The Week in Pictures: July 27, 2018 - MSN.com

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Toyohashi, Japan
This picture taken on July 20, shows a man holding his handmade Tezutsu hanabi (handheld fireworks) dedicated to the Yoshida Shrine as a part of a Shinto ritual, on the eve of the Toyohashi Gion festival, in Toyohashi, central Japan. Every year, each male member of the shrine makes his own set of fireworks from bamboo covered by straw ropes with a loaded gun and metal powder, in a tradition that has been practiced for more than 350 years, according to an old document at the shrine.




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Ankara, Turkey
Turkish police officers arrest demonstrators, in Ankara, on July 20, as they were taking part in a protest rally for the anniversary of the 2015 suicide attack in the southern Turkish town of Suruc.




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Velika Kladusa, Bosnia
Refugees are seen on the way to the Croatian border near Velika Kladusa on July 20.




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Managua, Nicaragua
People pray before an image of Jesus Christ, which was impacted by bullets during an attack by government forces at the Divina Misericordia church in Managua, on July 20.




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Branson, Missouri
Mallory Cunningham, left, Santino Tomasetti, center, and Aubrey Reece attend a candlelight vigil in the parking lot of Ride the Ducks Friday, July 20, in Branson, Mo. One of the company's duck boats capsized Thursday night resulting in over a dozen deaths on Table Rock Lake.




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Yosemite National Park, California
Firefighters watch as an air tanker drops retardant while battling the Ferguson fire in the Stanislaus National Forest, near Yosemite National Park, California on July 21.




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Rizhao, China
This photo taken on July 21, shows an installation depicting a whale shark made of plastic bottles in Rizhao Ocean Park in Rizhao, China's eastern Shandong province. - Some 12 million tonnes of plastic, mostly in the form of single-use packaging, are dumped into the world's oceans per year creating an ecological nightmare.




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Ripon, England
Exhibitors display their miniature steam engines to the public in the main ring of the annual Masham Steam Rally in the village of Masham, near Ripon, northern England on July 21.  The two-day Steam Rally, which has been taking place since 1965, celebrates the history of Yorkshire's farming community and features vintage tractors, vehicles and steam engines used in farming and haulage.




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Budapest, Hungary
Flodni, the one-month-old giant anteater lies on her mother at Budapest Zoo, Hungary July 21.




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Hajjah province, Yemen
Yemeni nurses weigh a malnourished child at a hospital in the northern district of Yemen's Hajjah province on July 22.

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Milmersdorf, Germany
Participant rides a carousel at the women's-only Petrolettes motorcycle festival on July 21, in Milmersdorf, near Berlin in Germany.




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Anguiano, Spain
A skirt wearing dancer on stilts performs the whirling Dance of the Zancos on Saint Mary Magdalene's feast day in Anguiano, Spain, July 22.




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Carnoustie, Scotland
Tiger Woods of the United States walks through the grandstand tunnel onto the 1st hole tee during the final round of the Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Club on July 22, in Carnoustie, Scotland.




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East Rutherford, New Jersey
(L-R) Charli XCX, Taylor Swift, and Camila Cabello perform onstage during the Taylor Swift reputation Stadium Tour at MetLife Stadium on July 22, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.




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Zhengzhou, China
People play at a water park on July 22, in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of China. The highest temperature reaches 36 Celsius degrees on July 22 in Zhengzhou.




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Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum arrives at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 22.




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Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
An artist called "Le Facteur/The Postman" takes part in the festival "Statues en Marche" in Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium, July 22.




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Linthicum, Maryland
Seven-year-old Andy is reunited with his mother, Arely, at Baltimore-Washington International Airport July 23, in Linthicum, Maryland. Originally from El Salvador, the mother and son were separated upon entering the United States on June 13 with Arely being detained at the Port Isabel Detention Center in south Texas, and Andy being detained in New York. A court-ordered July 26th deadline is approaching for the U.S. government to reunite as many as 2,551 migrant children ages 5 to 17 that had been separated from their families after they crossed into the U.S. along the border.




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Copenhagen, Denmark
People dressed as Santa Claus wave as they take part in a canal tour that is part of the annual World Santa Claus congress on July 23, in Copenhagen.




