In pictures: The week that was in Arts and Life ending August 10

Red poppies lie in the moat at the Tower of London in London, Britain, August 4, 2014. The Tower of London moat has turned red as some 888,246 ceramic poppies are planted in memory of the British and Commonwealth dead from World War One. August 4, 2014 marks 100 years since Britain declared war on Germany. The year 2014 sees the 100th anniversary of the beginning of WWI, or the Great War, which according to official statistics cost more than 37 million military and civilian casualties between 1914 and 1918. EPA

Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar, right, and Tamannaah Bhatia give out discs of songs from their upcoming movie Entertainment during an promotional event at a college in Bangalore, India, Monday, August 4, 2014. AP

Opera singers Anna Netrebko and Placido Domingo play the parts of Leonora and Il Conte di Luna respectively, during a dress rehearsal of Giuseppe Verdi’s Il trovatore (The Troubadour) in Salzburg August 4, 2014. Reuters

Festival-goers attend a live concert during the first day of Sudoeste Festival 2014 in Odemira, Portugal on August 6, 2014. EPA

This Auguat 4, 2014 photo released by Columbia Records shows Niall Horan of the British band One Direction performing at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. AP

Beatles fans take photographs of the cast members of the Let it Be musical and actor Andrew Lancel (C) who plays Brian Epstein, outside the Abbey Road studios for fans, in London, Britain, 8 August 2014. Hundreds of fans of The Beatles turned out to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Abbey Road album. EPA

Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari, center, and models display creations by Lalit Dalmia at the Bangalore Fashion Week in Bangalore, India, Thursday, August 7, 2014. AP

Children view the John Singer Sargent painting Gassed, at the Imperial War Museum in London. American painter John Singer Sargent spent time at the front during World War I and responded with his epic testament to the crimes of war in 1919 with the 20-foot long painting. AP

Visitors look at the installation of artist Otto Piene at Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) museum in Berlin, Wednesday August 6, 2014. The installation works with projections and can only be seen at night. AP

A pigeon walks among dancers from the Australian Ballet pictured during a photocall at the Bondi Icebergs oceanside pool in Sydney, August 7, 2014. The dancers, taking advantage of the pool being emptied for cleaning, were promoting their February 2015 production of Swan Lake at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre. Reuters

Actor John Lithgow attends the curtain call for The Public Theatre’s Opening Night Performance of King Lear at Delacorte Theater on August 5, 2014 in New York City. AFP

A model presents a creation by Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov during the Copenhagen Fashion Week 2014 on August 7, 2014 in Copenhagen. AFP

Actors Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass arrive to the premiere of RADIUS-TWC’s The One I Love at the Vista Theatre on August 7, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. AFP

Cybermen interact with the crowds at the Cardiff premiere of Doctor Who at St David’s Hall on August 7, 2014 in Cardiff, Wales. Getty Images

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