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Pictures of the Week: August 2 – August 9

From heavy flooding in Pakistan and Eid al-Fitr celebrations around the world to wildfires in Spain and a Pearl Harbor reenactment at America's largest airshow, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

From heavy flooding in Pakistan and Eid al-Fitr celebrations around the world to wildfires in California and an elephant funeral in India, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

People at a quarry in Epworth, a suburb in Harare, Zimbabwe. ISRAEL-RELIGION-JUDAISM-WOMEN Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi during a sit-in, in the Nasr City neighborhood of Cairo. A Free Syrian Army fighter takes up a shooting position in Aleppo South Ossetians commemorate 5th anniversary of Georgia - South Ossetia war 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships Moscow 2013 - Previews CLIMBING ALONG CLIFFS PAKISTAN-WEATHER-FLOOD Anti-Government Protests In Bahrain Gaza: Daily Life in Gaza A smouldering mountainside is seen under the stars at the Silver Fire near Banning File photo of worker of German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp controlling a blast furnace in Duisburg Wind-blown embers fly from an ancient oak tree that burned in the Silver Fire near Banning, California. A performer blows fire from his mouth as he performs in front of the historical monument Charminar during the annual Hindu religious festival of Bonalu in Hyderabad India Daily Life A woman wearing a dress and a headgear inspired by traditional Chinese costume poses for pictures in Lijiang TOPSHOTS-INDONESIA-RELIGION-ISLAM-EID A firefighting airplane drops water over a forest fire at Markopoulo region The shadow of a semi-rigid and helium-filled airship, the Zeppelin NT, is cast on a harvested wheat field as it approaches an airport outside Cergy-Pointoise INDIA-WEATHER-MONSOON-FLOOD CHINA-XINJIANG-MARTIAL ARTS FESTIVAL (CN) TURKEY-TRIAL-ARMY-COUP German Pole Dancing Championships SWIM-WORLD-ESP-WOMEN BRITISH KINGFISHER SPLASH Wildlife In The Negev Desert A child enjoys the water in a public swimming pool at a suburban area of Shanghai Balloonists Take To The Skies For The Bristol International Balloon Festival Nepalese Muslims leaves after a mass prayer during Eid al-Fitr celebrations at Kashmiri Takiya Jame mosque in Kathmandu APTOPIX India Hinduism INDIA-ENVIRONMENT-ELEPHANT Eid Celebration Marks The End Of Ramadan BATTLE OF NATIONS PANORAMA OPENS IN LEIPZIG Senegal Fuel Spill Rally Held In Support Of Small Businesses In Willet's Point Facing Eviction BRITAIN -CURIOSITIES-AUCTION SWIM-WORLD-ESP-MEN Pilgrimage church behind of field of red cabbage Woman uses an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she crosses a busy street in downtown Shanghai A Malian national guardsman takes up a post along a street outside the Grand Mosque before Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bamako People, holding placards of a bleeding eye, take part in a demonstration in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei A boy tears after applying kohl to his eyelid before Eid al-Fitr mass prayers at the Kashmiri Takiya Jame mosque in Kathmandu

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