Pictures of the Week: Jul. 26-Aug. 1

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  A man and his camel walk past as the sun is blocked by the moon during a solar eclipse in Gaotai, Gansu province August 1.
  
  
  

  Aly Song, Reuters

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  A nun from the Panagia Ypseli monastery holds a holy icon against the fire that has been ravaging the Rhodes island for the past four days near the village of Lardos. Firefighters on the Greek island of Rhodes on July 26 pushed back a blaze that has devastated the island's pine forests for five days and forced hotel evacuations.
  
  
  

  Nikos Kaseris, AFP / Getty Images

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  A beluga whale exhails a bubble ring as part of a performance at the aquarium AQUAS in Hamada, some 400 miles southwest from Tokyo, on July 26. Beluga whales in a Japanese aquarium have attracted thousands of visitors this summer, not by playing with balls or loops like another sea animals do, but by being able to blow bubble rings.
  
  
  

  Kazuhiro Nogi, AFP / Getty Images

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  President George W. Bush sits next to 91-year-old Ruth E. Harris on her birthday after stopping his motorcade in Gates Mills, Ohio, July 29.
  
  
  

  Larry Downing, Reuters

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  Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva reacts after breaking the world record with 5.04 meters (16.53 feet) during the pole vault event at the Monaco Grand Prix international athletics meeting in Monaco, July 29.
  
  
  

  Claude Paris, AP

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  Monserrat Morilles, 26, a stripper who dances on the streets, performs on a lamp post in Valparaiso city, about 75 miles northwest of Santiago, July 30.
  
  
  

  Eliseo Fernandez, Reuters

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  A masked Iraqi soldier stands guard at a checkpoint in Baquba, about 40 miles northeast of Baghdad, July 31.
  
  
  

  Thaier al-Sudani, Reuters

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  Members of the Golden Eagles Marching band from the South Missouri State University play for the Edinburgh Lord Provost July 28 in Scotland. The band will be performing at this year's Edinburgh Military Tattoo, which runs Aug. 1-23.
  
  
  

  Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images

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  The Reventador volcano erupts early morning in Napo province, 62 miles east of Quito, July 29. The volcano has been spewing lava since Sunday, but according to experts at Ecuador's Geophysics Institute, it does not pose a threat to surrounding villages or oil pipelines in the area.
  
  
  

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  Local residents crowd a swimming pool during hot weather in Suining, Sichuan province, China, July 27. The local temperature 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
  
  
  

  Reuters