Each week, the Bloomberg Photo Service covers exclusives, events and breaking news stories. The full slate of assignments will be available over the wire and in Media Source. Here is a selection from this week.
Photos 11 August 2017
Saturday, August 5
A combine harvester operates during barley harvest on a farm in Wiesen, Germany, on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. The mix of growing conditions means crop yields are likely to be diverse, according to BayWa AG. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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Monday, August 7
A man takes a photograph of the Ta Dumbong Statue with a smartphone in Battambang, Cambodia, on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has much to crow about as it marks its 50th anniversary: economic and social progress, a manufacturing powerhouse and relative political stability. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
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Tuesday, August 8
Visitors ride bumper cars at the indoor family theme park in the Al Yasmin mall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. After relying on oil to fuel its economy for more than half a century, Saudi Arabia is turning to its other abundant natural resource to take it beyond the oil age -- desert. Photographer: Tasneem Alsultan/Bloomberg
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Wednesday, August 9
A chef with Moshimo Japanese restaurant delivery-only kitchen, prepares sushi at a Deliveroo Editions field kitchen, operated by Roofoods Ltd., in Hove, U.K., on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Deliveroo, which has received $475 million in venture funding, began rolling out field kitchens to 30 locations throughout the U.K., allowing customers in new locations to order food from popular upscale restaurant chains such as MEATLiquor, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, and Busaba Eathai, the company announced in April. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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Thursday, August 10
Mike Wells, chief executive officer of Prudential Plc, right, speaks to Francine Lacqua, anchor for Bloomberg Television, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Prudential is getting close to reaching its target of doubling operating profit from Asia, helping the U.K.s largest insurer raise first-half earnings by 15 percent on an actual exchange-rate basis. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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Friday, August 11
Audience members watch performers dressed as the Pikachu character from Nintendo Co.'s Pokemon franchise march through a shopping mall during a Pikachu Outbreak event, organised by Pokemon Co., in Yokohama, Japan, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017. About 60 million people still play the Pokemon Go mobile game each month, according to data from mobile app research firm Apptopia, and one in five of those players opens the game on a daily basis. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg
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