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Photos of the week: Whirlwind strolls and an interstellar view
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A casual stroll among whirling vortexes in the African Masaai grasslands and a storm spotted off Hawaii all the way from outer space --photos of the week from across the world.
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Whirlwinds seen as an elephant and zebras walk through the Amboseli National Park, Kenya. (Baz Ratner / REUTERS)
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A statuette of the Virgin Mary is seen inside of a house in front of Charles Borromeo Parish church, formerly St. Joseph in Ashland, Pennsylvania. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)
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South Korean Cho Hye-do, 86 (L), talks with her North Korean sister Cho Sun Do, 89, in a bid farewell after the Separated Family Reunion Meeting at the Diamond Mountain resort in North Korea. (Korea Pool Photo via AP)
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A man sells balloons near the compounds of a temporary shelter in the village of Menangga Baris on Indonesia’s Lombok island. Aid agencies and officials rushed on August 21 to help survivors after the third quake disaster in less than a month on Lombok island. (Fred Dufour / AFP)
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A boy participates in mutton bustin’ as he rides a sheep at the Snowmass Rodeo in Colorado. The Snowmass rodeo is on its 45th year, making it one of the state’s longest running. (Alex Edelman / AFP)
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Rohingya refugee boys greet each other as girls enjoy a ride in a ferris wheel, specially brought in to the camps for Eid al Adha celebration at Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh. (Altaf Qadri / AP)
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Children play on the beach in Cabourg, northwestern France, as part of the “Forgotten by the Holidays” campaign organised by the French NGO Secours Populaire for children whose families cannot afford to go on holidays. (Charly Triballeau / AFP)
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Boys carry goats at a livestock market where people buy sacrificial animals ahead of the Eid al-Adha celebrations in Sanaa, Yemen. (Khaled Abdullah / REUTERS)
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US President Donald Trump reacts to a question during an interview with Reuters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Leah Millis / REUTERS)
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Pilgrims gather 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 early. 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. (Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP)
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Disabled Angela Jansen communicates with her carer during her performance “I’m still present” at an exhibition in Berlin, Germany. (Hannibal Hanschke / REUTERS)
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A South Korean player (R-in blue) tries to score as Iran players (in red) defend during the women’s team Group B kabaddi match between Iran and South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
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Kenya’s Nicholas Kiptanui Bett (2nd R) in action during the men’s 3000m steeplechase at Alexander Stadium during the IAAF Diamond League in Birmingham, England. (Peter Cziborra / Action images via REUTERS)
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Mourners gather at the family home of the late Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in Bompata town in Kumasi, Ghana. (Francis Kokoroko / REUTERS)
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A visitor lies in a coffin to try it out at the ENDEX JAPAN 2018 funeral and cemetery show in Tokyo, Japan. (Toru Hanai / REUTERS)
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A gull waits to be fed by tourists on the banks of the River Thames in London, England. (Phil Noble / REUTERS)
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A penguin reacts with a zoo keeper as it stands on weighing scales for the ZSL London Zoo annual weigh in, in London, England. (Frank Augstein / AP)
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Potential buyers look at a thoroughbred foal during the Yearlings sales, one of the world renowned annual thoroughbred sales, in Deauville, France. (Charly Triballeau / AFP)
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) sits in the cockpit of the “Kowsar” domestic fighter jet, at the National Defence Industry exhibition in the capital Tehran. Iran unveiled its first domestic jet, a fourth-generation fighter, with “advanced avionics” and multi-purpose radar, which the local Tasnim news agency said was “100-percent indigenously made”. (Iranian Presidency / Handout / AFP)
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A police officer walks near the site where two cargo trains collided at the train station in Jablanica, about 80 kms south of Sarajevo, Bosnia. (Amel Emric / AP)
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People eat hotpot at a table set up in a creek, inside a tourist attraction on a hot day in Chongqing, China. (REUTERS)
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A Palestinian bride applies makeup during a mass wedding in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. (Mohamad Torokman / REUTERS)
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An aerial view of the Camp Nou stadium before the FC Barcelona v Alaves match in Barcelona, Spain. (Albert Gea / REUTERS)
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A lightning bolt strike is reflected in the waters in Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico. (Rashide Frias / AFP)
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A photo taken from the International Space Station and moved on social media by astronaut Ricky Arnold shows Hurricane Lane in the early morning hours near Hawaii. (Courtesy @astro_ricky / NASA / Handout via REUTERS )
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Jeon Hee Sook of South Korea in action with Sera Azuma of Japan during the Women’s Individual Foil – Semifinals at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Beawiharta / REUTERS)
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Dancers Kimin Kim and Yulia Stepanova of the St Petersburg Ballet perform Swan Lake during a photo call at the Coliseum theatre in London, England. (Frank Augstein / AP Photo)
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Revelers play in and around a huge burning papier mache bull full of exploding fireworks, in the Santiago Teyuhalco neighborhood of Tultepec, Mexico. (Marco Ugarte / AP)
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Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games at the Gelora Bung Karno main stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Jewel Samad / AFP)
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