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From Eid al-Adha celebrations to Texas storm: 30 best photos of the week

A man controls a bull before a sacrifice slaughter during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Karachi, Pakistan. (Akhtar Soomro / REUTERS)

Updated on: Sep 02, 2017 10:08 PM IST
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A man controls a bull before a sacrifice slaughter during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Karachi, Pakistan. (Akhtar Soomro / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A man controls a bull before a sacrifice slaughter during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Karachi, Pakistan. (Akhtar Soomro / REUTERS)

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U.S. Marine Corps F-35B fighter jets (front) and South Korean air Force's F-15K fly over South Korea during a joint military drill, South Korea . (REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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U.S. Marine Corps F-35B fighter jets (front) and South Korean air Force's F-15K fly over South Korea during a joint military drill, South Korea . (REUTERS)

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An elderly SPLA-IO (SPLA-In Opposition) rebel talks to other rebels in Yondu, the day before an assault on government SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) soldiers in the town of Kaya, on the border with Uganda, South Sudan. (Goran Tomasevic  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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An elderly SPLA-IO (SPLA-In Opposition) rebel talks to other rebels in Yondu, the day before an assault on government SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) soldiers in the town of Kaya, on the border with Uganda, South Sudan. (Goran Tomasevic / REUTERS)

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Performers hold up flags during the 60th Merdeka Day (Independence Day) celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Lai Seng Sin  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Performers hold up flags during the 60th Merdeka Day (Independence Day) celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

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A military vehicle evacuates about two dozen residents from the Autumn Chase Park apartments while pushing its way through flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.  (Adrees Latif  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A military vehicle evacuates about two dozen residents from the Autumn Chase Park apartments while pushing its way through flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. (Adrees Latif / REUTERS)

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A trader applies colour on his goats, for identification, at a livestock market, ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Mumbai, India. (Shailesh Andrade  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A trader applies colour on his goats, for identification, at a livestock market, ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Mumbai, India. (Shailesh Andrade / REUTERS)

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India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-39, carrying IRNSS-1H navigation satellite, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. (Ravikumar / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-39, carrying IRNSS-1H navigation satellite, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. (Ravikumar / REUTERS)

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Planes are surrounded by flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey at the West Houston Airport in Texas, U.S. (Adrees Latif  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Planes are surrounded by flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey at the West Houston Airport in Texas, U.S. (Adrees Latif / REUTERS)

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Chinese honour guards prepare for a welcoming ceremony for Brazil's President Michel Temer (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (Thomas Peter  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Chinese honour guards prepare for a welcoming ceremony for Brazil's President Michel Temer (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (Thomas Peter / REUTERS)

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People attend prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on a street outside of a mosque in Jakarta , Indonesia. (/Darren Whiteside  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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People attend prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on a street outside of a mosque in Jakarta , Indonesia. (/Darren Whiteside / REUTERS)

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A vehicle sits amid leaked fuel mixed in with flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in the parking lot of Motiva Enterprises LLC in Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.  (Adrees Latif  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A vehicle sits amid leaked fuel mixed in with flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in the parking lot of Motiva Enterprises LLC in Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. (Adrees Latif / REUTERS)

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Spider webs covered in morning dew drops are seen in Richmond Park, south west London, Britain. (Toby Melville  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Spider webs covered in morning dew drops are seen in Richmond Park, south west London, Britain. (Toby Melville / REUTERS)

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Over 200,000 American and Canadian pennies make up the art installation Ursa Mater as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, U.S. (Jim Urquhart  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Over 200,000 American and Canadian pennies make up the art installation Ursa Mater as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, U.S. (Jim Urquhart / REUTERS)

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Firefighters and rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Mumbai, India. (Shailesh Andrade  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Firefighters and rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Mumbai, India. (Shailesh Andrade / REUTERS)

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Members of the China Disabled Peoples Performing Art Troupe perform "My Dream" at Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Theater in Bogota on August 30, 2017. China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe Company composed of artists with some hearing, mental, motor, visual or speech disabilities, was founded in 1987 and is currently Honorary and Goodwill Ambassadors of Unesco for its great example of inclusion. (John Vizcaino / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Members of the China Disabled Peoples Performing Art Troupe perform "My Dream" at Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Theater in Bogota on August 30, 2017. China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe Company composed of artists with some hearing, mental, motor, visual or speech disabilities, was founded in 1987 and is currently Honorary and Goodwill Ambassadors of Unesco for its great example of inclusion. (John Vizcaino / AFP)

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Chinese farmers harvesting red quinoa in Jianhe in China's southwestern Guizhou province. (AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Chinese farmers harvesting red quinoa in Jianhe in China's southwestern Guizhou province. (AFP)

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Lightning strikes off the coast of Montevideo. Following days of heavy rains, flooding in Uruguay has forced almost 900 people to flee their homes, authorities said Monday. Flooding in the country has grown increasingly common.  (Mariana SUAREZ / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Lightning strikes off the coast of Montevideo. Following days of heavy rains, flooding in Uruguay has forced almost 900 people to flee their homes, authorities said Monday. Flooding in the country has grown increasingly common. (Mariana SUAREZ / AFP)

