In some of the week's most striking images, Muslim boys celebrate the end of Ramadan, horses guzzle pints of beer, Prince William holds a hawk, and more
Muslim children hug after offering Eid prayers in New Delhi. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
An Egyptian policeman confronts a woman during clashes between government forces and Mohamed Morsi supporters, in Giza, Egypt. A state of emergency was declared and hundreds of people died on Aug. 14, the bloodiest day since the pro-democracy uprising two years ago. (AP Photo/Imad Abdul Rahman)
Britain's Prince William holds a Harris Hawk during a falconry display at the Anglesey Show, in Gwalchmai, North Wales. (REUTERS/Andrew Yates/Pool)
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Rohingya Muslim women look out from the front of their home in Sittwe, Myanmar. Sittwe's last remaining Muslim-dominated quarter, Aung Mingalar, is locked down by police and soldiers who patrol all streets leading in and out. Muslims reportedly can't leave without written permission from local authorities. (REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)
Investigators look through debris of a UPS A300 cargo plane after it crashed on approach at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The two pilots were killed. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager)
The annual Perseid meteor shower glistens over Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. The meteor shower occurs every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris left by comet Swift-Tuttle. (REUTERS/Kieran Doherty)
Competitors in the "Queen of the Elderly 2013" beauty contest perform together on stage in Monterrey, Mexico. Eighteen finalists will compete in the final event on Aug. 23. (REUTERS/Daniel Becerril)
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Volunteers gather flamingo chicks before tagging them at the Fuente de Piedra nature reserve, near Malaga in southern Spain. Around 500 flamingos are tagged and measured before being placed in the lagoon, one of the largest colonies of flamingos in Europe. (REUTERS/Jon Nazca)
Tulima Uhatafe, center, is consoled by relatives as she and her husband Salesi Uhatafe receive a line of guests by the caskets of their sons, Polo Manukainiu, a Texas A&M redshirt freshman, and Andrew "Lolo" Uhatafe, at a memorial service at Trinity High School in Euless, Texas. Over 2,500 people showed up to mourn the teenagers, who were killed in a single-car accident in northern New Mexico on July 29. Also killed in the accident was 18-year-old Utah recruit Gaius "Keio" Vaenuku. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Horseman Jonathan Jones holds pints of beer for horses Wainwright, left, and Bomber, right, as they take a break from working at the Great British Beer Festival in London. The festival, which runs through Saturday, serves up more than 800 different beers, ciders, and perries. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Women dressed in traditional Andean skirts wait for the start of a championship soccer game between market vendors in Lima, Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Palestinians enjoy a ride at an amusement park on the the second day of Eid al-Fitr in the West Bank city of Jenin. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
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