Week in Pictures for Aug. 3

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include a badminton club in Queens, the debate over the presence of children at a bar in Brooklyn and a Shakespearean performance at Rikers Island.

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