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Pictures of the Week: July 26 – August 2

From violence in Egypt and the first gay marriages in Rhode Island to Zimbabwe's elections and a purple water cannon at a protest in Kashmir, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

From violence in Egypt and the first gay marriages in Rhode Island to Zimbabwe’s elections and a purple water cannon at a protest in Kashmir, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

TOPSHOTS-BRAZIL-POPE-WYD-WELCOMING A Thai soldier in white biohazard suit takes part in a clean-up operation at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet WASHINGTON TIMES A woman carrying her baby and wrapped with a shawl walks through a sandstorm in Timbuktu Oil Boom Shifts The Landscape Of Rural North Dakota TOPSHOTS-ITALY-ACCIDENT TOPSHOTS-ZIMBABWE-POLITICS-VOTE PAKISTAN-UNREST-PROTEST North Koreans and the media arrive to visit in front of a figure of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang Pope Francis in Brazil APTOPIX Mideast Egypt North Korea Armistice Mali Election Evgeny Kuznetsov Visitors crowd an artificial wave pool at a tourist resort to escape the summer heat in Daying county of Suining A man wearing a sun-protective umbrella watches Latvia's Baltic Bees aerobatic team performing on L-39C Albatross airplanes during Bucharest International Air Show at Baneasa airport North Korea Armistice Madonna della Fiumarola Religious Procession Brazil Pope Riot policemen protect a man as a monk tries to punch him after an incident at a polling station in Phnom Penh TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT Mali presidential elections North Korea Koreas Armistice settlers return for one day to settlement of Sanur APTOPIX Bosnia High Diving Heat Wave Hits Central Europe An election committee official lies unconscious after angry mob surrounded her in a protest against alleged election irregularities at a polling station in Phnom Penh A man jumps from the Old Bridge in Mostar India Wildlife Conservation APTOPIX Mideast Iran Ramadan Protesting employees demanding release of their pending salaries Mideast Egypt Fire in Vallirana, Barcelona Verdict Delivered In The Court Martial Of Bradley Manning Pakistan Ramadan A fisherman casts his net to catch fish on Xin'an River in Jiande India Independence Day Dolson puts bunny ears over U.S. President Obama during ceremony to honor the team in the East Room at the White House in Washington New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner attends a campaign event in the Rockaways section in the Queens borough of New York Thai soldier wearing a biohazard suit looks on as cleaning operations continue at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet NICARAGUA-RELIGION-FESTIVAL-SANTO DOMINGO A flood-affected man carries his television set to a safer place in the northern Indian city of Allahabad Czech Republic's Navratil performs an exhibition dive dressed as Superman at the end of the men's 27m high diving final during the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona A soldier from the People's Liberation Army jumps through a ring of fire as part of training during the PLA Army Day in Wenzhou TOPSHOTS-ISRAEL-BEDOUIN-UNREST-MINORITY-DEMO RI Gay Marriage A worker takes a rest while he works on exterior of newly built building in Beijing Member of a Rapid Response Team culls a rooster at a poultry farm infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in Bhaktapur

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