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A Burning Man participant walks through a desert dust storm in formal clothes on her way to a wedding in the middle of the desert as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world attend the 3rd day of the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, U.S.  (Jim Bourg  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A Burning Man participant walks through a desert dust storm in formal clothes on her way to a wedding in the middle of the desert as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world attend the 3rd day of the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, U.S. (Jim Bourg / REUTERS)

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An elderly Rohingya refugee asleep with while holding her sleeping grandson in her lap at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh. At least 6,000 Rohingya civilians fleeing renewed violence in Myanmar are stranded near the border with Bangladesh which is blocking their entry, a senior Bangladeshi official said August 29, as the United Nations urged Dhaka to let them in. (Emrul Kamal / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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An elderly Rohingya refugee asleep with while holding her sleeping grandson in her lap at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya after crossing the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh. At least 6,000 Rohingya civilians fleeing renewed violence in Myanmar are stranded near the border with Bangladesh which is blocking their entry, a senior Bangladeshi official said August 29, as the United Nations urged Dhaka to let them in. (Emrul Kamal / AFP)

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Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira Mosque on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia . (Suhaib Salem / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira Mosque on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia . (Suhaib Salem / REUTERS)

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Syrian refugee children poses for a photo as they play on a street in the Palestinian Shatila refugee camp, on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on September 1, 2017, as Muslims mark the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday. Muslims across the world celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the festival of sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God.  (ANWAR AMRO / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Syrian refugee children poses for a photo as they play on a street in the Palestinian Shatila refugee camp, on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on September 1, 2017, as Muslims mark the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday. Muslims across the world celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the festival of sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

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A 747 SuperTanker drops retardant while battling the Ponderosa Fire east of Oroville, California, U.S. (Noah Berger  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A 747 SuperTanker drops retardant while battling the Ponderosa Fire east of Oroville, California, U.S. (Noah Berger / REUTERS)

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Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia . (Suhaib Salem  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia . (Suhaib Salem / REUTERS)

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Athletes compete during the 15th Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) race near the Combal Lake near Courmayeur, Italy . (Denis Balibouse  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Athletes compete during the 15th Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) race near the Combal Lake near Courmayeur, Italy . (Denis Balibouse / REUTERS)

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Venezuelan fans deploy a huge national flag during their 2018 World Cup qualifier football match against Colombia, in San Cristobal, Venezuela. (JUAN BARRETO / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Venezuelan fans deploy a huge national flag during their 2018 World Cup qualifier football match against Colombia, in San Cristobal, Venezuela. (JUAN BARRETO / AFP)

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Vehicles on Interstate 10 navigate through flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in Vidor, Texas, U.S.  (Adrees Latif  / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Vehicles on Interstate 10 navigate through flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in Vidor, Texas, U.S. (Adrees Latif / REUTERS)

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A Syrian refugee boy rests on the side of the road as he returns to Syria with his family after crossing the Jordanian border near the town of Nasib, in the southern province of Daraa. ( Mohamad ABAZEED / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A Syrian refugee boy rests on the side of the road as he returns to Syria with his family after crossing the Jordanian border near the town of Nasib, in the southern province of Daraa. ( Mohamad ABAZEED / AFP)

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An aerial view shows Muslim pilgrims gathering on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on Arafat Day which is the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage on August 31, 2017. Arafat is the site where Muslims believe the Prophet Mohammed gave his last sermon about 14 centuries ago after leading his followers on the pilgrimage.  (KARIM SAHIB / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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An aerial view shows Muslim pilgrims gathering on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on Arafat Day which is the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage on August 31, 2017. Arafat is the site where Muslims believe the Prophet Mohammed gave his last sermon about 14 centuries ago after leading his followers on the pilgrimage. (KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

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A baby in a stroller passes by life jackets displayed by International anti-poverty organisation OXFAM NOVIB in front of the Dutch Parliament at the Binnenhof in The Hague. The jackets serve as a visual reminder to the Dutch government of the suffering and risks hundreds of thousands of refugees have endured.  (AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A baby in a stroller passes by life jackets displayed by International anti-poverty organisation OXFAM NOVIB in front of the Dutch Parliament at the Binnenhof in The Hague. The jackets serve as a visual reminder to the Dutch government of the suffering and risks hundreds of thousands of refugees have endured. (AFP)

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Smoke billows from the village of al-Ayadieh, near Qubuq, north of Tal Afar, as Iraqi forces advance during the ongoing operation to retake the area from the Islamic State (IS) group on August 28, 2017. Some of IS fighters inside Tal Afar were believed to have fled to Al-Ayadieh, located on the road between the city and the Syrian border, where they appeared to be making a desperate last stand.  (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Smoke billows from the village of al-Ayadieh, near Qubuq, north of Tal Afar, as Iraqi forces advance during the ongoing operation to retake the area from the Islamic State (IS) group on August 28, 2017. Some of IS fighters inside Tal Afar were believed to have fled to Al-Ayadieh, located on the road between the city and the Syrian border, where they appeared to be making a desperate last stand. (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)

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