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Photos of the week: A Roland Garros recap to Eid al-Fitr celebrations

From wins at the 2018 Roland Garros tennis open tournament in Paris, to bidding adieu to Ramzan 2018 and ushering in Eid al-Fitr --photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Jun 15, 2018 10:22 PM IST
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Romania’s Simona Halep reacts mid-game during the final against Sloane Stephens of the US at the Roland Garros tournament in Paris, France.  (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Romania’s Simona Halep reacts mid-game during the final against Sloane Stephens of the US at the Roland Garros tournament in Paris, France. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (C) hoists the Stanley Cup during the Stanley Cup championship parade and celebration in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon / Pool Photo via USA TODAY / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (C) hoists the Stanley Cup during the Stanley Cup championship parade and celebration in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon / Pool Photo via USA TODAY / REUTERS)

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to US President Donald Trump during the second day of the G7 meeting in Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. (Bundesregierung / Jesco Denzel / Handout via REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to US President Donald Trump during the second day of the G7 meeting in Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. (Bundesregierung / Jesco Denzel / Handout via REUTERS)

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Afghan children ride swings during the first day of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Afghan children ride swings during the first day of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS)

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A woman walks past ‘Gold Lamé’ an installation by disabled artist Tony Heaton, in Liverpool, England. (Phil Noble / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman walks past ‘Gold Lamé’ an installation by disabled artist Tony Heaton, in Liverpool, England. (Phil Noble / REUTERS)

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Sheep cross the alpine pass “Hochjoch” at 2,856 meters above sea level, in the autonomous region of South Tyrol, Italy. (Lisi Niesner / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Sheep cross the alpine pass “Hochjoch” at 2,856 meters above sea level, in the autonomous region of South Tyrol, Italy. (Lisi Niesner / REUTERS)

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A woman shops for clothes at Tanah Abang traditional market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Darren Whiteside / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman shops for clothes at Tanah Abang traditional market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Darren Whiteside / REUTERS)

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Undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas poses during an interview with Reuters in Accra, Ghana. (Francis Kokoroko / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas poses during an interview with Reuters in Accra, Ghana. (Francis Kokoroko / REUTERS)

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An agent of the National Institute of Public Hygene (INHP) carries out fumigation in the Anyama district of Abidjan, as part of the Ivory Coast’s ongoing fight against dengue fever. (Sia Kambou / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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An agent of the National Institute of Public Hygene (INHP) carries out fumigation in the Anyama district of Abidjan, as part of the Ivory Coast’s ongoing fight against dengue fever. (Sia Kambou / AFP)

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England’s Anya Shrubsole in action during the second One Day International between England and South Africa at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove, England. (Andrew Boyers / Action Images via Reuters) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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England’s Anya Shrubsole in action during the second One Day International between England and South Africa at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove, England. (Andrew Boyers / Action Images via Reuters)

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Milvia Vasquez observes an excavator removing ash from the site where she presumes her brothers are buried in an area affected from the eruption of Fuego volcano in San Miguel Los Lotes, in Escuintla, Guatemala. (Luis Echeverria / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Milvia Vasquez observes an excavator removing ash from the site where she presumes her brothers are buried in an area affected from the eruption of Fuego volcano in San Miguel Los Lotes, in Escuintla, Guatemala. (Luis Echeverria / REUTERS)

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A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Xander Zhou on the third day of the Spring/Summer 2019 London Fashion Week Men's fashion event in London, England. (Niklas Halle’n / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A model presents a creation by Chinese designer Xander Zhou on the third day of the Spring/Summer 2019 London Fashion Week Men's fashion event in London, England. (Niklas Halle’n / AFP)

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Gardener Roswitha Domine stands in a pond of the greenhouse at Berlin's Botanical Garden to inspect a large leaf of a Victoria water-lily, as last preparations are under way before the greenhouse's reopening following extensive reconstruction work. (Jens Kalene / DPA / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Gardener Roswitha Domine stands in a pond of the greenhouse at Berlin's Botanical Garden to inspect a large leaf of a Victoria water-lily, as last preparations are under way before the greenhouse's reopening following extensive reconstruction work. (Jens Kalene / DPA / AFP)

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England's Harry Glover (R) vies with South Africa's Dylan Sage (L) during the 2018 Paris Sevens final of the Men cup rugby 7s between South-Africa and England at the Jean Bouin Stadium in Paris, France. (Geoffroy Van Der Haselt / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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England's Harry Glover (R) vies with South Africa's Dylan Sage (L) during the 2018 Paris Sevens final of the Men cup rugby 7s between South-Africa and England at the Jean Bouin Stadium in Paris, France. (Geoffroy Van Der Haselt / AFP)

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A boy holds a partially submerged branch as he plays in a swollen river caused by heavy rains under a bridge in Manila, Philippines. (Noel Celis / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A boy holds a partially submerged branch as he plays in a swollen river caused by heavy rains under a bridge in Manila, Philippines. (Noel Celis / AFP)

