Pictures of the Week: July 21-27

Behind a glass bubble, a walrus goes nose-to-nose with a Japanese woman at Fureai Lagoon in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, July 24. The new marine attraction, a part of Hakkejima Sea Paradise, allows unique interactions with living sea creatures.
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Bolivians in upper La Paz cope with the effects of the second big snowstorm to hit the city in a month, July 26.
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Record high temperatures across southern Europe have contributed to fires such as this one in a forest along a highway about 22 miles east of Budapest, July 22. Across Hungary, about 500 deaths have been blamed on the heat wave.
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Floodwaters in central England rise halfway up motorhomes in a park in Tewkesbury, July 22. Torrential rain caused flash floods and sent 2,000 to emergency centers in the Cotswolds, one of Britain's most picturesque regions.
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With kites a traditional part of India's Independence Day celebrations on and around Aug. 15, a professional threadmaker in Jammu gets string ready, July 24.
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The U.S.'s Darvis Doc Patton slips and tumbles, but after the finish line, so he still won the silver medal during the men's 100 meters race at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, July 24. Churandy Martina of the Netherland Antilles, right, came in first and Brendan Christian of Antigua, left, finished third.
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Spaniards by the hundreds enjoy a late-night Reboltosa dance around a bandstand during an annual fiesta celebration in the main square of Tudela, July 26.
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Pedestrians in front of the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin do a double-take past an eerily glowing poster that's lit from behind, July 26. The poster promotes a free outdoor summer movie series.
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As if surrounded by a medieval moat, the central England town of Tewkesbury is transformed by floodwaters from downpours around the Cotswold region, July 22.
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A Dallas police officer watches blasts erupt at a chemical-gas distributor near the Jefferson Street bridge in the city, July 25, 2007. A series of large explosions at the facility that stores gases from acetylene to helium and hydrogen sent a shower of flaming debris on nearby freeways and buildings.
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Shrouded in clouds, Rio de Janeiro's landmark statue of Christ the Redeemer looks over the city, July 25. The statue recently was voted one of the new seven wonders of the world.
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