Globe photos of the week, Aug. 31, 2012
Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan are framed through the photographers’ ladder at the GOP convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan with children Charlie, Sam, and Liza, wife Janna, and mother Betty Douglas Ryan at the convention.
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A delegate takes a picture between empty seats before the start of the night.
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Texas delegates added some regional flavor to the convention.
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Ann Romney addresses the convention at Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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Wes Ayres of Needham attempts to stop the bubbles coming from the fish's mouth as characters from King Richard's Faire come to the Boston Children's Museum to promote an upcoming fair to be held in Carver with swordfightrers, puppeteers, pipers, and minstrels.
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Members of the Foxborough Warriors C Midget football team work on agility drills on the practice field behind Ernie George Field.
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With her son Allan supporting her, Paula Townsend, who spent time at The Home For Little Wanderers as a child, looks around the room that was the infirmary when she lived there.
Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe
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Conor Bailey struggles with a full load as he opens the door to an apartment building on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. He was moving back in after being elsewhere for the summer, and will move again at the end of the week.
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England natives Alex Bulman, Aisling Minogue, Andy Mackintosh, and Matt Maclure crawl through the Splash Fountain at Christian Science Plaza. The four recently finished a summer session as camp counselors at Agassiz Village in Maine.
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After attaching a donation to the St. Anthony's statue, a woman throws confetti out of a window in the North End.
Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe
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Janeal Hoyte took part in Boston's annual Caribbean Festival Parade on Aug. 25.
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Brothers Steven and Shawn Silvia of Holbrook sound off with horns that they won in the arcade at the annual Marshfield Fair.
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Kids on a bungee ride at the annual Marshfield Fair.
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Red Sox fielder Cody Ross makes a diving catch in the top of the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park on Aug. 26.
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Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine argues with umpire Dan Bellino after Dustin Pedroia was called out at first. Valentine was eventually thrown out.
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