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News in pictures: Friday August 6, 2021

Dyed cotton is hung out to dry in a floating village on Inle Lake, Myanmar, one of many settlements on stilts that sit between two mountain ranges
Dyed cotton is hung out to dry in a floating village on Inle Lake, Myanmar, one of many settlements on stilts that sit between two mountain ranges
SARAH WOUTERS/SOLENT
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Bob Sullivan, 98, centre, and a fellow Chelsea Pensioner wait for the start of the annual parade that marks the Royal Hospital Chelsea’s founding in 1682
Bob Sullivan, 98, centre, and a fellow Chelsea Pensioner wait for the start of the annual parade that marks the Royal Hospital Chelsea’s founding in 1682
YUI MOK/PA
Marine Gourdon plays the lead role in Fina and the Golden Cape, a new equine stunt show near Bishop Auckland, Co Durham. The cast of 50 and more than 15 horses perform trick-riding, vaulting and chariot-racing
Marine Gourdon plays the lead role in Fina and the Golden Cape, a new equine stunt show near Bishop Auckland, Co Durham. The cast of 50 and more than 15 horses perform trick-riding, vaulting and chariot-racing
11ARCHES PARK/NORTH NEWS & PICTURES
Groundlings, who do not have seats, have been allowed back at the Globe theatre in London for its run of Twelfth Night
Groundlings, who do not have seats, have been allowed back at the Globe theatre in London for its run of Twelfth Night
MARC BRENNER
Andy Warhol’s Truck, commissioned in the 1980s by Germany’s Roads Haulage Association, is going under the hammer at Christie’s in London
Andy Warhol’s Truck, commissioned in the 1980s by Germany’s Roads Haulage Association, is going under the hammer at Christie’s in London
CHRISTIE’S
A Lebanese soldier fires rubber bullets during a rally at parliament to mark a year since the explosion that ravaged Beirut port and killed more than 200 people. No senior official has been held to account, leading to violent confrontations as thousands took to the streets
A Lebanese soldier fires rubber bullets during a rally at parliament to mark a year since the explosion that ravaged Beirut port and killed more than 200 people. No senior official has been held to account, leading to violent confrontations as thousands took to the streets
AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Rescuers in Israel return a loggerhead sea turtle to the ocean nine months after a fishing hook lodged in her mouth caused her lungs to fill with water
Rescuers in Israel return a loggerhead sea turtle to the ocean nine months after a fishing hook lodged in her mouth caused her lungs to fill with water
AMIR COHEN/REUTERS
A reed warbler feeds a cuckoo chick that is almost eight times her size on Brandon Marsh nature reserve near Coventry. Cuckoos lay eggs in the nests of others so a surrogate parent can raise their young while they are in Africa
A reed warbler feeds a cuckoo chick that is almost eight times her size on Brandon Marsh nature reserve near Coventry. Cuckoos lay eggs in the nests of others so a surrogate parent can raise their young while they are in Africa
RICHARD ELLIS/SOLENT
An early warning aircraft named the Sentry AEW1 E-3D lands for the final time at RAF Waddington before its retirement after 30 years of operational service. It detected ships and gathered emissions from radar systems and emitters to help the crew understand its environment, inclduing in Iraq
An early warning aircraft named the Sentry AEW1 E-3D lands for the final time at RAF Waddington before its retirement after 30 years of operational service. It detected ships and gathered emissions from radar systems and emitters to help the crew understand its environment, inclduing in Iraq
CLAIRE HARTLEY/BAV MEDIA
Tibetan horseracers join a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture, a region of northwest China with rich monastic history
Tibetan horseracers join a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture, a region of northwest China with rich monastic history
WU GANG/XINHUA
Young African elephants play-fight on the private Klaserie nature reserve near South Africa’s border with Mozambique. This encounter is playful but adult males can fight to the death in mating season
Young African elephants play-fight on the private Klaserie nature reserve near South Africa’s border with Mozambique. This encounter is playful but adult males can fight to the death in mating season
SAMUEL COX/CATERS
A woman cools off her son during a heatwave in a slum near Khan Younis, a Gazan refugee camp that is home to tens of thousands of Palestinians
A woman cools off her son during a heatwave in a slum near Khan Younis, a Gazan refugee camp that is home to tens of thousands of Palestinians
MOHAMMED SABER/EPA

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