• Cast member Vin Diesel poses at the premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy in Hollywood, California July 21, 2014. The movie opens in the US on August 1. Reuters
    Cast member Vin Diesel poses at the premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy in Hollywood, California July 21, 2014. The movie opens in the US on August 1. Reuters
  • Fireworks explode over the St Mark’s Basin for the Redentore Celebrations on July 19, 2014 in Venice, Italy. Redentore, which is in remembrance of the end of the 1577 plague, is one of Venice’s most loved celebrations. Marco Secchi / Getty Images
    Fireworks explode over the St Mark’s Basin for the Redentore Celebrations on July 19, 2014 in Venice, Italy. Redentore, which is in remembrance of the end of the 1577 plague, is one of Venice’s most loved celebrations. Marco Secchi / Getty Images
  • Indian Hindu holy men sit in queue for the registration to the Amarnath shrine pilgrimage at the registration centre in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, July 22, 2014. The annual pilgrimage to a cave shrine housing a naturally formed icy stalagmite in a mountain cave 4,115 metres above sea level which attracts hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims annually for two months in Indian Kashmir. EPA
    Indian Hindu holy men sit in queue for the registration to the Amarnath shrine pilgrimage at the registration centre in Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, India, July 22, 2014. The annual pilgrimage to a cave shrine housing a naturally formed icy stalagmite in a mountain cave 4,115 metres above sea level which attracts hundreds of thousands of Hindu pilgrims annually for two months in Indian Kashmir. EPA
  • This photo was taken on July 2, 2014, and released on July 21, 2014, to mark Prince George’s first birthday. The picture shows Britain’s Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince during a visit to the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London. AP
    This photo was taken on July 2, 2014, and released on July 21, 2014, to mark Prince George’s first birthday. The picture shows Britain’s Prince William and Kate Duchess of Cambridge and the Prince during a visit to the Sensational Butterflies exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London. AP
  • This photo, released by ‘Ky Luc Viet Nam Vietkings’ shows Nguyen Thu Tru, allegedly 121 years old, sitting in her house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 21 July 2014. Nguyen Thu Tru has been recognised by local officials as the oldest living person in Vietnam. ‘We have efficient evidence that proves Tru was born on 04 May 1893, such as documents granted by French authorities, by the Republic of South Vietnam and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’ said Le Tran Truong An, Director of the Vietnam Guinness Book Centre (Vietbooks).The centenarian lives in Ho Chi Minh City with her youngest son who is 72. She had 11 children, four of whom are still alive. An said Guinness World Records would be asked to recognise Tru as the oldest-living woman in the world, to supplant 116-year-old Misao Okawa from Japan. EPA
    This photo, released by ‘Ky Luc Viet Nam Vietkings’ shows Nguyen Thu Tru, allegedly 121 years old, sitting in her house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 21 July 2014. Nguyen Thu Tru has been recognised by local officials as the oldest living person in Vietnam. ‘We have efficient evidence that proves Tru was born on 04 May 1893, such as documents granted by French authorities, by the Republic of South Vietnam and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,’ said Le Tran Truong An, Director of the Vietnam Guinness Book Centre (Vietbooks).The centenarian lives in Ho Chi Minh City with her youngest son who is 72. She had 11 children, four of whom are still alive. An said Guinness World Records would be asked to recognise Tru as the oldest-living woman in the world, to supplant 116-year-old Misao Okawa from Japan. EPA
  • Musician Adam Levine and model Behati Prinsloo attend the CHANEL Dinner in honor of the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival closing night film Begin Again at Tribeca Grill on April 26, 2014 in New York City. Getty Images for CHANEL/AFP
    Musician Adam Levine and model Behati Prinsloo attend the CHANEL Dinner in honor of the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival closing night film Begin Again at Tribeca Grill on April 26, 2014 in New York City. Getty Images for CHANEL/AFP
  • In this July 17, 2014 photo, “Weird Al” Yankovic poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Billboard reported that Yankovic’s Mandatory Fun debuted at No 1 this week with more than 80,000 units sold. That’s almost double the amount his last album, Alpocalypse, sold in its debut week in 2011. AP
    In this July 17, 2014 photo, “Weird Al” Yankovic poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Billboard reported that Yankovic’s Mandatory Fun debuted at No 1 this week with more than 80,000 units sold. That’s almost double the amount his last album, Alpocalypse, sold in its debut week in 2011. AP
  • An adult flamingo stands with flamingo chicks in an enclosure before they are tagged in Fuente de Piedra lake on July 19, 2014 in Fuente de Piedra, Spain. Hundreds of flamingo chicks are tagged and checked to record the evolution of the species. Getty Images
    An adult flamingo stands with flamingo chicks in an enclosure before they are tagged in Fuente de Piedra lake on July 19, 2014 in Fuente de Piedra, Spain. Hundreds of flamingo chicks are tagged and checked to record the evolution of the species. Getty Images
  • Santas from all over the world gather for the traditional July Santa Congress in Copenhagen on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 and stuck to their traditional schedule reserving half the day for a paddle in the sea, AP
    Santas from all over the world gather for the traditional July Santa Congress in Copenhagen on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 and stuck to their traditional schedule reserving half the day for a paddle in the sea, AP
  • A Georgian woman reads a book next to paintings displayed during a folk festival at the open air National Ethnographic Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, July 21, 2014. Each year Georgian musicians and dancers gather to attend this event. EPA
    A Georgian woman reads a book next to paintings displayed during a folk festival at the open air National Ethnographic Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, July 21, 2014. Each year Georgian musicians and dancers gather to attend this event. EPA
  • Dancers perform on stage as the English National Ballet rehearse Coppelia at the Coliseum on July 22, 2014 in London, England. Getty Images
    Dancers perform on stage as the English National Ballet rehearse Coppelia at the Coliseum on July 22, 2014 in London, England. Getty Images
  • Models present creations by Indian fashion designers Rimple and Harpreet Narula during the India Couture Week 2014 in New Delhi AFP
    Models present creations by Indian fashion designers Rimple and Harpreet Narula during the India Couture Week 2014 in New Delhi AFP

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In pictures: The week that was in Arts and Life ending July 26

Olga Camacho

July 26, 2014

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