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This Week in Pictures: August 25-31

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Masai tribesmen, French actor Vincent Cassel's wedding and Pope Francis laughing — the last seven days have given the world a lot to keep up with. Take a look at the most colorful pictures of this week.

From the Notting Hill Carnival of Caribbean culture in London and the Belgian Grand Prix of Formula 1 to the 2018 Moscow International Automobile Salon and Russian President Vladimir Putin vacationing with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and a mass wedding ceremony in South Korea — take a look at this week's (August 25-31) events in Sputnik's photo gallery.

© REUTERS / Francois LenoirMcLaren's Fernando Alonso and Sauber's Charles Leclerc crash on the first corner of Formula One at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot.
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McLaren's Fernando Alonso and Sauber's Charles Leclerc crash on the first corner of Formula One at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot.
© AFP 2023 / Daniel Leal-OlivasA performer in costume takes part in the carnival on the main Parade day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers on Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street party in Europe.
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A performer in costume takes part in the carnival on the main Parade day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers on Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street party in Europe.
© Sputnik / Fayed El-Gesiri / Go to the mediabankMasai tribesmen kindling a fire in the village of Masai Mara in Kenya.
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Masai tribesmen kindling a fire in the village of Masai Mara in Kenya.
© Sputnik / Maxim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankAleksandra Soldatova (Russia) performs exercises with clubs in the qualification of individual triathlon on the stage of the Challenge Cup-2018 in rhythmic gymnastics in Kazan.
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Aleksandra Soldatova (Russia) performs exercises with clubs in the qualification of individual triathlon on the stage of the Challenge Cup-2018 in rhythmic gymnastics in Kazan.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankAurus CEO Hilgert Franz Gerhard at the 2018 Moscow International Automobile Salon.
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Aurus CEO Hilgert Franz Gerhard at the 2018 Moscow International Automobile Salon.
© Sputnik / Alexey Nikolsky / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) during a holiday in the Sayano-Shushenski Nature Reserve in the Republic of Tuva.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) during a holiday in the Sayano-Shushenski Nature Reserve in the Republic of Tuva.
© Sputnik / Alexander Wilf / Go to the mediabankA Su-30SM fighter from the Russian Knights aerobatic team during the closing of the IV International Military Technical Forum "Army-2018."
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A Su-30SM fighter from the Russian Knights aerobatic team during the closing of the IV International Military Technical Forum "Army-2018."
© AP Photo / Steven SenneEllen Watterson reenacts an 1830s farm worker milking a cow named May in a barn at Old Sturbridge Village, in Sturbridge, Mass. With a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Old Sturbridge Village, a living history museum that depicts life in a small New England town in the 1830s, is taking a deep look at the way it presents the past, including the roles of minorities and women, in an effort to stay relevant to a 21st century audience.
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Ellen Watterson reenacts an 1830s farm worker milking a cow named May in a barn at Old Sturbridge Village, in Sturbridge, Mass. With a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Old Sturbridge Village, a living history museum that depicts life in a small New England town in the 1830s, is taking a deep look at the way it presents the past, including the roles of minorities and women, in an effort to stay relevant to a 21st century audience.
© AFP 2023 / Dibyangshu SarkarRohingya refugees perform prayers as they attend a ceremony organized to remember the first anniversary of the military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees staged angry protests for "justice" on August 25 on the first anniversary of Myanmar's military crackdown, which sparked a mass exodus to camps in Bangladesh.
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Rohingya refugees perform prayers as they attend a ceremony organized to remember the first anniversary of the military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees staged angry protests for "justice" on August 25 on the first anniversary of Myanmar's military crackdown, which sparked a mass exodus to camps in Bangladesh.
© REUTERS / Kim Hong-JiCouples attend a mass wedding ceremony at the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, South Korea.
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Couples attend a mass wedding ceremony at the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, South Korea.
© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankA participant of the 7th Siberian tattoo festival in the resort hotel "Sosnovka" in the Novosibirsk region.
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A participant of the 7th Siberian tattoo festival in the resort hotel "Sosnovka" in the Novosibirsk region.
© REUTERS / Mohammad Ponir Hossain Rashida Begum, a Rohingya refugee woman bathes her son in the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
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Rashida Begum, a Rohingya refugee woman bathes her son in the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
© REUTERS / Andrew Kelly Women lie in the sun in Domino Park in Brooklyn, New York, as high temperatures hit the region.
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Women lie in the sun in Domino Park in Brooklyn, New York, as high temperatures hit the region.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid / Go to the mediabankRussian athletes perform at the Gala concert at the Challenge Cup-2018 in rhythmic gymnastics in Kazan, Russia.
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Russian athletes perform at the Gala concert at the Challenge Cup-2018 in rhythmic gymnastics in Kazan, Russia.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Timkiv / Go to the mediabankHarvesting of seed corn in the village of Ladozhskaya, Krasnodar region.
