Week in pictures: 2-8 July, 2016 - BBC News

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) met Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili during a visit to his country. The two nations agreed to boost their military co-operation ahead of a Nato summit.





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Suicide bombers and gunmen killed at least 35 people in an attack by so-called Islamic State (IS) at a Shia shrine in the Iraqi town of Balad. It follows an attack in Baghdad at the weekend which killed nearly 300 people.





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Commuters rode styrofoam blocks along flooded roads during heavy rain in Mandaluyong, east of Manila in the Philippines. The monsoon rain was intensified by Typhoon Nepartak.





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The great Wales adventure at Euro 2016 came to an end as they were beaten in the semi-final by Portugal in Lyon. Here Welsh star Gareth Bale reacts during the match at the Stade de Lyon in France.





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South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. He was initially given a five-year term for manslaughter, but was found guilty of murder on appeal last December. He is seen here with his sister as he left the court in Pretoria.





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Gunmen shot and killed Dallas police officers during protests against the shooting of black men by police.





STEFAN ROUSSEAU / PA
Following publication of the Chilcot inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war, Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair apologised to the families of those who were killed, accepting that they will never "forget or forgive him". He accepted intelligence had been wrong and post-war planning had been poor. But he insisted that he did what he thought was the "right thing" at the time and he still believed Iraq was "better off" without Saddam Hussein.





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Revellers held up their red handkerchiefs during the opening day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls fiesta in Pamplona, Spain.





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Dutch model Anna Cleveland presented a creation from the Haute Couture collection by French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier during the Paris Fashion Week.





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Buddhist monks took shelter during a celebration to mark the birthday of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Mundgod, in the southern state of Karnataka, India.