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Vadim Veligurov, 12, walks with Abi, a wild sparrow, near his grandmother's house in the town of Minusinsk, some 425 km (264 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The rescued sparrow, which was named Abi, didn't fly away and since then has spent most her time with Veligurov, who treats Abi as his friend and plans to take it with him to his native town.
ITAR-TASS / Artur Lebedev
Larisa Kuznetsova competes in the women's 10 km pursuit at the Summer Biathlon Russian Championships and Cup in Sochi.
Reuters
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (C) poses for a picture with graduates of Moscow School of Management.
Konstantin Rodikov / RIA Novosti
Participants in the first skateboarding championship Red Bull Skate Underground at the metro station Vorobyovy Gory.
AFP / East News
Russian Soyuz-FG rocket with Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft aboard is transported to a launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Soyuz TMA-10M is a planned transport the Expedition 37 crew, including Michael Hopkins of the US together with Russia's Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky, to the International Space Station (ISS).
Reuters
A couple shelter under an umbrella as it rains in Sochi. Regional authorities have declared a state of emergency in the area around Sochi because of flooding and mudslides less than five months before the Russian city hosts the Winter Olympics.
Mikhail Mordasov
A view of Iceberg Skating Palace. The Olympic Skating Center plays a crucial role in the Sochi 2014 concept. The Olympic Skating Center is a moveable venue . As such, it is located at the heart of the Coastal Cluster – Olympic Park.
Natalia Pietra / RG
The Grand Hall of the Agate Chambers, the Tsarskoye Selo Museum-Reserve.
AFP/East News
Russia's David Belyavskiy competes in the still rings qualifications during the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp.
Maksim Bogodvid / RIA Novosti
Kazan citizens during a first snow.
Itar-Tass
Tiger Day in Vladivostok.
Sergey Slovokhotov / RG
A participant in the fire arts festival Good Lights performs at the Akzubat hippodrome in Ufa.
Itar-Tass
Members of the Domisolka children's musical theater at the opening of the Main Olympic Store at GUM (Main Department Store).
AP
Leberecht Minuth starts with his Russian Volga car in front of the Augustusburg Castle in Augustusburg, eastern Germany. About 500 vehichles produced up to 1970 gathered at the event.