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Harvesting of seed corn in the village of Ladozhskaya, Krasnodar region.
© Sputnik / Sergey Mamontov / Go to the mediabankOrchestra on bicycles "Crescendo" (Netherlands) in the parade of participants at the international military music festival "Spasskaya Tower" at VDNKh, Moscow.
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Orchestra on bicycles "Crescendo" (Netherlands) in the parade of participants at the international military music festival "Spasskaya Tower" at VDNKh, Moscow.
© REUTERS / Brendan McDermidA woman reacts to a swarm of bees in Times Square in New York City, US.
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A woman reacts to a swarm of bees in Times Square in New York City, US.
© REUTERS / Hannah McKayPope Francis laughs as he leaves St Mary's Pro-Cathedral during his visit to Dublin, Ireland.
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Pope Francis laughs as he leaves St Mary's Pro-Cathedral during his visit to Dublin, Ireland.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankModels on the stand of the company "AvtoVAZ" at the 2018 Moscow International Automobile Salon.
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Models on the stand of the company "AvtoVAZ" at the 2018 Moscow International Automobile Salon.
© REUTERS / Issei KatoAthletes pose after the Men's Decathlon for 1500m in the 2018 Asian Games in the GBK Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Athletes pose after the Men's Decathlon for 1500m in the 2018 Asian Games in the GBK Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.
© AFP 2023 / DPA / Sebastian WillnowPolice patrol next to a sculpture of Karl Marx in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, following the death of a 35-year-old German national. The man died in hospital after a "dispute between several people of different nationalities," according to the police.
The right-wing street movement PEGIDA called for a second day of protests in Chemnitz in formerly Communist eastern Germany after the alleged fatal stabbing of a German man by a foreigner.
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Police patrol next to a sculpture of Karl Marx in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, following the death of a 35-year-old German national. The man died in hospital after a "dispute between several people of different nationalities," according to the police.
The right-wing street movement PEGIDA called for a second day of protests in Chemnitz in formerly Communist eastern Germany after the alleged fatal stabbing of a German man by a foreigner.
© REUTERS / Heino Kalis A reveller plays with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" festival in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain.
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A reveller plays with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" festival in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain.
© Sputnik / Aleksey Pavlishak / Go to the mediabankThe extraction of pink sea salt using a garden method on Lake Sasyk in Crimea, Russia.
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The extraction of pink sea salt using a garden method on Lake Sasyk in Crimea, Russia.
© Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin converses with Omsk residents during an inspection of the reconstructed Lenin Street in Omsk.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin converses with Omsk residents during an inspection of the reconstructed Lenin Street in Omsk.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankJuan Velarde (Spain) during competitions in the master class at the World Red Bull Air Race in Kazan.
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Juan Velarde (Spain) during competitions in the master class at the World Red Bull Air Race in Kazan.
© Daniel Leal-OlivasPerformers in costume take part in the carnival on the main Parade day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers on Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street party in Europe.
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Performers in costume take part in the carnival on the main Parade day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers on Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street party in Europe.
© AFP 2023 / Mehdi FedouachA West African dwarf crocodile hatches from its egg at the Planet Exotica zoological and botanical garden in Royan, southwestern France.
20 West African dwarf crocodiles were born in the park.
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A West African dwarf crocodile hatches from its egg at the Planet Exotica zoological and botanical garden in Royan, southwestern France.
20 West African dwarf crocodiles were born in the park.
© AFP 2023 / Dibyangshu SarkarRohingya refugees shout slogans during a protest march after attending a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the military crackdown that prompted the massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees staged angry protests for "justice" on August 25 on the first anniversary of Myanmar's military crackdown, which sparked a mass exodus to camps in Bangladesh.
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Rohingya refugees shout slogans during a protest march after attending a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the military crackdown that prompted the massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees staged angry protests for "justice" on August 25 on the first anniversary of Myanmar's military crackdown, which sparked a mass exodus to camps in Bangladesh.
© AFP 2023 / Iroz GaizkaFrench actor Vincent Cassel (L) and French model Tina Kunakey kiss at the end of their wedding ceremony at the town hall of Bidart, southwestern France, on August 24, 2018.
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French actor Vincent Cassel (L) and French model Tina Kunakey kiss at the end of their wedding ceremony at the town hall of Bidart, southwestern France, on August 24, 2018.
© REUTERS / Darren WhitesideExtreme Vespa enthusiasts drive near the site of a weekend scooter festival in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.
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Extreme Vespa enthusiasts drive near the site of a weekend scooter festival in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.
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