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Photos of the week: At the Australian Open and gene edited macaques

Views from the Australian Open and clones from a gene spliced mcaque--photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Jan 26, 2019 12:25 PM IST
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Spain’s Rafael Nadal in action during his fourth round match against Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych during the Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Australia. (Adman Abidi / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jan 26, 2019 12:25 PM

Spain’s Rafael Nadal in action during his fourth round match against Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych during the Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Australia. (Adman Abidi / REUTERS)

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Saracens’ Brad Barritt in action with Glasgow Warriors’ Tommy Seymour during their European Rugby Champions Cup match at Allianz Park in London, England. (Peter Cziborra / Action Images via Reuters) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Saracens’ Brad Barritt in action with Glasgow Warriors’ Tommy Seymour during their European Rugby Champions Cup match at Allianz Park in London, England. (Peter Cziborra / Action Images via Reuters)

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Manny Pacquiao (black trunks) and Adrien Broner (purple/gold trunks) box during a WBA welterweight world title boxing match at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won via unanimous decision. (Joe Camporeale / USA TODAY Sports / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Manny Pacquiao (black trunks) and Adrien Broner (purple/gold trunks) box during a WBA welterweight world title boxing match at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao won via unanimous decision. (Joe Camporeale / USA TODAY Sports / REUTERS)

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Devotees gather near a fire to keep warm as they prepare to take part for the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Devotees gather near a fire to keep warm as they prepare to take part for the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)

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Models present creations by Dutch designer Iris van Herpen as part of her Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2019 collection show in Paris, France. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Models present creations by Dutch designer Iris van Herpen as part of her Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2019 collection show in Paris, France. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

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Portugal’s soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo arrives with his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez to appear in court on a trial for tax fraud in Madrid, Spain. (Susana Vera / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Portugal’s soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo arrives with his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez to appear in court on a trial for tax fraud in Madrid, Spain. (Susana Vera / REUTERS)

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Sheep graze as a dark snow cloud arrives in Glenshane Pass, Northern Ireland. (Clodagh Kilcoyne / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Sheep graze as a dark snow cloud arrives in Glenshane Pass, Northern Ireland. (Clodagh Kilcoyne / REUTERS)

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The US Capitol is pictured on day 32 of a partial government shutdown as it becomes the longest in US history, in Washington. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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The US Capitol is pictured on day 32 of a partial government shutdown as it becomes the longest in US history, in Washington. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)

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A villager escorts horses and buffalos as they bathe in a natural hot spring at a snow-covered valley in the eastern Bitlis province, Turkey. (Sertac Kayar / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A villager escorts horses and buffalos as they bathe in a natural hot spring at a snow-covered valley in the eastern Bitlis province, Turkey. (Sertac Kayar / REUTERS)

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A man walks across snow covered moorland near Todmorden, England. (Phil Noble / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A man walks across snow covered moorland near Todmorden, England. (Phil Noble / REUTERS)

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Monkeys cloned from a gene-edited macaque with circadian rhythm disorders are seen at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China. (Chinese Academy of Sciences / Handout via REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Monkeys cloned from a gene-edited macaque with circadian rhythm disorders are seen at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China. (Chinese Academy of Sciences / Handout via REUTERS)

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Water vapour rises from the cooling towers of the Jaenschwalde lignite-fired power plant of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG) in Jaenschwalde, Germany. (Hannibal Hanschke / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Water vapour rises from the cooling towers of the Jaenschwalde lignite-fired power plant of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG) in Jaenschwalde, Germany. (Hannibal Hanschke / REUTERS)

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Zamalek’s Mahmoud Alaa remonstrates with a match official during the Zamalek v Pyramids FC match of the Egyptian Premier League in Cairo, Egypt. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Jan 26, 2019 12:25 PM

Zamalek’s Mahmoud Alaa remonstrates with a match official during the Zamalek v Pyramids FC match of the Egyptian Premier League in Cairo, Egypt. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh / REUTERS)

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Russia’s Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov in action during the Pairs Free Skating at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Minsk, Belarus. (Vasily Fedosenko / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Russia’s Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov in action during the Pairs Free Skating at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Minsk, Belarus. (Vasily Fedosenko / REUTERS)

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This aerial photo shows boats moored at a typhoon shelter next to residential buildings in Hong Kong. (Dale de la Rey / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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This aerial photo shows boats moored at a typhoon shelter next to residential buildings in Hong Kong. (Dale de la Rey / AFP)

