Unrest in Turkey, a Santa Claus competition in Denmark, virtual reality in Israel, kite running in Rio, the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, and much more.
Photos of the Week 7/16 - 7/22
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Read morePro-Erdogan supporters wave Turkish national flags during a rally at Taksim Square in Istanbul on July 18, 2016, following the military's failed coup attempt on July 15. Turkish security forces, on July 18, carried out new raids against suspected plotters of the botched coup against the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as international concern grew over the scale of the crackdown. #
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Read moreSantas from all over the world gather on July 19, 2016, for the second day of the 59th World Santa Convention, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The day is started with a morning swim at Bellevue Beach, north of Copenhagen. #
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Read moreIndian spectators watch as Pnar, or Jaintia, tribesmen pull a Rong, or "chariot" and dance in muddy waters during the celebration of the Behdienkhlam festival in Tuber village, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya on July 21, 2016. Behdienkhlam, a traditional festival of the Pnars, is celebrated after sowing and seeks a good harvest and to drive away plague and diseases. Young men symbolically drive away evil spirits by beating the roof of every house with bamboo poles. #
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Read moreIsrael's President Reuven Rivlin, left, former Israeli President Shimon Peres, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, use virtual reality goggles during a ceremony at the Peres Center for Peace in the coastal city of Jaffa, on July 21, 2016. #
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Read moreA masked Kashmiri participates in a torch light protest in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Thursday, July 21, 2016. The largest street protests in recent years in the disputed region, that left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured, erupted more than a week ago after Indian troops killed a popular young rebel leader. #
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Read moreKamaz truck team Airat Mardeev and co-driver Aydar Belyaev compete in the Gobi Desert on July 18, 2016, during the ninth special stage of the Silkway Rally. One hundred and thirty competitors are racing 10,734 kilometers, passing three countries and two continents from Moscow to Beijing. #
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Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, accompanied by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, bottom, arrives to speak at a rally at the University of Cincinnati Dieterle Vocal Arts Center on Monday, July 18, 2016. #
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Read moreIn this Tuesday, July 19, 2016, photo, refugees and migrants from Eritrea, Mali, Bangladesh, and other countries wait on board a dinghy to be rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, 27 kilometers (17 miles) north of Sabratha, Libya. #
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Read moreKate Bush fans perform a dance during a celebration to mark "The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever" in Melbourne on July 16, 2016. Thousands of Kate Bush fans put on their best billowy red dresses and danced en masse in Melbourne on July 14 to one of the singer's most iconic songs, "Wuthering Heights." #
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Read moreBuddhists carry candles while encircling a large Buddha statue during Asanha Puja Day, the eve of the Buddhist Lent, at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand on July 19, 2016. #
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Read moreEast Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputies release balloons at a noon vigil organized by municipal court workers in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Wednesday, July 20, 2106. The vigil was held in honor of the recent slain and injured sheriff deputies and police officers who were killed and wounded in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge on Sunday morning, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police, sparking nightly protests across the city. #
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Read moreWorkers from Eyup district municipality in Istanbul demolish the Halit Pasa Residence hotel, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, the hotel was allegedly the meeting point of the plotters who planned the July 15 failed coup. The hotel had been subject to fines and demolition orders since 1993, and the directive to demolish the hotel was approved by the mayor and issued on July 18, three days after the failed coup. #
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Read moreLiu Xiaodong, the wife of prominent Chinese dissident Zhao Changqing, holds her son Yaokun Zhao as they are interviewed in Hayward, California, Wednesday, July 20, 2016. Liu and her son plan to live in the Bay Area for about a year as refugees. Zhao has been one of China's leading human rights and democracy defenders since the 1989 Tiananmen Students Movement. #
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Read moreOn July 17, 2016, women participate in a photo shoot by artist Spencer Tunick in his latest large-scale art installation, "Everything She Says Means Everything," across from the site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where naked women will stand facing the Quicken Loans Arena holding large, round mirrors. #
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Read moreAn Indian farmer carries a tray of red chillies as he walks on a roof where other chillies are drying in the village of Sanour on the outskirts of Patiala on July 20, 2016. #
