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Our world in photos: August 6

August 6, 2021 By Michaela Keil
JAPAN — Rhythmic gymnastics: Zohra Aghamirova, of Azerbaijan, performed during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifier at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Friday, in Tokyo. Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
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MEXICO — Acid attacks: Elisa Xolalpa, who survived an acid attack when tied to a post by her ex-partner 20 years ago when she was 18, posed for a portrait inside her greenhouse where she grows flowers to sell at a market in Mexico City, on Sunday, May 30, 2021. “I have to turn this pain into something else,” Xolalpa said. For now, that means demanding justice and not being silent.
Photo: Ginnette Riquelme/AP

 

INDIA — Vaccine: A health worker administers the Covishield vaccine for COVID-19 to a villager in a school at Kaurhagi village in Morigaon district of Assam, on Friday.
Photo: Anupam Nath/AP

 

GREECE — Burned: A burnt hotel during a wildfire in Lalas village, near Olympia town, on Thursday. Wildfires rekindled outside Athens and forced more evacuations around southern Greece on Thursday as weather conditions worsened and firefighters in a round-the-clock battle stopped the flames just outside the birthplace of the ancient Olympics.
Photo: Giannis Spyrounis/ilialive.gr via AP

 

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JAPAN — Artistic swimming: The Italian artistic swimming team competed during the team technical routine at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Friday, in Tokyo.
Photo: Morry Gash/AP

 

JAPAN — Canoe sprint: Max Rendschmidt, Ronald Rauhe, Tom Liebscher and Max Lemke of Germany competed in the men’s kayak four 500m heat during the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Friday, in Tokyo.
Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

 

GERMANY — Next stop: A metro train approached the station in Frankfurt, before sunrise on Friday.
Photo: Michael Probst/AP

 

ITALY — Green Pass: Tourists had their “green pass” checked by security staff at the entrance of the Colosseum in Rome on Friday. The so-called Green Pass, required from Friday to access indoor dining, theaters, indoor swimming pools, gyms, museums, and other gathering places is granted to anyone with at least one dose of vaccine in the last nine months, who has recovered from COVID-19 in the last six months or tested negative in the previous 48 hours.
Photo: Riccardo De Luca/AP

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