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    Week in pictures: 12 - 18 August

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    By The Week Staff
    published 18 August 2017
    (Image credit: Chip Somedevilia/Getty)

    SATURDAY, USA: White nationalist Richard Spencer and his supporters clash with Virginia State Police in Emancipation Park after the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville

    (Image credit: 2017 Franco Origlia)

    SUNDAY, ITALY:

    Roccatederighi, Grosseto, Italy.

    (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images)

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People’s Army

    (Image credit: 2017 Getty Images)

    MONDAY, USA: Protestors rally on Fifth Avenue near Trump Tower in New York City ahead of President Donald Trump's arrival

    (Image credit: 2017 Getty Images)

    WEDNESDAY, USA: People walk past the informal memorial set up at the site where Heather Heyer was killed and 19 others injured in Charlottesville.

    (Image credit: CNS)

    WEDNESDAY, TIBET: People's Liberation Army (PLA) special forces soldiers compete in a military contest on August 16, 2017 in Tibet.

    (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images)

    THURSDAY, INDONESIA: Participants take part in Panjat Pinang, a pole climbing contest, as part of festivities marking Indonesia's 72nd Independence Day

    (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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