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Read morePeople dressed in white sit during a flash mob-style Cena in Bianco or "Dinner in White," in Piazza D'Armi in Turin on July 17, 2016. People attend the Diner en Blanc, a chic secret pop-up style picnic phenomenon originally started in France. #
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Read moreA combination of photos shows a group of Democratic Capitol Hill interns, left, posing on the east steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C on July 19, 2016, and a group of Republican Capitol Hill interns, right, posing for a picture taken by Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, which was sent on his Instagram account on July 16, 2016. #
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Read moreMourners toss roses into the Atlantic Ocean after the 20th anniversary memorial of theTWA flight 800 plane crash at Smith Point County Park on Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Shirley, New York. Families and friends of some of the 230 people aboard flight 800 gathered to commemorate the victims killed when the Paris-bound jet exploded in the sky off the Long Island coast on July 17, 1996. #
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Click to view imageRead moreA Syrian civil defense worker carries the body of a child following reported air strikes on July 17, 2016, in the rebel-controlled neighborhood of Maysar in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. Opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo came under total siege after government forces severed the last route out of the east. An estimated 300,000 civilians live in rebel-held neighborhoods of Syria's second city, according to the United Nations, and there are fears that they could face starvation. #
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Read moreDancers wearing new bikinis perform in front of passers-by and a line of photographers during a promotional flash mob event on a square outside Shinjuku station in Tokyo on July 18, 2016. The event was organized by the Japan Swimsuit Association to promote new swimwear. #
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Read moreArtwork by Swedish artist Peter Hellbom depicting a hot air ballon in the shape of a head, can be seen on display at the Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel July 20, 2016. #
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Read moreU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listen during a Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq, co-hosted by the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, and The Netherlands at the State Department in Washington, U.S. on July 20, 2016. #
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Read moreHundreds of traditional boats sail near Camaret on July 19, 2016, after leaving the port of Brest, in western France, for a parade between Brest and Douarnenez. Hundreds of hold sailing ships passed through the famous Tas-de-Pois passage, in Britany for the main final parade of the the Brest 2016 Maritime Festival. #
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Read morePeople cool off in the Arga River, in Pamplona northern Spain, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Temperatures in Pamplona shot to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) as the area experienced a heatwave. #
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Read moreA welder works at a construction site in Beijing, Sunday, July 17, 2016. China's economic growth held steady in the most recent quarter, suggesting policies meant to counter the slowdown in the world's second biggest economy are paying off for the moment. #
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Read morePeople gather in a new memorial in a gazebo in a seaside park on the famed Promenade des Anglais in Nice, southern France, Monday, July 18, 2016. Mourners formed a human chain to remove flowers, candles and other mementos placed along the Promenade des Anglais as spontaneous memorials to the victims of the Bastille Day attack in preparation to open the westbound lane. #
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Read moreFirefighters stand on a scorched hillside as a wildfire burns in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. The blaze broke out shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday near the Hollywood Reservoir. Fire crews and the dramatic sight of flames and smoke combined to slow traffic on the nearby U.S. 101 Freeway as rush hour was beginning. #
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Read moreRepublican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump's children, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump, celebrate on the convention floor during the second day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. #
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Read moreThe pack passes through a tunnel during the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 209 kilometers (129.9 miles), starting in Moirans-en-Montagne and finishing in Bern, Switzerland, Monday, July 18, 2016. #
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Read moreA woman carries a child on her knees as she sits inside a make-shift camp at Nimule border, in Amuru District in Uganda on July 16, 2016. On July 15, 2016 Uganda began repatriating its nationals evacuated from Juba, the battle-scarred capital of neighboring South Sudan, a spokesman said. According to the UN refugee agency, there are some 20,000 people in the Nimule area who want to cross over to Uganda, but most were stopped by South Sudanese soldiers who also stripped and beat some of them, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. #
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Read moreRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. #
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