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Foreign detainees are pictured behind bars at an immigration detention centre in Bangkok, during a visit organized by authorities for journalists. (Romeo Gacad / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Foreign detainees are pictured behind bars at an immigration detention centre in Bangkok, during a visit organized by authorities for journalists. (Romeo Gacad / AFP)

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A Hindu devotee smiles she takes part in the annual Hindu Thaipoosam Kavady festival held at Shree Emperumal Hindu Temple in Mount Edgecombe township, some 42 kms north of Durban in South Africa. (Rajesh Jantial / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A Hindu devotee smiles she takes part in the annual Hindu Thaipoosam Kavady festival held at Shree Emperumal Hindu Temple in Mount Edgecombe township, some 42 kms north of Durban in South Africa. (Rajesh Jantial / AFP)

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Labourers work at building construction site during a sunset in Yangon, Myanmar. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Labourers work at building construction site during a sunset in Yangon, Myanmar. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

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Nudists attend the play “nu et approuve” (Naked and approved, a word play on Read and approved) at the Palais des Glaces theatre in Paris, France. (Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Nudists attend the play “nu et approuve” (Naked and approved, a word play on Read and approved) at the Palais des Glaces theatre in Paris, France. (Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP)

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Young Polish faithful aboard the Dar Mlodziezy sailboat are welcomed at the Panama port to participate in the third World Youth Day with Pope Francis, in Panama City, Panama. (Luis Acosta / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Young Polish faithful aboard the Dar Mlodziezy sailboat are welcomed at the Panama port to participate in the third World Youth Day with Pope Francis, in Panama City, Panama. (Luis Acosta / AFP)

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A Pakistani barber shaves a customer alongside a road amid heavy fog and smog conditions in Lahore, Pakistan. (Arif Ali / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A Pakistani barber shaves a customer alongside a road amid heavy fog and smog conditions in Lahore, Pakistan. (Arif Ali / AFP)

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Steep turns on the winding road leading up to the Julierpass that connects the Engadin valley to the rest of the canton of Graubuenden are pictured in Bivio, Switzerland. (Valentin Flauraud / Keystone via AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Steep turns on the winding road leading up to the Julierpass that connects the Engadin valley to the rest of the canton of Graubuenden are pictured in Bivio, Switzerland. (Valentin Flauraud / Keystone via AP)

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A Swiss police officer observes the surrounding area from atop the roof of the Davos Congress Hotel ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Arnd Wiegmann / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A Swiss police officer observes the surrounding area from atop the roof of the Davos Congress Hotel ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Arnd Wiegmann / REUTERS)

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Pilgrims confess at the Youth Park in Panama City on the eve of the arrival of Pope Francis for World Youth Day. (Luis Acosta / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Pilgrims confess at the Youth Park in Panama City on the eve of the arrival of Pope Francis for World Youth Day. (Luis Acosta / AFP)

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Hindu devotees gather at a shrine in Batu Caves during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Hindu devotees gather at a shrine in Batu Caves during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Lai Seng Sin / REUTERS)

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A woman carries her daughter as she wades through a flooded neighborhood in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Yusuf Wahil / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A woman carries her daughter as she wades through a flooded neighborhood in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Yusuf Wahil / AP)

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A demonstrator draped in the Greek flag attacks riot police with a stick during a rally in Athens. Greece’s Parliament is to vote this coming week on whether to ratify the agreement that will rename its northern neighbor North Macedonia. Macedonia has already ratified the deal, which, polls show, is opposed by a majority of Greeks. (Yorgos Karahalis / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A demonstrator draped in the Greek flag attacks riot police with a stick during a rally in Athens. Greece’s Parliament is to vote this coming week on whether to ratify the agreement that will rename its northern neighbor North Macedonia. Macedonia has already ratified the deal, which, polls show, is opposed by a majority of Greeks. (Yorgos Karahalis / AP)

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Roosters dressed up in costumes are on display during a local chicken beauty pageant in Guang’an, Sichuan province, China. (Stringer / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Roosters dressed up in costumes are on display during a local chicken beauty pageant in Guang’an, Sichuan province, China. (Stringer / REUTERS)

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Germany’s Alexander Zverev holds his smashed racket during his Round Four match against Canada’s Milos Raonic in Melbourne, Australia. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Germany’s Alexander Zverev holds his smashed racket during his Round Four match against Canada’s Milos Raonic in Melbourne, Australia. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the ground during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Devotees offer prayers by rolling on the ground during the Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)

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