Week in pictures - 3 August 2012
![A farmer with his bulls takes part in the 21st Bull Race at a paddy field in Canning village, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Fifty-three farmers with 128 bulls from across the state, participated in the two-day long race. Winners will be rewarded with daily items such as bicycles, brass pitchers, radio sets, etc. Farmers also participate with the belief that taking part in the race before ploughing their fields will bring good rain and prosperity to their families, and also to encourage young people to take up farming, organisers said.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/42/1ae979d34c24af63d32eafff29b/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A farmer with his bulls takes part in the 21st Bull Race at a paddy field in Canning village, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Fifty-three farmers with 128 bulls from across the state, participated in the two-day long race. Winners will be rewarded with daily items such as bicycles, brass pitchers, radio sets, etc. Farmers also participate with the belief that taking part in the race before ploughing their fields will bring good rain and prosperity to their families, and also to encourage young people to take up farming, organisers said. (Reuters)")
![Leona, 7, poses inside a labyrinth installation made up of 250,000 books titled "aMAZEme" by Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo at the Royal Festival Hall in central London.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/9d/ae1d92d94364a109e6836f3588bed/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Leona, 7, poses inside a labyrinth installation made up of 250,000 books titled \"aMAZEme\" by Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo at the Royal Festival Hall in central London. (Reuters)")
![Fireworks explode over the lit Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/b4/b944ae9e69fc3939f2726621333d17/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Fireworks explode over the lit Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. (Reuters)")
![Animal keeper Anton Geissenbacher holds a baby South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris) at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna. Four of these snapping turtles, which originally lived in Costa Rica and Colombia, were hatched in July at the zoo marking the first time this species were bred in captivity.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/87/149e3ee73bd2d155395fbb6fbbb4a/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Animal keeper Anton Geissenbacher holds a baby South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris) at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna. Four of these snapping turtles, which originally lived in Costa Rica and Colombia, were hatched in July at the zoo marking the first time this species were bred in captivity. (Reuters)")
![A squibbing display is performed by 220 Bridgwater carnivalites during the "Battle for the Winds" event in Weymouth, England.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/f7/7738b7992bb4ee65d13386a294bfd2/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A squibbing display is performed by 220 Bridgwater carnivalites during the \"Battle for the Winds\" event in Weymouth, England. (Reuters)")
![A participant shouts as she is restrained by police during a protest to defend Article 31 of the Russian constitution in Moscow. Activists gather on the 31st day of the month to support Article 31 of the Russian constitution -- the right to free assembly.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/75/cbc3e6b6a5c3118ea9bfa24b65323c/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A participant shouts as she is restrained by police during a protest to defend Article 31 of the Russian constitution in Moscow. Activists gather on the 31st day of the month to support Article 31 of the Russian constitution -- the right to free assembly. (Reuters)")
![A woman carries an idol of Hindu goddess Dashama on the banks of the river Sabarmati, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Hindu devotees keep the idols in their house for 10 days for the Dashama festival, before immersing them in the Sabarmati river on the tenth night.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/fe/df30f8a5d269e74f69fd89d4678b15/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A woman carries an idol of Hindu goddess Dashama on the banks of the river Sabarmati, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Hindu devotees keep the idols in their house for 10 days for the Dashama festival, before immersing them in the Sabarmati river on the tenth night. (Reuters)")
![Britain's Fiona McCann (top) and Australia's Ash Southern fight for the ball during their women's preliminary round Group B water polo match at the London 2012 Olympic Games.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/88/9efd5b48d7abecbcd9fa3c9398635d/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Britain's Fiona McCann (top) and Australia's Ash Southern fight for the ball during their women's preliminary round Group B water polo match at the London 2012 Olympic Games. (Reuters)")
![A villager looks closely at a whale shark which died after being stranded on the Pandansimo beach in Bantul, near Yogyakarta, Indonesia.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/67/b8fb62c9a468b0ff1e36a5e3d6377b/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A villager looks closely at a whale shark which died after being stranded on the Pandansimo beach in Bantul, near Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (Reuters)")
![Philipp Boy of Germany competes in the horizontal bar event during the men's gymnastics qualification in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Picture taken with multiple exposures.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/ca/5578b15f9e3266ead89a87ec7ef13d/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Philipp Boy of Germany competes in the horizontal bar event during the men's gymnastics qualification in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Picture taken with multiple exposures. (Reuters)")
![Residents past bicycle carts as they wade through floodwaters brought on by Typhoon Saola, locally named Gener, at Navotas city, Philippines.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/22/cade3a38fe471c0cd4a40284a77c6/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Residents past bicycle carts as they wade through floodwaters brought on by Typhoon Saola, locally named Gener, at Navotas city, Philippines. (Reuters)")
