• A woman cleans an installation of television sets at the booth of Vestel at the IFA in Berlin, one of Europe’s biggest showcases of the latest electronic gadgets. Tobias Schwarz / AFP
    A woman cleans an installation of television sets at the booth of Vestel at the IFA in Berlin, one of Europe’s biggest showcases of the latest electronic gadgets. Tobias Schwarz / AFP
  • Vendors selling sweet lime are reflected in a mirror at a wholesale fruit market in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. Abhishek Chinnappa / Reuters
    Vendors selling sweet lime are reflected in a mirror at a wholesale fruit market in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. Abhishek Chinnappa / Reuters
  • A man walks past an installation with refrigerators and washing machines at the booth of Vestel at IFA in Berlin. Tobias Schwarz / AFP
    A man walks past an installation with refrigerators and washing machines at the booth of Vestel at IFA in Berlin. Tobias Schwarz / AFP
  • Telephone boxes are surrounded by scaffolding at a construction site in central London. Construction output in Britain grew at its fastest pace in seven months in August, boosting job creation but also putting strain on suppliers, industry data show. Luke MacGregor / Reuters
    Telephone boxes are surrounded by scaffolding at a construction site in central London. Construction output in Britain grew at its fastest pace in seven months in August, boosting job creation but also putting strain on suppliers, industry data show. Luke MacGregor / Reuters
  • Vehicles drive on the Guomao Bridge during the evening rush hour in Beijing. Jason Lee / Reuters
    Vehicles drive on the Guomao Bridge during the evening rush hour in Beijing. Jason Lee / Reuters
  • An worker cleans up a building in a central business area in Jakarta. Indonesia’s inflation rate rose 3.99 per cent in August from a year earlier. Mast Irham / EPA
    An worker cleans up a building in a central business area in Jakarta. Indonesia’s inflation rate rose 3.99 per cent in August from a year earlier. Mast Irham / EPA
  • Floodwater is released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river in central China’s Hubei province. AFP
    Floodwater is released from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze river in central China’s Hubei province. AFP
  • People load luggage from a Miami charter flight onto a car at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. Cuba has raised duties and restricted imports on consumer goods brought in by air travelers or sent by mail. Enrique De La Osa / Reuters
    People load luggage from a Miami charter flight onto a car at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. Cuba has raised duties and restricted imports on consumer goods brought in by air travelers or sent by mail. Enrique De La Osa / Reuters
  • An employee works at a machine manufacturing factory in Huaibei, Anhui province. Growth in China’s vast factory sector slackened in August as foreign and domestic demand slowed, stoking speculation that further policy easing would be needed to prevent the economy from stumbling once more. Reuters
    An employee works at a machine manufacturing factory in Huaibei, Anhui province. Growth in China’s vast factory sector slackened in August as foreign and domestic demand slowed, stoking speculation that further policy easing would be needed to prevent the economy from stumbling once more. Reuters
  • Visitors tour one of two completed caverns at the Jurong Rock Caverns in Singapore. The Jurong Rock Caverns are the first commercial underground facility for liquid hydrocarbons storage in Southeast Asia. Edgar Su / Reuters
    Visitors tour one of two completed caverns at the Jurong Rock Caverns in Singapore. The Jurong Rock Caverns are the first commercial underground facility for liquid hydrocarbons storage in Southeast Asia. Edgar Su / Reuters
  • A worker at a construction site for a new building in Paris. Philippe Wojazer / Reuters
    A worker at a construction site for a new building in Paris. Philippe Wojazer / Reuters
  • An aircraft takes off from Heathrow airport. A plan to build a major new airport to the east of London was rejected by a government-appointed commission, dealing a blow to its high-profile backer, the city’s mayor Boris Johnson. Andrew Winning / Reuters
    An aircraft takes off from Heathrow airport. A plan to build a major new airport to the east of London was rejected by a government-appointed commission, dealing a blow to its high-profile backer, the city’s mayor Boris Johnson. Andrew Winning / Reuters
  • A man walks past a board displaying currency exchange rates in central Moscow. Russian assets fell, with the rouble hitting a fresh record low against the dollar after Europe and the United States accused Russia of direct military involvement in Ukraine. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
    A man walks past a board displaying currency exchange rates in central Moscow. Russian assets fell, with the rouble hitting a fresh record low against the dollar after Europe and the United States accused Russia of direct military involvement in Ukraine. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters

In pictures: Best business images of the week


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Here are some of the best business images of the week to September 4, 2014.