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    Week in pictures: 2 July - 8 July

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    By The Week Staff
    published 8 July 2016

    SATURDAY, US:

    wo days of thunderstorms bring strong winds, hail and heavy rain

    SATURDAY, ITALY:

    Jockey Jonatan Bartoletti celebrates after winning the historic Italian horse race, the Palio of Siena

    SUNDAY, ENGLAND: Centre Court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club during Wimbledon's People's Sunday

    (Image credit: PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images)

    TUESDAY, GERMANY: A bee gets up close to a sunflower to collect pollen

    (Image credit: Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

    WEDNESDAY, US: Protesters gather in front of a mural painted on the convenience store where Alton Sterling was killed by a police officer

    WEDNESDAY, ENGLAND: A demonstrator dressed as Tony Blair arrives at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London as the Chilcot report is published

    WEDNESDAY, WALES:

    Fans gather at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to watch Wales play Portugal in the Euro 2016 semi-finals

    THURSDAY, CHINA:

    Locals walk on a flooded street in South Lake Community in Wuhan, Hubei Province

    THURSDAY, SPAIN: Revellers run with the bulls during the second day of the San Fermin celebrations in Pamplona

    THURSDAY, KAZAHKSTAN:

    Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome

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