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The week’s best photos

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Austrian athletes compete in the final of the women’s duet artistic event at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore (Image credit: Francois-Xavier Marit / AFP)

Emergency crews launch a search and rescue operation after an Air Force training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Image credit: Jubair Bin Iqbal / Getty Images)

Newlyweds share a kiss during their wedding at the flooded Barasoain Church in Malolos, Philippines (Image credit: Aaron Favila / AP)

Surfers paddle out into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Carcans, France (Image credit: Christophe Archambault / Getty Images)

Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh breaks his bat mid-swing during a baseball game in Seattle, Washington (Image credit: Lindsey Wasson / AP)

Butterflies circle around a blooming flower in San Antonio, Texas (Image credit: Eric Gay / AP)

A man on horseback rides alongside cyclists during the Tour de France near Bollène (Image credit: Loic Venance / Getty Images)

A group of men return home after completing the Koma rite of passage in Moletjie, South Africa (Image credit: Lucas Ledwaba / Getty Images)

People hold up photos of the victims of the 1994 Argentine Israelite Mutual Association community centre bombing in Buenos Aires (Image credit: Mariana Nedelcu / Reuters)

Manny Pacquiao punches Mario Barrios during their welterweight title match in Las Vegas (Image credit: John Locher / AP)

A zookeeper uses a puppet resembling an adult bird to feed a yellow-headed vulture at Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic (Image credit: Petr David Josek / AP)

Hindu devotees set an effigy of Ghanta Karna on fire during the Gathemangal festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal (Image credit: Prakash Mathema / Getty Images)

The Tour de France on horseback, a watery wedding, and more

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