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    The week in pictures Aug 25 – Sept 1

    We take a look at some of the more striking images of events that have taken place around the world in the last week.

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    1. Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in east London on August 29, 2012. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL
    2. Palestinian girls look out a window at Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on August 28, 2012. Life in the poor and crowded Gaza Strip is going to get harsher still unless action is taken now, accordin
    3. A flash of lighting is seen above the "Baie des Anges" on August 25, 2012 in Nice, southeastern France. AFP PHOTO / VALERY HACHE
    4. A Free Syria Army fighter fires his weapon at government forces during clashes in the old city of Aleppo, Syria
    5. An Afghan girl watches jugglers rehearse before the 7th Afghanistan Juggling Championships in Kabul on August 27, 2012. The juggling Championship, organised by the Mobile Mini Circus for Children brou
    6. US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the American Legion national convention in Indianapois, Indiana, on August 29, 2012. Romney lies neck-and-neck with Obama in national polls 1
    7. This picture taken on August 28, 2012, shows a woman watching waves brought on by Typhoon Bolaven in Qingdao, in northeast China
    8. An Albanian boy uses a branch in an effort to put out a blaze raging near the city of Memaliaj on August 28, 2012. Albania has battled multiple forest fires since June after several heat waves and mon
    9. Us actress Kate Hudson arrives for the opening ceremony of the 69th Venice film festival on August 29, 2012 at Venice Lido. "The reluctant fundamentalist" by Indian film director Mira Nair will open t
    10. China
    11. A woman poses with her dogs during the FCI International dog show in Minsk on August 25, 2012. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV
    12. France
    13. A fan watches Kim Clijsters of Belgium against Laura Robson of Great Britain during their 2012 US Open match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on August 29, 2012. AFP PHO
    14. Super middleweight world champion Robert Stieglitz (L) of Germany and compatriot former middleweight champion Arthur Abraham fight on August 25, 2012 during a WBO title bout at the O2 Arena in Berlin.
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