Week in pictures: 19 - 25 August 2017 - BBC News

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In Boston, Massachusetts, thousands of anti-racism protesters took to the streets in opposition to a "Free Speech" rally featuring right-wing speakers. There were reports of arrests as some protesters clashed with police. Tensions were high after violent demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend.




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An impromptu memorial was set up on Las Ramblas in Barcelona where 13 people died and dozens were injured when a van ploughed into crowds.




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US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania watched the solar eclipse from the balcony of the White House.




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In Karachi, Pakistan, a young bull is lifted by crane from the roof of a four-storey building where it had been raised since it was a calf. The animal was being prepared for sacrifice as part of annual Eid al-Adha celebrations.




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Cast members from a production of Dmitri Shostakovich's The Nose dance outside Australia's Sydney Opera House.




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At the European Showjumping Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Bertram Allen of Ireland falls from his horse, Hector Van D'Abdijhoeve.




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At low tide, the Brambles sandbank briefly appears in the middle of the Solent. It is the location of an annual cricket match held between the Royal Southern Yacht Club, Southampton, and the Island Sailing Club, Cowes, Isle of Wight.




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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited Parkhead Housing Association construction site in Glasgow. The association attempts to provide good quality affordable housing to those in the local community.




CLODAGH KILCOYNE/ REUTERS
Teams approach the finish line as they participate in a seaweed race during the Cruinniu na mBad (Gathering of the Boats) regatta. They push bundles of seaweed, known as Climin, that weigh several tonnes from the sea to the harbour finish line in Kinvara, Ireland.




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In the old city of Raqqa in Syria, a sniper of the Syrian Democratic Forces aims his weapon in fighting with the so-called Islamic State.




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A Nihang, a religious Sikh warrior, holds a flammable cube on his tongue during a religious procession to mark the 413th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.