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Hundreds of little wooden boats are lined up for sale at a market as
locals prepare for monsoon season - by buying transport to get to work.
Dozens flock from miles around to buy their own boats at the market in
Manikganj, Bangladesh, so they are prepared for floods which can strike
at anytime between June and October. After heavy rainfall it is common
for river banks to burst, submerging nearby towns and villages. This
means cars and buses become redundant and people are forced to travel by
boat. Each of the wooden boats and oars are hand-made by local
craftsmen and can be bought for as little as 1800 Bangladeshi taka - the
equivalent of 17 pounds.
Abdul Momin/Solent News & Photo Agency
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US President Donald Trump observes a
demonstration with US Army 10th Mountain Division troops, an attack
helicopter and artillery as he visits Fort Drum, New York
Carlos Barria/Reuters
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This aerial picture shows a giant roll
of more than 2500 laminated postcards displayed for an exhibit test of
an action against climate change, in the Aletsch Glacier near the
Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps. The test was organised to prepare a
world record attempt of the largest postcard on the Alps' longest
glacier, to kick off a global youth climate movement. Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation along with the WAVE foundation expect to
create the largest postcard made up of at least 100,000 standard sized
postcards.
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images
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Boys demonstrate outside the offices of
the United Nations in Sanaa, Yemen to denounce last weeks air strike
that killed dozens including children in the northwestern province of
Saada.
REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
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Kate Thomson looks for grouse on
Linhope Estate in Northumberland. The grouse shooting season begins
throughout England. The season starts on August 12th and goes through to
December 10th.
Schöffel Country/Solent News
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Residents look at a sacrificial cow, as
it is descended from a rooftop with the help of a crane, ahead of Eid
al-Adha festival in Karachi, Pakistan.
REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
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A participant gets through the obstacle course during the Heroes Arena competition in Victory Park at Moscow's Poklonnaya Hill.
SPUTNIK/Vitaliy Belousov
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Participants in the Fontanka-SUP 2018 international festival on Fontanka River in St. Petersburg.
SPUTNIK/Alexei Danichev
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Fireworks projection mapping, created
by Naked creative team is displayed on the hotel wall at the New
Takanawa Prince hotel in Tokyo yesterday. The hotel attracted summer
vacationers at Japan's week long Bon holidays.
Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Splash News
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President of Turkey Recep Tayyip
Erdogan addresses during a luncheon for participants of 10th
Ambassadors' Conference at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey.
Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Rohingya refugee children sit before a water pipe at the Nayapara refugee camp near Cox's Bazar.
ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images
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Performers at Crimea Fire Fest in Koktebel.
SPUTNIK/Alexey Malgavko
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A series of beautiful shots of a diver
swimming among a sunken ship have emerged. Alex Voyer, 39, was sailing
around the Caribbean on a 60ft sailing boat when he stopped for an
underwater dive. The images show the amazing shipwrecks underwater as
free divers explore the seabed.
Alex Voyer/Caters News
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A 'caixer' (horse rider) rears up on
his horse surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional 'Jaleo'
at the 'Saint Lawrence' Festival in Alaior Sant Llorenc Festival,
Alaior, Menorca, Spain.
Matthias Oesterle/ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock
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Canadian Sphynx Cats at the Pearl Cat Show international exhibition at the Sokolniki congress exhibition centre.
SPUTNIK/Natalia Seliverstova
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A Bangladeshi amateur photographer has
captured the fascinating moment a flock of ducks wait patiently,
circling the care taker for their turn to be fed. The picture reflects
the amazing bond the ducks share with each other and their discipline,
as they patiently wait for their turn for food. Sabina said: I travel to
different parts of the country for taking pictures and last year, I
went to this lake. A duck farm was situated on the bank of the lake, so I
stayed there for around half an hour, admiring the beautiful birds.
Sabina Akter/ Caters News
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, front
left, welcomes the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Denis Zvizdic, front right, with military honours for a
meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany.
AP Photo/Miriam Karout
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