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Week in pictures: 20 - 26 July

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27 Jul 2014

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Lauren Boyle

Clive Rose

GLASGOW, THURSDAY:

Dutch Queen Maxima

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NETHERLANDS, WEDNESDAY:

Sri Lankan activist

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COLOMBO, WEDNESDAY:

Prince George with butterfly

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LONDON, TUESDAY:

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

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GLASGOW, WEDNESDAY:

Ballarat Turf Club

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BALLARAT, WEDNESDAY:

Israeli air strike in Gaza

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GAZA CITY, THURSDAY:

England captain Alastair Cook

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LONDON, SUNDAY:

TransAsia Airways flight GE222

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MAGONG, FRIDAY:

Pro-Russian separatist pets a kitten

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DONETSK, JULY:

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