From the Notting Hill Carnival of Caribbean culture in London and the Belgian Grand Prix of Formula 1 to the 2018 Moscow International Automobile Salon and Russian President Vladimir Putin vacationing with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and a mass wedding ceremony in South Korea — take a look at this week's (August 25-31) events in Sputnik's photo gallery.
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McLaren's Fernando Alonso and Sauber's Charles Leclerc crash on the first corner of Formula One at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot.
© REUTERS / Francois Lenoir
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A performer in costume takes part in the carnival on the main Parade day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers on Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street party in Europe.
Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers on Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street party in Europe.
© AFP 2023 / Daniel Leal-Olivas
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Masai tribesmen kindling a fire in the village of Masai Mara in Kenya.
© Sputnik / Fayed El-Gesiri
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Aleksandra Soldatova (Russia) performs exercises with clubs in the qualification of individual triathlon on the stage of the Challenge Cup-2018 in rhythmic gymnastics in Kazan.
© Sputnik / Maxim Bogodvid
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Aurus CEO Hilgert Franz Gerhard at the 2018 Moscow International Automobile Salon.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) during a holiday in the Sayano-Shushenski Nature Reserve in the Republic of Tuva.
© Sputnik / Alexey Nikolsky
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A Su-30SM fighter from the Russian Knights aerobatic team during the closing of the IV International Military Technical Forum "Army-2018."
© Sputnik / Alexander Wilf
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Ellen Watterson reenacts an 1830s farm worker milking a cow named May in a barn at Old Sturbridge Village, in Sturbridge, Mass. With a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Old Sturbridge Village, a living history museum that depicts life in a small New England town in the 1830s, is taking a deep look at the way it presents the past, including the roles of minorities and women, in an effort to stay relevant to a 21st century audience.
© AP Photo / Steven Senne
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Rohingya refugees perform prayers as they attend a ceremony organized to remember the first anniversary of the military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia. Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees staged angry protests for "justice" on August 25 on the first anniversary of Myanmar's military crackdown, which sparked a mass exodus to camps in Bangladesh.
© AFP 2023 / Dibyangshu Sarkar
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Couples attend a mass wedding ceremony at the Unification Church at Cheongshim Peace World Centre in Gapyeong, South Korea.
© REUTERS / Kim Hong-Ji
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A participant of the 7th Siberian tattoo festival in the resort hotel "Sosnovka" in the Novosibirsk region.
© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev
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Rashida Begum, a Rohingya refugee woman bathes her son in the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
© REUTERS / Mohammad Ponir Hossain
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Women lie in the sun in Domino Park in Brooklyn, New York, as high temperatures hit the region.
© REUTERS / Andrew Kelly
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Russian athletes perform at the Gala concert at the Challenge Cup-2018 in rhythmic gymnastics in Kazan, Russia.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid
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Harvesting of seed corn in the village of Ladozhskaya, Krasnodar region.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Timkiv
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Orchestra on bicycles "Crescendo" (Netherlands) in the parade of participants at the international military music festival "Spasskaya Tower" at VDNKh, Moscow.
© Sputnik / Sergey Mamontov
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A woman reacts to a swarm of bees in Times Square in New York City, US.
© REUTERS / Brendan McDermid
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Pope Francis laughs as he leaves St Mary's Pro-Cathedral during his visit to Dublin, Ireland.
© REUTERS / Hannah McKay
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Models on the stand of the company "AvtoVAZ" at the 2018 Moscow International Automobile Salon.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev
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Athletes pose after the Men's Decathlon for 1500m in the 2018 Asian Games in the GBK Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia.
© REUTERS / Issei Kato
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Police patrol next to a sculpture of Karl Marx in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, following the death of a 35-year-old German national. The man died in hospital after a "dispute between several people of different nationalities," according to the police.
The right-wing street movement PEGIDA called for a second day of protests in Chemnitz in formerly Communist eastern Germany after the alleged fatal stabbing of a German man by a foreigner.
The right-wing street movement PEGIDA called for a second day of protests in Chemnitz in formerly Communist eastern Germany after the alleged fatal stabbing of a German man by a foreigner.
© AFP 2023 / DPA / Sebastian Willnow
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A reveller plays with tomato pulp during the annual "Tomatina" festival in Bunol, near Valencia, Spain.
© REUTERS / Heino Kalis
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The extraction of pink sea salt using a garden method on Lake Sasyk in Crimea, Russia.
© Sputnik / Aleksey Pavlishak
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Russian President Vladimir Putin converses with Omsk residents during an inspection of the reconstructed Lenin Street in Omsk.
© Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin
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Juan Velarde (Spain) during competitions in the master class at the World Red Bull Air Race in Kazan.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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Performers in costume take part in the carnival on the main Parade day of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers on Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street party in Europe.
Nearly one million people are expected by the organizers on Sunday and Monday in the streets of west London's Notting Hill to celebrate Caribbean culture at a carnival considered the largest street party in Europe.
© Daniel Leal-Olivas
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A West African dwarf crocodile hatches from its egg at the Planet Exotica zoological and botanical garden in Royan, southwestern France.
20 West African dwarf crocodiles were born in the park.
20 West African dwarf crocodiles were born in the park.
© AFP 2023 / Mehdi Fedouach
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Rohingya refugees shout slogans during a protest march after attending a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the military crackdown that prompted the massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees staged angry protests for "justice" on August 25 on the first anniversary of Myanmar's military crackdown, which sparked a mass exodus to camps in Bangladesh.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees staged angry protests for "justice" on August 25 on the first anniversary of Myanmar's military crackdown, which sparked a mass exodus to camps in Bangladesh.
© AFP 2023 / Dibyangshu Sarkar
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French actor Vincent Cassel (L) and French model Tina Kunakey kiss at the end of their wedding ceremony at the town hall of Bidart, southwestern France, on August 24, 2018.
© AFP 2023 / Iroz Gaizka
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Extreme Vespa enthusiasts drive near the site of a weekend scooter festival in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.
© REUTERS / Darren Whiteside