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Week in Photos

The Week in Photos: Splash

This is the week that was, in photos…
6.30pm, 20 Jul 2013
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THIS IS THE week that was, in photos…

The Week in Photos: Splash
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    Indian Muslims draw water from a well to perform ablution before offering prayers on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at a 452 years old Mughal Era mosque in New Delhi, India. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, refraining from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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    An Indian girl wearing a raincoat walks on a waterlogged street as it rains in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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    Joshua Prentice, aged eight from Belfast, inside a water ball at the Dalriada Festival at Glenarm Castle, Co. Antrim.

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    West Ham United's Guy Demel cools himself down with some water. PA.

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    A man throws water over pedestrians during the 32th annual water fight in the streets of Vallecas, Madrid. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

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    A youngster jumps in the midst of a fountain on the southbank of the River Thames in London. Temperatures reached 28 degrees Celsius (82 degrees Fahrenheit) in London on Monday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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    Children enjoy the cold water of a fountain in downtown Duisburg, Germany, as temperatures raise up to 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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    Hindu priests offer prayers to Varuna, the Hindu god of rain standing in the waters of at the Osman Sagar Lake on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

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    People walk back to shore after taking a dip in the waters of Boundary Bay at Crescent Rock Naturist Beach while participating in a world record skinny dip attempt across North America, in Surrey, B.C. Groups of people in nearly 100 cities across Canada and the U.S. were attempting to set a record.

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    Wesley Traeger, 3, left, and his brother Alex, 5, right, both from Washington DC, run through the water fountains to cool off at the Yards Park, near the Washington Nationals baseball stadium, where temperatures were in the mid-90s (F) in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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    People keep cool by swimming in the water at the Lower Falls of the Swift River in Albany, N.H. A weeklong heat wave continues to bear down on much of the region. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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    People cool off in the spray of an open hydrant on a hot evening in Lawrence, Mass. Area temperatures during the day reached into the 90s. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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    An Indian boy jumps into a water tank reservoir that got filled after monsoon rains in Ahmadabad, India. The annual monsoon season from June to October brings rains that are vital to agriculture in India. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
  • Indian Muslims draw water from a well to perform ablution before offering prayers on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at a 452 years old Mughal Era mosque in New Delhi, India. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, refraining from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
  • An Indian girl wearing a raincoat walks on a waterlogged street as it rains in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
  • Joshua Prentice, aged eight from Belfast, inside a water ball at the Dalriada Festival at Glenarm Castle, Co. Antrim.
  • West Ham United's Guy Demel cools himself down with some water. PA.
  • A man throws water over pedestrians during the 32th annual water fight in the streets of Vallecas, Madrid. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
  • A youngster jumps in the midst of a fountain on the southbank of the River Thames in London. Temperatures reached 28 degrees Celsius (82 degrees Fahrenheit) in London on Monday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
  • Children enjoy the cold water of a fountain in downtown Duisburg, Germany, as temperatures raise up to 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
  • Hindu priests offer prayers to Varuna, the Hindu god of rain standing in the waters of at the Osman Sagar Lake on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
  • People walk back to shore after taking a dip in the waters of Boundary Bay at Crescent Rock Naturist Beach while participating in a world record skinny dip attempt across North America, in Surrey, B.C. Groups of people in nearly 100 cities across Canada and the U.S. were attempting to set a record.
  • Wesley Traeger, 3, left, and his brother Alex, 5, right, both from Washington DC, run through the water fountains to cool off at the Yards Park, near the Washington Nationals baseball stadium, where temperatures were in the mid-90s (F) in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
  • People keep cool by swimming in the water at the Lower Falls of the Swift River in Albany, N.H. A weeklong heat wave continues to bear down on much of the region. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
  • People cool off in the spray of an open hydrant on a hot evening in Lawrence, Mass. Area temperatures during the day reached into the 90s. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
  • An Indian boy jumps into a water tank reservoir that got filled after monsoon rains in Ahmadabad, India. The annual monsoon season from June to October brings rains that are vital to agriculture in India. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

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