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IN PICTURES: The best pictures in Scotland this week

By Louise Gowans
Freya Smith aged three, leads one of Erths giant dinosaur puppets across the road in Edinburgh. Australian theatre company Erth presents their best-selling show Dinosaurs Zoo as part of Underbellys Fringe programme. Featuring giant dinosaur puppets which walk, roar and blink like the real thing, Dinosaurs Zoo is a perfect example of edutainment for children of all ages, taking place at the McEwan Hall every day of the Fringe at 11am.
Freya Smith aged three, leads one of Erths giant dinosaur puppets across the road in Edinburgh. Australian theatre company Erth presents their best-selling show Dinosaurs Zoo as part of Underbellys Fringe programme. Featuring giant dinosaur puppets which walk, roar and blink like the real thing, Dinosaurs Zoo is a perfect example of edutainment for children of all ages, taking place at the McEwan Hall every day of the Fringe at 11am.

The best news and pictures in Scotland this week.

The Killin International Highland Games.
A band member from the Ballater and District pipe band wears a leopard skin base drum apron. The Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland, is attending the Ballater Highland Games in Monaltrie Park.
First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon visited Scottish Water’s new energy centre in Stirling, where she officially opened a new £6 million renewable energy scheme providing low-cost heat from wastewater.
Residents had to be evacuated from houses in the Park Road area of Rosyth after intense rain fall saw houses flooded. Pic shows; flooding in the area with Scottish Fire and Rescue rescuing residents, retrieving medication and pets with inflatable boats. Picture by Kris Miller / DCT Media
Queen Elizabeth II inspects the Balaklava Company, 5 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland at the gates at Balmoral, as she takes up summer residence at the castle. The Queen met Regimental mascot Cpl Cruachan IV, as well as Pony Major Mark Wilkinson with music by the Pipes and drums 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland(4SCOTS).
More than 136,000 candidates completed SQA exams, courses and awards last year. Robyn McCafferty, at Woodmill High School, Dunfermline got a congratulatory hug from her mum after receiving her results.
The Picturehouse at the Scotsman Hotel, a new 48-seat cinema within the hotel which will open to the public today. The Picturehouse at the Scotsman Hotel will show a mixture of the latest releases, cult classics and curated releases.
Burryman Andrew Taylor, accompanied by Andrew Findlater and Duncan Thompson , meets residents as he parades through the town of South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, encased in burrs. The parade takes place on the second Friday of August each year and although the exact meaning of this tradition has been lost through the years it is thought to have begun in the 17th Century. The tradition is believed to bring good luck to the towns people if they give him whisky offered through a straw or a donation of money.