Swimming and diving take flight at World Aquatics Championships in Kazan – in pictures

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  South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh competes in the semi-finals of the men's 100m breastroke at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia on Sunday. Francois Xavier Marit / AFP

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  Russian divers Maria Polyakova, right, and Ilia Molchanov compete during the diving mixed 3m synchro springboard final at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday. Valdrin Xhemaj / EPA

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  A general view of the pool ahead of the men's 50m butterfly semi-finals at the Fina World Championships on Sunday in Kazan. Clive Rose / Getty Images

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  Mubarak Al Beshr of the UAE shown competing on Sunday in the preliminary heats of the men's 100m breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan. Martin Bureau / AFP

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  Siobhan-Marie O'Connor of Great Britain dives at the start of the women's 200m individual medley semi-finals at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday in Kazan. Adam Pretty / Getty Images

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  Swimmers compete in the women's 100m butterfly preliminary heats on Sunday at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia. Matthias Hangst / Getty Images

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  Sun Yang of China, right, and James Guy of Britain swim during the men's 400m freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships on Sunday. Michael Dalder / Reuters

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  Zsuzsanna Jakabos of Hungary competes in the women's 200m individual medley semi-finals on Sunday at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan. Clive Rose / Getty Images

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  James Guy of Britain competes in the men's 400m freestyle final at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan on Sunday. Matthias Hangst / Getty Images

Images from Sunday’s action in the swimming and diving disciplines at the World Aquatics Championshpis in Kazan, Russia, as aquatics athletes – including the UAE’s Mubarak Al Beshr – competed on the highest stage in Russia. Click the arrows below to scroll through the photos.

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