Pictures of the week
A Greek firefighter runs to help a colleague as a forest fire rages in Marathon near Athens (Reuters)
Iranians gather on the street to pray during Eid-al-Fitr celebrations (Rex)
A newborn albino wallaby takes a look at her new surroundings at Gumbuya Park in Victoria, Australia. (Rex)
The financial district in Shanghai, China, where the world's second tallest skycraper, the 632m Shanghai Tower, is nearing completion. (Reuters)
The sky over is illuminated by lightnings near Goerlitz, Germany. (PA)
Bathers in the Volcano de Tutumo El Totumo mud volcano are left fully caked in mud (Rex)
Hands up! Newborn panda cub Yuan Zai puts her paws in the air during a routine health check. (Rex)
A lab-grown meat burger made from Cultured Beef, which has been developed by Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University in the Netherlands.(PA)
A Greek army helicopter drops water over a forest fire in Marathon near Athens August 5, 2013. A wildfire fanned by strong winds raged near Athens on Monday, damaging homes and sending residents fleeing, fire brigade officials said. Reuters witnesses said the blaze had damaged at least three homes at a hamlet by the town of Marathon - the site of the historic 490 BC battle between Athenians and Persians about 40 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of the Greek capital.REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (GREECE - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Lance Bombardier James Simpson of the Royal Artillery, who lost both his legs in Afghanistan, during a training session in woods near Otley, Leeds, ahead of the Spartan Race, in which he is competing in September. (PA)
A female polar bear looks down from a cliff at birds below in Spitsbergen, Norway (Rex)
An aerial image shows the flooding chaos over Herne Hill, south London, caused by a burst water main. (Rex)
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