![Runners throw coloured powder into the air at the finish line of the Colour Run in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The Colour Run is a 5k race where runners are hit with a different types of coloured powder at each kilometre they pass.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/c9/185cd61344f60d8357aba39a8a190/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Runners throw coloured powder into the air at the finish line of the Colour Run in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The Colour Run is a 5k race where runners are hit with a different types of coloured powder at each kilometre they pass. (Reuters)")
![Passengers rest inside a train while waiting for the electricity to be restored at a railway station in Kolkata. Grids supplying electricity to half of India's 1.2 billion people collapsed on Tuesday, trapping coal miners, stranding train travellers and plunging hospitals into darkness in the second major blackout in as many days.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/bb/77d01aa8cab2a79dbc52e45ddd5f84/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Passengers rest inside a train while waiting for the electricity to be restored at a railway station in Kolkata. Grids supplying electricity to half of India's 1.2 billion people collapsed on Tuesday, trapping coal miners, stranding train travellers and plunging hospitals into darkness in the second major blackout in as many days. (Reuters)")
![A tattoo on Jessica Lopez of Venezuela is seen as she competes in the asymmetric bars during the women's gymnastics qualification in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/b1/7cfb5f33c35465ed68117fcb177dd6/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "A tattoo on Jessica Lopez of Venezuela is seen as she competes in the asymmetric bars during the women's gymnastics qualification in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games. (Reuters)")
![Micronesia's Manuel Minginfel drops weights during the men's 62Kg Group B weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/a5/e4ea58f02752e6a5fca8039c8bae6/_h86_w115_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "Micronesia's Manuel Minginfel drops weights during the men's 62Kg Group B weightlifting competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games (REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler)")
![The High Street in Tottenham during the riots in August 2011 (top) and the same spot today (bottom)]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/15/ef5f03dc7d38e87d1e1f36b7e546a/_h86_w115_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "The High Street in Tottenham during the riots in August 2011 (top) and the same spot today (bottom) (Lewis Whyld/PA Wire)")
![Streets in New Delhi packed with heavy traffic following a power outage]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/47/18cb25b045844612db1fe2dd4ac583/_h86_w115_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "Streets in New Delhi packed with heavy traffic following a power outage (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)")
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A storm cloud begins to dump rain as it passes over the Brooklyn borough of New York.
West Bengal
A farmer with his bulls takes part in the 21st Bull Race at a paddy field in Canning village, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. Fifty-three farmers with 128 bulls from across the state, participated in the two-day long race. Winners will be rewarded with daily items such as bicycles, brass pitchers, radio sets, etc. Farmers also participate with the belief that taking part in the race before ploughing their fields will bring good rain and prosperity to their families, and also to encourage young people to take up farming, organisers said.
London
Leona, 7, poses inside a labyrinth installation made up of 250,000 books titled "aMAZEme" by Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo at the Royal Festival Hall in central London.
London
Fireworks explode over the lit Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Vienna
Animal keeper Anton Geissenbacher holds a baby South American snapping turtle (Chelydra acutirostris) at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna. Four of these snapping turtles, which originally lived in Costa Rica and Colombia, were hatched in July at the zoo marking the first time this species were bred in captivity.
Weymouth
A squibbing display is performed by 220 Bridgwater carnivalites during the "Battle for the Winds" event in Weymouth, England.
Moscow.
A participant shouts as she is restrained by police during a protest to defend Article 31 of the Russian constitution in Moscow. Activists gather on the 31st day of the month to support Article 31 of the Russian constitution -- the right to free assembly.
Ahmedabad
A woman carries an idol of Hindu goddess Dashama on the banks of the river Sabarmati, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Hindu devotees keep the idols in their house for 10 days for the Dashama festival, before immersing them in the Sabarmati river on the tenth night.
London
Britain's Fiona McCann (top) and Australia's Ash Southern fight for the ball during their women's preliminary round Group B water polo match at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Bantul
A villager looks closely at a whale shark which died after being stranded on the Pandansimo beach in Bantul, near Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
London
Philipp Boy of Germany competes in the horizontal bar event during the men's gymnastics qualification in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Picture taken with multiple exposures.
Navotas
Residents past bicycle carts as they wade through floodwaters brought on by Typhoon Saola, locally named Gener, at Navotas city, Philippines.
Massachusetts
Runners throw coloured powder into the air at the finish line of the Colour Run in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The Colour Run is a 5k race where runners are hit with a different types of coloured powder at each kilometre they pass.
Kolkata
Passengers rest inside a train while waiting for the electricity to be restored at a railway station in Kolkata. Grids supplying electricity to half of India's 1.2 billion people collapsed on Tuesday, trapping coal miners, stranding train travellers and plunging hospitals into darkness in the second major blackout in as many days.
London
A tattoo on Jessica Lopez of Venezuela is seen as she competes in the asymmetric bars during the women's gymnastics qualification in the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