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Kineta, Greece
Cars are blocked at the closed National Road during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens, on July 23.

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Les Mosses, Switzerland
"Wolf Pack" ("Meute de Loups") by Swiss artists Lara and Olivier Estoppey is pictured on Lac Lioson during the Ailyos Art Nature exhibition at Les Mosses, Switzerland, July 23.




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Melbourne, Australia
Strong winds force bait fish close to the shallows as Seagulls and Cormerants take advantage along on Sandringham foreshore on July 23, in Melbourne, Australia.




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Nashville, Tennessee
U.S. first lady Melania Trump meets patient Essence Overton during a visit to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 24.




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New York City
Tom Cruise performs "Mad Lib Theater" with host Jimmy Fallon on July 23.




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Tarifa, Spain
A migrant woman intercepted aboard a toy dinghy off the coast in the Strait of Gibraltar, is seen on a rescue boat after arriving at the port of Tarifa, southern Spain July 23.




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Maryland
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base July 24, in Maryland.




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France
A police officer pepper sprays a protester as another protester stands in front of the race director's car during the 218-km Stage 16 from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon of Tour de France on July 24.




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Hanover, Germany
Swimmers swim in the outdoor swimming pool Ricklinger Bad (aerial view from microlight plane) on 24 July, in Hanover, Germany.




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Chiang Rai, Thailand
Soccer team member Pornchai Kamluang, his coach, and his teammates who were rescued last week from a flooded cave have their heads shaved in a traditional Buddhist ceremony in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, on July 24.




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Peshawar, Pakistan
Women, clad in burqas, stand in line to cast their ballot at a polling station during general election in Peshawar, Pakistan July 25.

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Fuyang, China
Workers make flags for U.S. President Donald Trump's "Keep America Great!" 2020 re-election campaign at a flag factory on July 24 in Fuyang, Anhui province, China.




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Cowes, United Kingdom
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall enjoys an ice cream with Dame Judi Dench as she arrives at Queen Victoria's private beach, next to the monarch's holiday home, during her visit to the Isle of Wight on July 24, in Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.




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Srinagar, India
Women help a child to cross over to the other house on a wooden plank after flash floods in Tailbal, on the outskirts of Srinagar July 24.




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Barcelona, Spain
A protester waves a flag of the "Plataforma Caracol" taxi association during a strike by taxi drivers in Barcelona on July 25.




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Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
A girl crosses a bridge at the Llwyn-on Reservoir, owned by Welsh Water, in the Taf Fawr valley on July 25, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The lack of rainfall over the last few weeks combined with record-breaking temperatures is having a dramatic effect on water levels in reservoirs.




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Hollywood, California
Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star is vandalized on July 25, in Hollywood, California.




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Champasak, Laos
Villagers from Sanam Say district take refuge in a makeshift evacuation center after they escaped the fast rising waters from the damaged dam on July 25, in Champasak, southern Laos. At least 20 people were killed and over 3,000 people stranded after a hydroelectric dam collapsed in southeastern Laos, destroying thousands of homes and leaving an unknown number of dead. According to state media, 5 billion cubic metres of water swept away houses across 7 villages and made more than 6,600 people homeless after the accident at the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam as rescuers are racing to find survivors and top government officials rushed to the site.




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Los Angeles, California
Belinda Gomez stands with her four daughters after her husband, from El Salvador, was sworn in as a U.S. citizen at a naturalization ceremony on July 25, in Los Angeles, California. Two naturalization ceremonies held today at the Los Angeles Convention Center are expected to welcome more than 8,800 immigrants from 128 countries. During FY 2016, the United States welcomed 752,800 new citizens to the country.




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West Bank
A foreign artist paints a mural of Palestinian Ahed Tamimi on the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, July 25. Tamimi, 17, is serving an eight-month sentence in Israeli jail and is scheduled to be released on 19 August.




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Washington
A child lays on the floor of the Senate Hart office building during a sit-in following a march to mark “the court-ordered deadline for the Trump Administration to reunify thousands of families separated at the border, in Washington, U.S., July 26.