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Photos: First week at the Edinburgh Festival

From a legless Minion to the Red Arrows, these are some of the best moments captured by festival-goers so far

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10 August 2016

The Royal Mile is buzzing with excitement this year

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Beware the bear

— Edinburgh Spotlight (@edinspotlight) August 3, 2016

Police helped out the cast of 5 Guys Chillin' with a spot of flyering

— Scot Sun LifeStyle (@scotsunstyle) August 8, 2016

The Fringe starts with a bang

— Edinburgh News (@edinburghpaper) August 5, 2016

Minions struggle to keep it together

— Rob The Bruce (@robster38) August 3, 2016

The Royal Mile turned into the Royal Zoo

— Elliott Bornemann (@_ElliottB) August 5, 2016

— TykeThePlay (@TykeThePlay) August 8, 2016

Forecasts are predicting a cloudy festival

— Kit Carruthers (@DrKitCarruthers) August 6, 2016

Spitting fire at the Fringe

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Performers began reading the entire Chilcot report… in a shed!

— BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) August 8, 2016

Felicity Huffman enjoys her first haggis

— Felicity Huffman (@FelicityHuffman) August 8, 2016

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