The Week in Pictures: Aug. 6 - 13 - NBC News

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1. A woman waits for a friend while climbing the Cerro de Saraja, a mountain of sand, in Ica, Peru, on Aug. 7.
Rodrigo Abd / AP





2. A flamingo and flamingo chicks stand in a corral before being fitted with identity rings at a lagoon in the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve near Malaga, southern Spain, on Aug. 8. Around 600 flamingo chicks were tagged and measured before being placed in the lagoon, one of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe, according to authorities of the natural reserve.
Jon Nazca / Reuters





3. A crowd of Syrian men parts to allow a women and child to safely pass following clashes during a registration procedure in the national stadium of the Greek island of Kos on Aug. 11. Local authorities struggle to cope with the increasing numbers of migrants and refugees arriving on dinghies from the nearby Turkish coast.
Yannis Behrakis / Reuters





4. An indigenous child dressed for the Dance of the Conquerors poses during the annual fair in honor of the "Virgen del Transito" (Transit Virgin), in Joyabaj, Quiche department, Guatemala on Aug. 8. Hundreds of indigenous people honored the patron saint of Joyabaj with ancestral Maya dances representing the fight between good and evil.
Johan Ordonez / AFP - Getty Images





5. Kayakers Dan Steaves, Eric Parker and David Farkas find themselves surrounded by toxic mine waste in the Animas River on Aug. 6 near Durango, Colorado. A toxic soup of lead, arsenic and other metals accidentally released from the Gold King Mine turned the river bright orange and created possible health risks to humans and aquatic life.
Jerry McBride / The Durango Herald via AP





6. Massive explosions rocked the warehouse district of Tianjin, China where dozens were killed and hundreds injured on Aug. 13. Miles away from the disaster, residents reported they thought they were experiencing an earthquake and Chinese authorities did not say what caused the blasts.
Yue Yuewei / Xinhua via Zuma Press





7. People protest on West Florissant Ave., on Aug. 9, in Ferguson, Missouri, on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown being shot and killed by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson.
Cristina M. Fletes / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP





8. People watch fireworks from the field at Kauffman Stadium after a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 7, in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals won 3-2.
Charlie Riedel / AP





9. Migrants check their mobile phones after landing an inflatable boat on a beach on the Greek island of Kos on Aug. 12. The number of migrants and refugees arriving on Greece's shores has exploded this year, but the Mediterranean country provides virtually no reception facilities and leaves them wallowing in "totally shameful" conditions, a U.N. official said.
Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP - Getty Images





10. Crew members inflate a balloon during a mass launch at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in southwest England on Aug. 7. The largest hot air balloon festival in Europe takes place over four days and is in its 37th year.
Toby Melville / Reuters





11. A man wounded in the massive explosions in northeastern China's Tianjin eats as he receives treatment for his wounds at an area hospital on Aug. 13. A series of explosions in the region’s warehouse district killed more than 50 and injured more than 700.
Ng Han Guan / AP





12. A woman looks out of the window as she travels on a train through Macedonia on July 31. Tens of thousands of migrants, mainly from the Middle East and Africa, use the Balkans route to get into the European Union, passing from Greece to Macedonia and Serbia and then to western Europe. After walking across the border into Macedonia to the small local station of Gevgelia, migrants pile onto an overcrowded four-carriage train in sweltering heat, young infants among them, to travel about 120 miles north. Their aim: to enter Serbia on foot, another step in their uncertain search for a better life.

This photo was released by Reuters on Aug. 6.
Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters





13. Isaiah Simpson, center, links arms with demonstrators during a #BlackLivesMatter rally on Aug. 9 in Memphis. The rally was held near where a Memphis police officer shot and killed Darrius Stewart during a traffic stop on July 17. Members of the New Directions Church and Mid-South Peace and Justice Center joined the rally to mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Jim Weber / The Commercial Appeal via AP

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