, opposition politicians and union workers are leading a two-day nationwide strike to fight for fundamental changes in government. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)
  • Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster Inc., thumbs through the index card files at the dictionary publisher's headquarters in Springfield, Mass. More than 100 new terms are were revealed Thursday for the dictionary publisher's newest edition.
  • Loughcrew Megalithic Cairns on Carnbane East in County Meath. Photo /Photocall Ireland
  • Playing in a session in on Main Street in Cavan are Amber Fadden (13) and Sophie Beirne (14) from Castlebar, Co. Mayo, while attending the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann Cavan 2011. Photo /Photocall Ireland
  • Children swim in a canal near the northern gate of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. (AP Photo / Karim Kadim)

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