From the XI International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" in Moscow and Ukrainian Fashion Week to the 2018 Moscow International Automobile Salon and Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting the educational center "Sirius", and the West Indian Day parade — take a look at this week's (September 1-7) events in Sputnik's photo gallery.
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French President Emmanuel Macron get food for lunch at the canteen of a secondary school in Laval, western France, at the start of the school year in France (known as "rentree des classes" in French).
© AFP 2023 / Ludovic Marin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to the educational center "Sirius."
© Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin
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A salute at the closing of the XI International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" on Red Square in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Kirill Kallinikov
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Ariana Grande performs during Aretha Franklin's funeral at Greater Grace Temple on August 31 in Detroit, Michigan.
© AFP 2023 / Angela Weiss
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Students go to school for a celebration devoted to the Day of Knowledge, in the Novosibirsk region.
© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev
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Palestinian demonstrators carry away a man who was injured during clashes with Israeli forces on a beach along the Gaza sea barrier on the border with Israel near Kibbutz Zikim, north of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
© AFP 2023 / Mahmud Hams
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People watch as a massive fire engulfs the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil's oldest.
© AFP 2023 / Stringer
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Models wait for presentation of the creations by Ukrainian designer Jean Gritsfeldt during Ukrainian Fashion Week at the railway station in Kiev, Ukraine.
© REUTERS / Valentyn Ogirenko
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Daria Noritsina (Russia) in the semifinal of the second stage of the European series Rugby World Cup Sevens among women's teams between the national teams of Russia and Poland.
© Sputnik / Maksim Bogodvid
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An aerial view from a Jiji Press helicopter shows vehicles piled in a heap due to strong winds in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture after typhoon Jebi hit the west coast of Japan. It is the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century and the death toll rose on September 5 to nine, with thousands stranded at a major airport because of storm damage.
© AFP 2023 / Jiji Press
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A dog transfers a puppy to a drier place in the Sangam area of Allahabad, as water levels of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers increase following monsoon rains.
© AFP 2023 / Sanjay Kanojia
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Models present traditional Pakistani dresses designed by Nomi Ansari during a fashion show by the Loreal Paris Pakistan Fashion Design Council in Lahore, Pakistan.
© AP Photo / K.M. Chaudary
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A first-year cadet from the Russian Nakhimov Naval Academy reads the text of the oath during a ceremony at the start of the school year known as "Day of Knowledge" in St.Petersburg, Russia. The Nakhimov Naval Academy was established in 1943 and prepares its students for higher naval education and for service in the Russian Navy and is named after the Russian naval commander Admiral Pavel Nakhimov.
© AP Photo / Dmitri Lovetsky
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A couple poses as a sunbather lies on the beach at the Promenade des Planches during the 44th Deauville US Film Festival of Deauville in Deauville, northwestern France.
© AFP 2023 / Loic Venance
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Three restaurant chefs take a break in front of a fitness studio in downtown Shanghai.
© AFP 2023 / Johannes Eisele
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Revelers take part in the 7th annual "Day of Colors" in Thessaloniki, Greece.
© REUTERS / Alexandros Avramidis
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Walrus Misha in the Primorsky Oceanarium on Russky Island in Vladivostok.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Ankov
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A girl in a national costume at the opening of an ethnic city Ayili in Kyrgyzstan within the framework of the III International Games of nomads.
© Sputnik / Tabyldy Kadyrbekov
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Russian national team player Yury Gazinsky (center) with a glued on mustache for the birthday of head coach Stanislav Cherchesov before training ahead of the League of Nations against the Turkish national team.
© Sputnik / Alexey Filippov
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People wait at a zebra painted pedestrian crossing as vehicles drive along the R257 "Yenisei" federal highway in a suburb of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
© REUTERS / Ilya Naymushin
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Riot police officers travel past a burning police car during a protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, Nicaragua.
© REUTERS / Oswaldo Rivas
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Traditionally dressed Ukrainian women offer bread and salt welcoming NATO servicemen at the training ground in Starytchi, outside Lvov.
Ukraine launched joint military exercises with the United States and a string of other NATO countries as tensions with Russia remain high over the insurgency in the country's east. The annual Rapid Trident military exercises, takes place until September 15, involving some 2,200 soldiers from 14 countries.
Ukraine launched joint military exercises with the United States and a string of other NATO countries as tensions with Russia remain high over the insurgency in the country's east. The annual Rapid Trident military exercises, takes place until September 15, involving some 2,200 soldiers from 14 countries.
© AFP 2023 / Yuri Dyachushyn
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Participants dance in costumes during the West Indian Day parade in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US.
© REUTERS / Gabriela Bhaskar