Photos of the week: Hong Kong protests and seized Iranian oil tanker released in Gibraltar

Gibraltar court releases the seized Iranian oil tanker and protests in Hong Kong-- photos of the week from across the world.

Updated on: Aug 17, 2019 12:51 PM IST

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A demonstrator holds a sign reading "HK Gov + Police Attempt To Murder Citizens" during a protest at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China. The increasingly violent protests have plunged the Chinese-ruled territory into its most serious crisis in decades, presenting Chinese leader Xi Jinping with one of his biggest challenges since he came to power in 2012. (Kyle Lam / Bloomberg)

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Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, durning the hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia,on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. The hajj, one of the world’s largest annual religious gatherings, is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be undertaken by all Muslims with the means at least once in their lives. (Amr Nabil / AP)

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Texas Rangers starting pitcher Mike Minor throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers on August 11, 2019, in Milwaukee. (Morry Gash / AP)

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People take part in a memorial for the victims of a shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 14, 2019. (Jose Luis Gonzalez / REUTERS)

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Two white lion cubs laying in their basket at the association "Caresse de tigre", at La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, northwestern of France. The two white lion cubs, named Nala and Simba, were born at the end of July 2019 at the association. (LOU BENOIST / AFP)

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An indigenous man takes part in a march to demand respect for their rights and protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and the policies of the federal government against indigenous people, in Brasilia, Brazil. (Andre Coelho / REUTERS)

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Liverpool's team poses with the trophy after winning the UEFA Super Cup 2019 football match between FC Liverpool and FC Chelsea at Besiktas Park Stadium in Istanbul. (OZAN KOSE / AFP)

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A boy competes in mutton busting at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 13, 2019. (Eric Thayer / REUTERS)

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A view shows the Ural Airlines Airbus 321 passenger plane following an emergency landing in a field near Zhukovsky International Airport in Moscow Region, Russia. The Ministry of Health said that 23 people suffered injuries, but that nobody had been killed when the Ural Airlines Airbus 321 came down in a field southeast of Moscow after striking a flock of gulls, disrupting its engines. (Stringer / REUTERS)

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People look at lava erupting from the Piton de la Fournaise or the Peak of the Furnace flowing down the east-south-east face on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. (Richard BOUHET / AFP)

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A man sells Indonesian national flags on a street ahead of the Indonesia Independence Day in Banda Aceh. Indonesia marks its Independence Day on August 17. (CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

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Palestinians sit and take pictures on the rocks by the Mediterranean in Gaza City, as people celebrate during the third day of Eid al-Adha,on August 13, 2019. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

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A boy practicing on a skateboard near the Shanghai Long Museum in Shanghai. Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut in Tokyo at the 2020 Olympic Games, but many in the growing scene in Shanghai complain that they have few places to go and are looked down upon as trouble-makers. (HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)

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Members of the group 'The Carriers of the Giants of the Province of Liege' prepare giant puppets for a folk parade in Outremeuse, Belgium, during Assumption Day celebrations. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

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Iranian supertanker Grace 1 seen off the coast of Gibraltar on August 15, 2019. Gibraltar's Supreme Court ruled to release an Iranian supertanker seized last month on suspicion of shipping oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions, despite a last-minute US request to detain the vessel. (JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)