The Russian Olympic team's departure for Rio and Pope Francis' faint, Americans protest against terrorism in Washington and Muscovites enjoy a fireworks festival— take a look at this week's events in the following photo gallery.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva during the former's meeting with the national Olympic team before its sendoff to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. July 27.
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A participant in Alfa Future People 2016, a festival of electronic music and modern technologies held in Bolshoe Kozino, Nizhny Novgorod Region.
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City residents during the Rostec International Fireworks Festival at Moscow's Brateyevo Cascade Park. July 24.
Moored ships are reflected on a glass wall at Santa Apolonia dock in Lisbon during the Tall Ships' races 2016, an international event which brings together sail training Tall Ships for a friendly competition.
Commuters use a plastic sheet to take shelter from rain as they ride through a waterlogged road in Ahmedabad, India. July 27.
Pope Francis falls as he arrives at the Jasna Gora shrine in Czestochowa, Poland. July 28.
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Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko (С) and players of the Russian national women's handball team after laying flowers at the Eternal Flame in the Alexander Garden in Moscow. July 27.
A boy walks through a waterfall while playing in the water at The Yards Park in Washington, DC, as a heat wave rolls across the area. July 25.
Crowd of pilgrims walk the street after the Opening Mass of World Youth Day on Blonia in Krakow, Poland. July 26.
Bangladeshi onlookers gather near the house where police killed nine suspected Islamist extremists in Dhaka. July 26.
Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government fire weapons during a battle with Daesh terrorists in Sirte, Libya.
A model presents a creation by Colombian designer Jorge Duque during the Colombiamoda fashion show in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia. July 25.
A painter works on a mural created by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra that when finished will cover nearly 3,000 square meters of wall space and depict indigenous faces from five continents, to welcome visitors to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro. July 25.
A demonstrator hurls a stone towards Indian police during a protest in Srinagar against the recent killings in Kashmir. July 28.
French President Francois Hollande (C) flanked by Hubert Wulfranc mayor of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (L) and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (R), speaks to the press as he leaves the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray's city hall following a hostage-taking at a church of the town that left the priest dead. July 26.
A woman takes part in the Americans Against Terrorism, Hate and Violence rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Afghan children play with a tyre along a dusty road on the outskirts of Jalalabad. July 27.
Spanish matador Pablo Belando is tossed by a bull during a bullfight at the Ventas bullring in Madrid. July 24.
A Palestinian girl aims a pistol as she prepares to fire at a target during a training session for the families of Hamas officials, organized by Hamas-run Security and Protection Service, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. July 24.
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Auditioning performers follow resident choreographer Erik Sorensen, center back, at the Sydney Dance Company in a routine during castings in Moulin Rouge's current show "Féerie," in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, July 28, 2016. The show's artistic team are in Australia to choose new talent to perform with one of the most famous cabarets that has been illuminating Paris since 1889.
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Athletes setting a boat afloat in a yacht club to take part in a Siberia Sailing Cup race held in the waters of the Novosibirsk HPP's reservoir in Novosibirsk Region.
Visitors observe the sculpture "That Girl" by U.S. artist Paul McCarthy, at the Hyperrealist Sculpture 1973-2016 exhibition in the Museum of Bellas Artes in Bilbao, northern Spain, July 27, 2016.
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Villagers of Bobrovka in Omsk Region make hay.
