Week in pictures: 12-18 August

LAST UPDATED AT 08:30 ON Sat 18 Aug 2012
Supporters of Russian punk-rock group Pussy Riot rally in Times Square
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Mario Tama

NEW YORK, FRIDAY: Supporters of Russian punk-rock group Pussy Riot rally in Times Square. A Moscow judge sentenced three band members to two years in prison after they performed an anti-Putin song in a Moscow cathedral. 

Supporters of Russian punk-rock group Pussy Riot rally in Times Square
Yohan ‘the Beast’ Blake strikes his customary pose before ringing the bell at Lord's
Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan wipes away tears at a campaign event in Wisconsin
The London 2012 Olympics Games go out with a bang as fireworks end the closing ceremony
Men carry the body of a woman killed by an air strike on the town of Azaz, Syria
A fan of Jessica Biel collars the actress at Total Recall’s British premiere
Striking South African miners at the Lonmin platinum mine, where police killed 34 people on Thursday
Robin van Persie (left) is welcomed to Old Trafford by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson
A girl carries a boy through floodwaters in Manila
The media wait outside Ecuador’s Embassy, where Julian Assange remains holed up after nearly two months

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