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The week in pictures

From wildfires in California to a suspected chemical attack in Syria, Al Jazeera showcases this week in images.

Fire trucks drive along Highway 120 while fighting the Rim Fire near Buck Meadows, California
A fast-moving wildfire on the edge of Yosemite National Park in the US state of California has grown to just over 125,000 acres (50,585 hectares) as of Saturday. Extreme terrain hampered efforts at containment.
Published On 25 Aug 2013
First Australian Gay Couple Married In New Zealand
Same-sex marraige became legal in New Zealand on Monday. Above, Trent Kandler talks to his matron of honour Tracey Moloney while husband-to-be Paul McCarthy and flower girl Amanda Wenham look on at the Museum Hotel in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Members of All Assam Photojournalists Association wear black sashes around their mouths, during protest against rape of photo journalist in Mumbai, in northeastern city of Guwahati
A 22-year-old photojournalist was raped by five men inside an abandoned textile mill in Mumbai, India on August 24, in a case that has drawn comparisons with an attack in December that led to nationwide protests and a revision of rape laws. Above, members of the All Assam Photojournalists Association wear black sashes around their mouths during a protest against the rape.
Flooding in Amur river basin
Water in far eastern Russia(***)s Amur River has risen to more then seven metres above its normal level. Above, a handout photo released by the press service of the Russian Emergency Ministry shows rescue officers transporting an elderly disabled woman from a flooded block house in the city of Khabarovsk.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is sworn in during his inauguration as President, in Harare
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is sworn in during his inauguration as president, in the capital Harare, on August 22.
Aid group: 355 dead after Syria ''chemical'' attack
A Syrian man mourns over a dead body after an alleged poisonous gas attack by regime forces, according to activists, in Damascus. Humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said some 355 people showing "neurotoxic symptoms" died after the suspected chemical weapons attack. The group says three hospitals it supports had reported receiving about 3,600 patients with such symptoms in less than three hours on that day.
Egypt courts hear cases against Mubarak, Islamists
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 85, is escorted by medical and security personnel into an ambulance to be taken by helicopter ambulance from Maadi Military Hospital to the Cairo Police Academy. Mubarak, under house arrest after being released from detention last week, is standing retrial in charges of complicity in the killings of protesters during the 2011 Egyptian uprising.
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Egypt''s interim premier says security a priority
Supporters of Egypt(***)s ousted President Mohamed Morsi hold posters showing victims of a military crackdown on their protest camp during a march in Cairo on August 23. The banner reads, "no for treachery", "no for military coup" and "martyrs of Republican Guard massacre". Egyptian security and military forces deployed around Cairo on Friday, closing off traffic in some major thoroughfares and in the city centre ahead of protests by Morsi supporters.