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Pictures of the week (August 13 to 20)

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Pictures of the week (August 13 to 20)

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  1. German steam boat \"Bussard\" built in 1905 parades on the Baltic Sea on August 11, 2012 during the \"Hanse Sail\" sailing festival in Rostock, northeastern Germany. Visitors can see more than 220 tall ships and attend a huge cultural program during the maritime festival taking place from August 9 to 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO / BERND WUESTNECK

  2. A boy tries to control an Indian national flag from the wind as it is installed at a wholesale market on the occasion of India's Independence Day celebrations in the southern Indian city of Chennai August 15, 2012. REUTERS/Babu

  3. Muslims offering last Friday prayers are seen through the spectacles of a man at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) ahead of Eid-al-Fitr in the old quarters of Delhi August 17, 2012. Eid-al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar and is scheduled to be celebrated in India on August 20. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

  4. German steam boat \"Bussard\" built in 1905 parades on the Baltic Sea on August 11, 2012 during the \"Hanse Sail\" sailing festival in Rostock, northeastern Germany. Visitors can see more than 220 tall ships and attend a huge cultural program during the maritime festival taking place from August 9 to 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO / BERND WUESTNECK

  5. Anjuman-E-Islam schoolchildren, wearing colours of the Indian national flag, pose as they make a pledge on the eve of Independence Day in Ahmedabad on August 14, 2012. India on August 15 will celebrate its 65th anniversary of the country's independence from British rule. AFP PHOTO / Sam PANTHAKY

  6. A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky over the village of Kuklici, known for its hundreds of naturally formed stones which resembles human beings, near Kratovo, 80 km (49 miles) east from the capital Skopje, August 13, 2012. The Perseids meteor shower is observed every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris left by comet Swift-Tuttle. Picture taken using a long exposure. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski

  7. A prairie dog eats a leaf at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, on August 10, 2012. The prairie dog is a type of ground squirrel, found in the United States, Mexico and Canada. AFP PHOTO / JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE

  8. A member of the women's police contingent smiles at a parade during India's Independence Day celebrations in Srinagar August 15, 2012. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli

  9. Army soldiers man machine guns atop an armoured personnel carrier patrolling a road where Eid al-Fitr prayers were held in Sanaa August 19, 2012. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

  10. A woman carries metal pitchers filled with water from a nearby well at Badarganj village, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, August 5, 2012. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

  11. A man rides a bicycle in front of a bus that was burnt by a mob on the national highway near Rongia town in the northeastern Indian state of Assam August 16, 2012. Fresh violence flared in previously calm areas of Assam on Thursday, with a hundreds-strong mob burning a bus and a wooden bridge in apparent retaliation for a similar attack on a car, officials said. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah

  12. People from India's northeastern states sit inside a train bound for the Assam state at the railway station in Kolkata August 18, 2012. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured migrants from the northeast that they were safe as thousands fled Mumbai, Bangalore and other cities on Friday, fearing a backlash from violence against Muslims in Assam. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

  13. Indian cricketer VVS Laxman attends a news conference at the Rajiv Gandhi cricket stadium in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad August 18, 2012. Batsman Laxman announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday, despite his selection for the two-test series against New Zealand. The 37-year-old said he would step down with \"immediate effect\" during a news conference in his home city of Hyderabad, where India hosts the Kiwis in the opening test on Thursday. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder

  14. Cameron McCauley of the U.S. competes in the Red Bull Joyride during Crankworx 2012 mountain bike festival in Whistler, British Columbia August 18, 2012. REUTERS/Andy Clark

  15. A firefighting tanker plane drops fire retardant on homes threatened by the Taylor Creek Fire outside Cle Elum, Washington, August 15, 2012. Wildfires roared out of control across the sun-scorched U.S. West on Wednesday and threatened to roll into two small towns in Idaho as firefighters managed to partially dampen a monster blaze that has destroyed 60 homes in Washington state. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo

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