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    Week in pictures: 30 July - 5 August

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    By The Week Staff
    published 5 August 2016

    SUNDAY, KOSOVO:

    A competitor jumps from the 72ft-tall Ura e Shenjte bridge near Gjakova during a high diving competition

    SUNDAY, THE MALDIVES:

    A young boy rests on the edge of the ocean at Male beach

    MONDAY, PHILIPPINES:

    A man wades through the floating rubbish in Manila after tropical storm Nida

    MONDAY, SOUTH KOREA:

    Participants inside coffins meditate on their lives as part of a therapy session aimed at combatting the country's high levels of suicide

    TUESDAY, US:

    President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, wait for the arrival of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore ahead of a state dinner

    TUESDAY, BRAZIL:

    A sofa rests among the rubbish on the shores of Guanabara Bay, the venue for the Olympic sailing in Rio

    WEDNESDAY, ENGLAND:

    Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officers take part in an exercise on the River Thames in London as the first of 600 additional armed officers start patrolling the city

    THURSDAY, ENGLAND:

    Punks from around the world gather in Blackpool for the four-day Rebellion Festival

    THURSDAY, FRANCE:

    French soldiers patrol the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, where floral tribute remember the victims of the Bastille Day massacre

    FRIDAY, ENGLAND:

    A hot air balloon prepares to take to the skies at the four-day Bristol International Balloon Fiesta

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