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A man watches the lights in a digital installation room at the Mori Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan. (Behrouz Mehri / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A man watches the lights in a digital installation room at the Mori Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan. (Behrouz Mehri / AFP)

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Echo, a 9-year-old blackback coast gorilla, is pictured in his enclosure during his presentation after arriving from the Kolmarden Wildlife Park of Sweden as part of the EEP (European Endangered Species Programmes) to form a breeding group at Bioparc Fuengirola in Fuengirola, near Malaga, southern Spain. (Jon Nazca / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Echo, a 9-year-old blackback coast gorilla, is pictured in his enclosure during his presentation after arriving from the Kolmarden Wildlife Park of Sweden as part of the EEP (European Endangered Species Programmes) to form a breeding group at Bioparc Fuengirola in Fuengirola, near Malaga, southern Spain. (Jon Nazca / REUTERS)

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Palestinian Muslims pray outside the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old City on the occasion of Laylat al-Qadr, which falls on the 27th day of the fasting month of Ramzan. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Palestinian Muslims pray outside the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old City on the occasion of Laylat al-Qadr, which falls on the 27th day of the fasting month of Ramzan. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)

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Performers seen in formation in a public square beneath the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, North Korea. The gathering was understood to be a rehearsal for an expected upcoming Arirang Mass Games event in September. (Ed Jones / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Performers seen in formation in a public square beneath the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, North Korea. The gathering was understood to be a rehearsal for an expected upcoming Arirang Mass Games event in September. (Ed Jones / AFP)

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Worshippers gather at the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Mecca as Muslims perform the Umrah or lesser pilgrimages during the last week of the month of Ramzan. (Bandar Al-Dandani / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Worshippers gather at the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Mecca as Muslims perform the Umrah or lesser pilgrimages during the last week of the month of Ramzan. (Bandar Al-Dandani / AFP)

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US President Donald Trump arrives late, as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde looks up during a G7 and Gender Equality Advisory Council meeting as part of a G7 summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Canada. (Yves Herman / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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US President Donald Trump arrives late, as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde looks up during a G7 and Gender Equality Advisory Council meeting as part of a G7 summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Canada. (Yves Herman / REUTERS)

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Spain's Rafael Nadal kisses the Mousquetaires Cup (The Musketeers) after his victory in the men's singles final match against Austria's Dominic Thiem, on day fifteen of The Roland Garros 2018 French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France. (Christophe Archambault / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Spain's Rafael Nadal kisses the Mousquetaires Cup (The Musketeers) after his victory in the men's singles final match against Austria's Dominic Thiem, on day fifteen of The Roland Garros 2018 French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France. (Christophe Archambault / AFP)

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A view of construction work undergoing at the site of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo, with the Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) seen in the background. (Khaled Desouki / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A view of construction work undergoing at the site of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the southwestern outskirts of the capital Cairo, with the Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) seen in the background. (Khaled Desouki / AFP)

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A pro-choice activist (L) argues with a woman opposed to the legalization of abortion outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Eitan Abramovich / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A pro-choice activist (L) argues with a woman opposed to the legalization of abortion outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Eitan Abramovich / AFP)

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Bulgaria agreed to spare the life of Penka, the cow after plans to kill the animal for crossing European Union (EU) borders without paperwork triggered an international outcry. (Hristo Vladev / Four Paws Foundation / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Bulgaria agreed to spare the life of Penka, the cow after plans to kill the animal for crossing European Union (EU) borders without paperwork triggered an international outcry. (Hristo Vladev / Four Paws Foundation / AFP)

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Senegalese albino people attend the International Albinism Awareness Day, at the cultural centre Douta Seck in Dakar, Senegal. (Seyllou / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Senegalese albino people attend the International Albinism Awareness Day, at the cultural centre Douta Seck in Dakar, Senegal. (Seyllou / AFP)

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A football fan sports a hair tattoo showing the portrait of Argentinian football player Lionel Messi at a hair salon in Novi Sad, Serbia. (Vladimir Zivojinovic / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A football fan sports a hair tattoo showing the portrait of Argentinian football player Lionel Messi at a hair salon in Novi Sad, Serbia. (Vladimir Zivojinovic / AFP)

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Elephants participate in a football game to kick off the World Cup fever as part of an anti-gambling campaign at the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya. (Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn / Thai News Pix / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Elephants participate in a football game to kick off the World Cup fever as part of an anti-gambling campaign at the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya. (Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn / Thai News Pix / AFP)

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US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) reach out to shake hands at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore. (Saul Loeb / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) reach out to shake hands at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore. (Saul Loeb / AFP)

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Dancers with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform a scene from the World Premier of “EN” during a dress rehearsal, before opening night at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Dancers with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform a scene from the World Premier of “EN” during a dress rehearsal, before opening night at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP)

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