Week in pictures: 30 July - 5 August 2016 - BBC News

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A glass walkway opened on Tianmen mountain, part of the latest addition to China's glass bridge craze. The 100m Coiling Dragon path is in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province.





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A sculpture to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch went on display in Den Bosch in the Netherlands. The sculpture is one of a series that interprets scenes from the famous triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights, which is exhibited in the Prado museum in Madrid.





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South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) suffered its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994, being pegged back in municipal elections. Unemployment and corruption scandals surrounding President Jacob Zuma have tarnished the ANC's image. Here a woman looks from her window at queues of voters in Durban.





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Thousands attended the funeral in Rouen Cathedral in Normandy of French priest Father Jacques Hamel, who was murdered in his church by Islamist extremists last week. Father Hamel died when two men stormed his church during Mass. At the service his sister, Roselyne, told the congregation that her brother, who was 85, had been a man of "mercy and love".





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Damaged vehicles sit on the roof of a garage in Ramousah, to the south-west of Aleppo in Syria. Fighting has intensified in Aleppo as about a quarter of a million civilians are living under siege since government forces cut them off last month.





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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife and family joined the Pride Parade in Vancouver.





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Thousands of punks descended on the English seaside resort of Blackpool for the annual four-day Rebellion festival in the Winter Gardens. The popularity of the event has grown and now includes an outdoor concert area.





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Tank crews battled it out in a tank biathlon competition at the International Army Games in Alabino, outside Moscow. The biathlon involves covering rough terrain while providing accurate and rapid fire.





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The cast and crew of Suicide Squad took a selfie during the premiere of the film at the Beacon Theatre on in New York City.





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After a two-minute freefall, Luke Aikins landed in a 10,000-sq ft net at the Big Sky movie ranch in California and became the first person to skydive without a parachute and land in a net. Aikins jumped from a plane at 25,000 ft (7,600 m).