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    Week in pictures: 9-15 August

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    By The Week Staff
    published 13 August 2015

    INDIA, MONDAY:

    GREECE, THURSDAY:

    LOS ANGELES, MONDAY: Actor Patrick Stewart gets an enthusiastic welcome as he attends the series premiere of STARZ's 'Blunt Talk'.

    (Image credit: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images)

    JAPAN, TUESDAY:

    ITALY, THURSDAY:

    JERUSALEM, TUESDAY:

    MISSOURI, TUESDAY:

    CHINA, THURSDAY:

    LONDON, WEDNESDAY:

    Ecuador,Thursday:

    during a strike organized by opposition indigenous groups and unions.

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