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The week in pictures

From air strikes in Syria to killings in Kashmir, here is this week’s news in photos.

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A man removes the rubble in front of a damaged shop after an air strike in the rebel-held al-Saleheen neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria. [Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters]
Published On 20 Aug 2016
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James McCauley weeps as he views the remains of his home in Lower Lake, California. A wildfire destroyed many homes and forced some 4,000 of people to flee their two northern California towns on Sunday as flames jumped to populated areas. [Josh Edelson/AP]
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People gather for a demonstration in the Queens borough of New York near where the leader of a mosque and his associate were fatally shot as they left afternoon prayers. Police said 55-year-old Imam Maulana Akonjee and his 64-year-old associate, Thara Uddin, were shot as they left the Al Furqan Jame Masjid Mosque. [Craig Ruttle/AP]
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Danielle Blount kisses her three-month-old baby Ember while they wait to be evacuated by members of the Louisiana Army National Guard near Walker, Louisiana, in the United States after heavy rains inundated the region. [Max Becherer/AP]
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In this image provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center [AMC], a child sits in an ambulance after being pulled out or a building hit by an air strike in Aleppo. [Aleppo Media Center/AP]
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A Palestinian woman argues with Israeli army soldiers at a checkpoint during clashes in the West Bank al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron. [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters]
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Mine workers sing as they wait for the commemoration to get under way near Marikana in Rustenburg, South Africa. On August 16, 2012, police shot and killed 34 Lonmin striking miners, apparently while trying to disperse them and end their strike. Ten people, including two police officers and two Lonmin security guards, were killed a week earlier. [Themba Hadebe/AP]
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An armed boy joins a gathering of tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement in support of a political council formed by the movement and the General People's Congress party to rule Yemen by both groups in Sanaa. [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates winning a gold medal in the men's 200-metre final during the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [David J Phillip/AP]
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Kashmiri villagers shout slogans next to the bodies of civilians. According to local media, those killed were shot amid clashes between police and protesters. Fighting between government forces and anti-India protesters in Indian-controlled Kashmir have intensified in recent weeks in the troubled region. [Danish Ismail/Reuters]