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Photos of the week: Protest against algae and Boris enters No.10

From protest against toxic seaweeds at Saint-Brieuc in France to Britain's new Prime Minister joins office – photos of the week from around the world.

Updated on: Jul 27, 2019 3:28 PM IST
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Activists protest against toxic seaweeds, in front of the Vallais beach covered with toxic green algae, in Saint-Brieuc, northwestern France. Fifty years after their appearance, green algae still arouse anger and associations call for more restrictive measures. (Loic Venance / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Activists protest against toxic seaweeds, in front of the Vallais beach covered with toxic green algae, in Saint-Brieuc, northwestern France. Fifty years after their appearance, green algae still arouse anger and associations call for more restrictive measures. (Loic Venance / AFP)

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the Houses of Parliament in central London.Johnson joined office on July 25. (UK Parliament / Jessica Taylor / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the Houses of Parliament in central London.Johnson joined office on July 25. (UK Parliament / Jessica Taylor / AFP)

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Demonstrators participate in a march the day after the governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello resigned from his charge in San Juan, on July 25, 2019. Puerto Rico's embattled governor announced his resignation late July 24, following two weeks of massive protests triggered by the release of a text exchange in which he and others mocked gay people, women and hurricane victims. (Ricardo Arduengo / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Demonstrators participate in a march the day after the governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello resigned from his charge in San Juan, on July 25, 2019. Puerto Rico's embattled governor announced his resignation late July 24, following two weeks of massive protests triggered by the release of a text exchange in which he and others mocked gay people, women and hurricane victims. (Ricardo Arduengo / AFP)

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A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire in the village of Casais de Sao Bento in Macao in central Portugal. Huge wildfires that have ravaged the mountainous Castelo Branco region of central Portugal and left dozens injured have been "90 percent" controlled, firefighters said, but warned that strong winds could cause the flames to spread. (Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire in the village of Casais de Sao Bento in Macao in central Portugal. Huge wildfires that have ravaged the mountainous Castelo Branco region of central Portugal and left dozens injured have been "90 percent" controlled, firefighters said, but warned that strong winds could cause the flames to spread. (Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP)

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Demolition of a Palestinian building which was under construction, in the the Palestinian village of Sur Baher in East Jerusalem. Israel demolished a number of Palestinian homes it considers illegally constructed near its separation barrier south of Jerusalem on July 22, in a move that drew international condemnation. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Demolition of a Palestinian building which was under construction, in the the Palestinian village of Sur Baher in East Jerusalem. Israel demolished a number of Palestinian homes it considers illegally constructed near its separation barrier south of Jerusalem on July 22, in a move that drew international condemnation. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)

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Models present creations by Fashion Design students from the Pontificia Bolivariana University (UPB)during Medellin Fashion Week in Medellin, Colombia. (Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Models present creations by Fashion Design students from the Pontificia Bolivariana University (UPB)during Medellin Fashion Week in Medellin, Colombia. (Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP)

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Worshippers gather ahead of the annual Procession of Our Lady Carmel outside St Peter's Italian Church in central London, England. (Henry Nicholls / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Worshippers gather ahead of the annual Procession of Our Lady Carmel outside St Peter's Italian Church in central London, England. (Henry Nicholls / REUTERS)

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Republic of Ireland's Shane Lowry celebrates with the Claret Jug trophy after winning The Open Championship. (Jason Cairnduff / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Republic of Ireland's Shane Lowry celebrates with the Claret Jug trophy after winning The Open Championship. (Jason Cairnduff / REUTERS)

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Supporters of opposition political parties walk with flags during a countrywide protest called "Black Day" against the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Fayaz Aziz / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Supporters of opposition political parties walk with flags during a countrywide protest called "Black Day" against the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Fayaz Aziz / REUTERS)

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Performers dance during the XVIII Pan American Games opening ceremony, Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru. (Sergio Moraes / REUTERS) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Performers dance during the XVIII Pan American Games opening ceremony, Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru. (Sergio Moraes / REUTERS)

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Aerial view of a tailings dam -enbankment used to store byproducts of mining operations, in this case of the extraction of copper- of the Minera Valle Central mining company, in Rancagua, Chile. - The other side of the coin of the mining industry in Chile is the existance of hundreds of tailings dams -enbankments of byproducts of the extraction of copper, the country's main export product- which mark the territory like silent witnesses of man's action on nature. (Martin Bernetti / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Aerial view of a tailings dam -enbankment used to store byproducts of mining operations, in this case of the extraction of copper- of the Minera Valle Central mining company, in Rancagua, Chile. - The other side of the coin of the mining industry in Chile is the existance of hundreds of tailings dams -enbankments of byproducts of the extraction of copper, the country's main export product- which mark the territory like silent witnesses of man's action on nature. (Martin Bernetti / AFP)

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Russia's Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 60/61, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), blasts off to the ISS from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Russia's Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft carrying the members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 60/61, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency), blasts off to the ISS from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)

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A dusky perch (Epinephelus Marginatus), in the "Imperiaux" reef near Marseille, southern France. (Boris Horvat / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A dusky perch (Epinephelus Marginatus), in the "Imperiaux" reef near Marseille, southern France. (Boris Horvat / AFP)

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Ukraine's Roman Svichkar and France's Yannick Borel react during the Men's Epee team final at the 2019 Fencing World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (Peter Kohalmi / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Ukraine's Roman Svichkar and France's Yannick Borel react during the Men's Epee team final at the 2019 Fencing World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (Peter Kohalmi / AFP)

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Speedboats from Iran's Revolutionary Guard circle the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, after it was seized in the Strait of Hormuz two days earlier. Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, suggested Wednesday that Stena Impero could be released if the U.K. takes similar steps to hand back an Iranian oil tanker seized by the Royal Navy off Gibraltar earlier this month. (Morteza Akhoondi / AP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Speedboats from Iran's Revolutionary Guard circle the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, after it was seized in the Strait of Hormuz two days earlier. Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, suggested Wednesday that Stena Impero could be released if the U.K. takes similar steps to hand back an Iranian oil tanker seized by the Royal Navy off Gibraltar earlier this month. (Morteza Akhoondi / AP)

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Medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games unveiled in Tokyo. A collection of nearly 80,000 tons of mobile phones and small electronic devices around Japan are used in the crafting every gold, silver and bronze Olympic and Paralympic medal. (Tokyo 2020 / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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Medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games unveiled in Tokyo. A collection of nearly 80,000 tons of mobile phones and small electronic devices around Japan are used in the crafting every gold, silver and bronze Olympic and Paralympic medal. (Tokyo 2020 / AFP)

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A fishbone lies on a dry part of the Loire river bed due to the drought, in Montjean-sur-Loire, France. (Lolic Venance / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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A fishbone lies on a dry part of the Loire river bed due to the drought, in Montjean-sur-Loire, France. (Lolic Venance / AFP)

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The pack rides past the Lac of Serre-Poncon (Serre-Poncon lake) during the eighteenth stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Embrun and Valloire, in Valloire. (Jeff Pachoud / AFP) expand-iconView Photos in a new improved layout
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The pack rides past the Lac of Serre-Poncon (Serre-Poncon lake) during the eighteenth stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Embrun and Valloire, in Valloire. (Jeff Pachoud / AFP)

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