A trip through Geirangerfjord in Norway, an earthquake in China, a submerged monastery in Russia, contentious elections in Kenya, the crowning of King Puck in Ireland, and much more.
Photos of the Week: 8/5–8/11
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Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini, during the UEFA Super Cup final soccer match between Real Madrid and Manchester United, at Philip II Arena in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, on August 8, 2017. #
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A surfer catches a wave as the sun sets at the end of the first day of the annual Boardmasters festival held on Fistral beach in Newquay on August 9, 2017 in Cornwall, England. Since 1981, the Boardmasters surfing competition has been held in Newquay and is now part of a larger five-day surf, skate and music festival. #
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A crown is affixed to a wild goat as it is crowned King Puck and will be held on a platform above the town for three days in Killorglin, Ireland, on August 10, 2017. #
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An anti-government activist stands in front of security forces with his trousers down at a barricade set up on a street of Caracas to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on August 8, 2017. Recent demonstrations in Venezuela have stemmed from anger over the installation of an all-powerful Constituent Assembly that many see as a power grab by the unpopular President Maduro. The dire economic situation also has stirred deep bitterness as people struggle with skyrocketing inflation and shortages of food and medicine. #
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People check names on a voter registration list at the Olympic Primary School in Kibera, one of the largest slums in Africa, on August 8, 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyans headed to the polls for a closely contested election between incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga. #
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A man seeking safety walks with his hands in the air through a thick cloud of tear gas towards riot police, as they clash with protesters throwing rocks in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi, Kenya, on, August 10, 2017. International observers on Thursday urged Kenyans to be patient as they awaited final election results following opposition allegations of vote-rigging, but clashes between police and protesters again erupted in Nairobi. #
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A dancer from 'Tutu', performs at St Margaret's Loch in his spoof Swan Lake costumes on August 10, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Their Edinburgh Festival Fringe show is an invitation to those who love dance to experience familiar favorites, in an opportunity to explore some of the most famous and significant works in the repertoire from Swan Lake to Pina Bausch in a fun way with with a twist. #
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A man rides a bull during a running of the bulls event coined "Pamplonada Pillarense" in Pillaro, Ecuador, on August 5, 2017. The small Andean city sets loose about 40 bulls during its annual fair. #
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A museum worker sits in a battery-powered train on the Mail Rail tracks of the Mount Pleasant Sorting Office underground station in London, England, on August 7, 2017. #
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Burryman Andrew Taylor has final preparations made to his costume before meeting residents during a parade through the town encased in burrs on August 11, 2017 in South Queensferry, Scotland. The parade takes place on the second Friday of August each year and although the exact meaning of this tradition has been lost through the years though it is thought to have begun in the Seventeenth century. The tradition is believed to bring good luck to the towns people if they give him whisky offered through a straw or a donation of money. #
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Canoeists start the annual International Descent of the River Sella event, in which participants from all over the world race along a 20km stretch of the river that starts in Arriondas and ends in the seaside resort of Ribadesella, north of Spain, on August 5, 2017. #
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An Israeli soldier takes aim during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators following a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on August 11, 2017. #
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People disembark to visit the famous Kalyazin Bell Tower, part of submerged monastery of St. Nicholas in the town of Kalyazin located on the Volga River, 180 km (111 miles) northeast of Moscow, Russia, on August 9, 2017. After the construction of the Uglich Dam in 1939 to form the Uglich Reservoir, the old parts of Kalyazin, including several medieval structures, were submerged under the reservoir's waters. #
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Visitors take a souvenir photo as they visit an art installation titled "Infinity Room" displayed at The Future of Today Exhibition at Today Art Museum in Beijing, on August 9, 2017. #
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Mohamed, 17, a member of the Syrian Democratic Forces reads as he waits for instructions during fighting with Islamic State in Al Senaa, a district of Raqqa, Syria, on August 10, 2017. #
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Cars abandoned by people fleeing Mosul after Islamic State took over the city in 2014 are seen near a Kurdish Peshmerga checkpoint on the road to Mosul, Iraq, on August 5, 2017. #
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Firefighters extinguish flames as a fire engulfs an informal settlers area beside a river in Manila, Philippines, on August 11, 2017. Fires are common hazards in the sprawling capital, where millions live in hovels made of scrap wood and cardboard and fire safety regulations are rarely imposed. #
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Buddhist monks clean the dust off of the 15-meter-high Great Buddha at Todaiji Temple on August 7, 2017 in Nara, Japan. The Great Buddha of Nara, built in AD 752, and one of the National Treasures of Japan, is being prepared for the Buddhist festive period called Bon in mid August. #
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A firefighter tackles a wildfire close to the village of Pucarica in Abrantes on August 10, 2017. Nearly 3,000 firefighters battled 80 wildfires raging across Portugal civil protection officials said, as the return of scorching heat put an end to the respite after a spate of blazes. Some 650 firefighters backed by nine water-dropping aircraft and over 200 vehicles were at the scene of the biggest blaze in a forest near the central town of Abrantes. #
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Painted houses in terraced streets are seen from the air on the second day of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta on August 11, 2017 in Bristol, England. More than 130 balloons have gathered for the four day event, now in its 39th year and now one of Europe's largest annual hot air balloon events, being hosted in the city that is seen by many as the home of modern ballooning. #
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A passenger ferry with tourists in Geirangerfjord on August 7, 2017 in Stranda, Norway. The Geiranger Fjord is one of the most visited fjords in Norway and one of the most visited tourism sites. In 2005 it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. #
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This photo taken on August 10, 2017 shows rescuers walking through the damaged InterContinental Resort Jiuzhai Paradise in Jiuzhaigou in China's southwestern Sichuan province, after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the province late on August 8. China on August 10 ramped up its response to an earthquake that killed 20 people and injured hundreds, sending supplies and personnel into the mountainous zone as rescuers fanned out to search for more victims. #
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