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Week in pictures 6 August 2022

TAIWAN: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, bows to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen after receiving Taiwan's highest civilian honor on Wednesday, August 3. Tsai thanked Pelosi for visiting and praised her long commitment to democracy and human rights (Handout/Getty Images)

ISTANBUL: Grain from Ukraine is inspected aboard a cargo ship in the Black Sea, near Istanbul, on Wednesday, August 3. The ship is the first to carry grain out f Odesa, Ukraine, since February 26, two days after Russia launched its assault on Ukraine (Turkish Defence Ministry/Reuters)

HOFEN: Firefighters stand on the rooftop of a house on Sunday, July 31, after a small aircraft crashed onto it in Höfen, Austria. Two people were injured (Tirol/APA/AFP/Getty Images)

TIERRA AMARILLA: This aerial photo, taken on Monday, August 1, shows a large sinkhole that appeared near a mine in Tierra Amarilla, Chile, over the weekend. Authorities are investigating the cause (Johan Godoy/AFP/Getty Images)

ICELAND: Lava flows from the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland on Wednesday, August 3 (Marco Di Marco/AP)

CALIFORNIA: Flames from the McKinney Fire are seen in northern California's Klamath National Forest on Sunday, July 31 (David McNew/AFP/Getty Images)

EGYPT: A South Korean aerobatics team performs over Egyptian pyramids during an air show on Wednesday, August 3 (Mahmoud Khaled/AFP/Getty Images)

EDINBURGH: An artist from La Clique performs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Wednesday, August 3 (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

LONDON: Cyclists Matt Walls, top, and Derek Gee go over the barrier and into the crowd during a crash at the Commonwealth Games in London on Sunday, July 31 (John Walton/PA/AP)

LA-TESTE-DE-BUCHE: A lion returns to a zoo in La Teste-de-Buch, France, on Wednesday, August 3. Animals had been evacuated from the area because of  wildfires (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

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