Week in pictures: 27 August - 2 September
From Notting hill Carnival to Donald Trump in Mexico, these are the images of the last seven days

MONDAY, LONDON: Bright colours and smiles fill the streets during the annual Notting Hill Carnival

SATURDAY, NEW YORK: Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Music Video Awards

TUESDAY, ATHENS: Anti-racism activists march towards the French Embassy in protest at the burkini ban

THURSDAY, NEW YORK: Andy Murray wins the first set of his second-round match during the US Open


THURSDAY, GABON: A young woman is carried to safety after fainting during post-election riots

WEDNESDAY, MEXICO: US presidential candidate Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto prepare to deliver a joint press conference in Mexico City

WEDNESDAY, SYRIA: A boy looks out from a window of his home in the border town of Jarablus as Syrian rebels drive out Islamic State militants

WEDNESDAY, NEW YORK: The cast of hit Netflix show Stranger Things visit The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at Rockefeller Center.

SATURDAY, NEW YORK: Partygoers have fun at the annual Afropunk music festival in Brooklyn
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