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Photos of the week: August 30-September 5

Updated on: 06 September,2015 01:20 PM IST  | 
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See striking images from around the world, showing current events, news stories and offbeat photos. Here's a look back at the last week in pictures

Photos of the week: August 30-September 5

See striking images from around the world, showing current events, news stories and offbeat photos. Here's a look back at the last week in pictures.


Photos of the week: August 30-September 5


A Turkish police officer stands next to a migrant child's dead body off the shores in Bodrum, southern Turkey after a boat carrying refugees sank while reaching the Greek island of Kos. Thousands of refugees and migrants arrived in Athens on September 2, as Greek ministers held talks on the crisis, with Europe struggling to cope with the huge influx fleeing war and repression in the Middle East and Africa. Pic/AFP


Photos of the week: August 30-September 5

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin works out at a gym at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi. Pic/AFP

Photos of the week: August 30-September 5

Members of Malaysia's military parade past during National Day celebrations at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur on August 31, 2015. Malaysia's government reclaimed the streets of the capital on August 31 after massive weekend protests demanding the premier's ouster, staging its own show of force with colourful National Day celebrations attended by thousands. Pic/AFP

Photos of the week: August 30-September 5

A Nepalese man carrying a goat jumps into a pond during an annual Hindu festival in Khokana village on the outskirts of Kathmandu. During the ritual a sacrificial female goat is thrown into a pond and teams compete to kill it, with the belief that whoever wins will have a prosperous year ahead. Pic/AFP

Photos of the week: August 30-September 5

An Indian resident sits outside of his home as a municipal worker fumigates the area to kill disease-spreading mosquitoes in the old quarters of New Delhi. Over 830 cases of dengue have been reported this year in New Delhi, the highest number in the past five years, according to an official report. Pic/AFP

Photos of the week: August 30-September 5

A migrant holds a crying boy out of a local train coming from Budapest and heading to the Austrian border that has been stopped in Bicske, west of the Hungarian capital. The train carrying between 200 and 300 migrants left Budapest's main international train station after authorities re-opened the station to migrants as the EU is grappling with an unprecedented influx of people fleeing war, repression and poverty in what the bloc has described as its worst refugee crisis in 50 years. Pic/AFP

Photos of the week: August 30-September 5

Polish rider Aleksander Kadlubowski falls with his horse Devin Du Maury during FEI Eventing European Championships for Young Riders in Strzegom, southern Poland on August 29, 2015. Pic/AFP

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