Rowers from the Sarasota Scullers Youth Rowing program hold flags representing each of the competing 69 countries as rowing enthusiasts from all around the world gather for the World Rowing Championships opening ceremony on Saturday evening at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.

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Defense attorney Bjorn Brunvald, left, adjusts a button for Trey Nonnombre, 21, Wednesday at the Manatee County Judicial Center. Nonnombre is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and armed home invasion in the July 9, 2015, fatal shootings of Esther Deneus and her boyfriend, Kantral Markeith Brooks, both 29.

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The newly completed Finish Line Tower is seen as Nathan Benderson Park is prepared for the upcoming World Rowing Championships in Sarasota.

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The obstacle course proved difficult for some at last year’s Bar Wars event at Clancy’s Irish Sports Pub in Bradenton.

Local bartenders compete in Bar Wars Monday at Clancy’s

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in Concert features an 80-piece orchestra performing the John Williams score as the film screens. It’s coming to the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa this week.

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