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Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

A selection of top news pictures from US, Asia, Europe and around the globe

Published: August 14, 2021 14:24 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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Pictures_of_the_Week_Latin_America_and_Caribbean_Photo_Gallery_26125 — After a heavy rain, a girl hauls wood for cooking, in the makeshift settlement Nuevo Queja, Guatemala. The survivors of a mudslide triggered by Hurricane Eta, burying their Guatemalan town Queja in November 2020, were left destitute and displaced in the desperately shabby settlement. Image Credit: AP

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Pictures_of_the_Week-North_America-Photo_Gallery_13551 — Milwaukee Brewers' Tyrone Taylor sits in the dugout, waiting out a thunderstorm during a rain delay in the team's baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Chicago. Image Credit: AP

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Pictures_of_the_Week-Global-Photo_Gallery_92372 — Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) doctor Yahya Niane puts on protective gear before helping a woman who is eight months pregnant and has COVID-19, transferring her to a hospital in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Ambulance services in the West African nation of Senegal say about 90% of their calls right now are responding to COVID-19 patients with trouble breathing. The avalanche of cases comes as Senegal confronts a devastating third wave with the arrival of the delta variant. Image Credit: AP

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Europe_and_Africa_Pictures_of_the_Week_Photo_Gallery_78505 — Smoke billows from the Mt Etna volcano as seen from Linguaglossa, Sicily, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Europe's most active volcano remains active scattering ashes around a vastly populated area on its slopes. Image Credit: AP

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Europe_and_Africa_Pictures_of_the_Week_Photo_Gallery_90695 — A firefighter tries to extinguish a fire as volunteers hold the water hose during a wildfire in Agios Stefanos, in northern Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Thousands of people have fled wildfires burning out of control in Greece and Turkey, including a major blaze just north of the Greek capital of Athens that left one person dead. Image Credit: AP

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Pictures_of_the_Week-Global-Photo_Gallery_04054 — Plumes of smoke rise into the sky after fighting between the Taliban and Afghan security personnel in Kandahar, Afghanistan, southwest of Kabul, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. Image Credit: AP

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Pictures_of_the_Week-Global-Photo_Gallery_06878 — Residents past through a flooded section of a road during a thunderstorm in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Image Credit: AP

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Pictures_of_the_Week-Global-Photo_Gallery_62971 — A long camera exposure photo shows an aircraft approaching for landing at the international airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. Image Credit: AP

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Europe_and_Africa_Pictures_of_the_Week_Photo_Gallery_80713 — Paris Saint-Germain supporters gather outside the Parc des Princes stadium before Lionel Messi's press conference Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 in Paris. Lionel Messi finally signed his eagerly anticipated Paris Saint-Germain contract on Tuesday night to complete the move that confirms the end of a career-long association with Barcelona and sends PSG into a new era. Image Credit: AP

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Pictures_of_the_Week-Global-Photo_Gallery_93302 — David Lidstone, 81, sits near the Merrimack River, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Boscawen, N.H. Lidstone, an off-the-grid New Hampshire hermit known to locals as "River Dave," had been living in a cabin in the woods along the Merrimack River, in Canterbury, N.H., for nearly three decades. He was jailed July 15, 2021 on a civil contempt sanction and was told he'd be released if he agreed to leave the cabin, that has since burnt down. Image Credit: AP

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