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A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by
Image: A participant wrestles with a pig in the 'greased pig contest" at the Festival du Cochon (Pig Festival) in Sainte-Perpetue, Quebec. Photograph: Christinne Muschi/ Reuters
Image: A dinghy overcrowded with Syrian refugees drifts in the Aegean sea between Turkey and Greece after its motor broke down off the Greek island of Kos. United Nations refugee agency called on Greece to take control of the "total chaos" on Mediterranean islands, where thousands of migrants have landed. About 124,000 have arrived this year by sea, many via Turkey, according to Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR director for Europe. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/ Reuters
Image: Inigo Munoz Elorza of Spain and Stefan Dobrovolny of Austria (R) take stone samples during a simulated Mars mission on Tyrolean glaciers in Kaunertal, Austria. The Austrian Space Forum is sending some of its researchers to practice weight-less walking in spacesuits on a glacier which resembles the terrain on Mars. Photograph: Dominic Ebenbichler/ Reuters
Image: People whose relatives were aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 kneel and cry in front of the media near the Malaysian embassy in Beijing after they scuffled briefly with police who stopped them from entering a road leading to the embassy. Angry relatives of Chinese passengers aboard a Malaysia Airlines plane missing for more than a year clashed with police in Beijing on Friday as French officials extended the search for debris on remote Indian Ocean island beaches. The placard reads, "Mom is always here waiting for you, never will give up". Photograph: Damir Sagolj/ Reuters
Image: An Egyptian serviceman fires an anti-aircraft missile with a Russian-made Igla ground-to-air launcher as he stands on top of an armoured personnel carrier during the Air defense battle masters competition as part of the International Army Games 2015 in the port town of Yeysk, Russia. Photograph: Maxim Zmeyev/ Reuters
Image: Jubilant Afghan migrants onboard an overcrowded dinghy arrive at a beach on the Greek island of Kos, after crossing a part of the Aegean sea from Turkey. United Nations refugee agency called on Greece to take control of the "total chaos" on Mediterranean islands, where thousands of migrants have landed. About 124,000 have arrived this year by sea, many via Turkey, according to Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR director for Europe. A Greek fishing boat is seen behind. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/ Reuters
Image: Jose Uriel Delgado, 115, better known locally as "Chepito" exercises during an individualised therapy at nursing home Sisters of Charity in San Jose, Costa Rica. This elderly Costa Rican man reportedly born at the turn of the 20th century could be the world's oldest, but his lack of documentation and testimony from family and friends could see his alleged 115-year-old out of the record books. Luis Bolanos, Director General at Costa Rica's Civil Registry said official records back up the oldest-man-in-the-world claim. Photograph: Juan Carlos Ulate/ Reuters
Image: Fire engines are seen at the site of the explosions at the Binhai new district, Tianjin. Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 44 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said on Thursday. Photograph: Damir Sagolj/ Reuters
Image: An Indian army soldier performs with fire while performing "Mallakhamb", an ancient Indian sport, during the full-dress rehearsal for India's Independence Day celebrations in Bengaluru, India. Photograph: Abhishek N. Chinnappa/ Reuters
Image: A masked Palestinian boy takes part with Hamas militates in an anti-Israel military parade in Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Suhaib Salem/ Reuters
Image: People carry an effigy of the demon Ghantakarna, while another effigy of the demon is burnt to symbolize the destruction of evil, during the Ghantakarna festival in the ancient city of Bhaktapur. According to local folklore, the demon is believed to "steal" children and women from their homes and localities. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/ Reuters
Image: A man dives into the sea in Beirut, Lebanon. Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/ Reuters
Image: A couple takes a "selfie" photo near a replica sculpture of the famous photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt in New York's Times Square. The replica is being displayed to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the iconic photograph of the most famous kiss in American history that was captured between an American sailor and nurse on August 14, 1945, marking the end of World War Two. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/ Reuters