MPR News photos of the week

Getting wet
Fourteen-year-olds Tanner Kuhl, left, and Buzuaya Weis play in a spray of water from a fire truck at the Schwan's USA Cup International Youth Soccer Tournament in Blaine, Minn. Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Extreme humidity coupled with already-high temperatures pushed the heat index into record territory across Minnesota this week.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson

Unusual weather and the long-awaited end of the state government shutdown dominated the news this week.

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