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Butterflies, Balloons and Paris Olympics: Photos of the week

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

News imageAndrew Harnik/Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for an NCAA championship teams celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on July 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. U.S. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
US Vice-President Kamala Harris arrives for a college athletics teams celebration at the White House. President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Ms Harris to succeed him as the Democratic candidate. She said that she would "earn and win this nomination" and unite the country against Donald Trump.
News imageMichele Spatari/AFP Women weep while residents and volunteers leave for the night after digging in the mud in search for survivors and bodies at the scene of a landslide in Gofa, Ethiopia on July 24, 2024.Michele Spatari/AFP
Women weep while volunteers leave for the night after digging in the mud to search for survivors at the scene of a landslide in Gofa. Rescue teams retrieved the bodies of 229 people killed in two landslides in southern Ethiopia, after heavy rains.
News imageAlexandre Meneghini/Reuters Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters during a presidential election campaign closing rally in Caracas, Venezuela, July 25, 2024. Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters during a presidential election campaign rally in Caracas. Venezuelans will be going to the polls on Sunday in the most tensely awaited election in more than a decade.
News imageJam Sta Rosa/AFP People walk along a flooded street in Manila on July 24, 2024 amid heavy rains brought by Typhoon Gaemi. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP
People in the Philippines have been battling knee-deep floodwater after Typhoon Gaemi lashed the country's capital. Some attempted to walk through the flooding in Manila, while others tried to drive or even swim to their destination.
News imageKevin Voigt/Getty Images French military armed forces walk by a crowded restaurant ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 18, 2024 in Paris, France.Kevin Voigt/Getty Images
French military forces walk past a restaurant ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It's the largest peacetime deployment of security forces in French history, with up to 75,000 police, soldiers and hired guards on patrol at any one time.
News imageHannah Mckay/Reuters Simone Biles of United States during Podium Training at the Bercy Arena, Paris, France. July 25, 2024. Hannah Mckay/Reuters
Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history with 37 world and Olympic medals, participates in podium training at the Bercy Arena in Paris. The American is back at the Olympics after pulling out of several events at the Tokyo Games three years ago with the "twisties" - a disorientating mental block.
News imageJane Barlow/PA Media Principal curator of science Dr Rebekah Higgitt alongside the Ilay Glynne sundial at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. July 25, 2024Jane Barlow/PA Media
Principal curator of science, Dr Rebekah Higgitt, looks at the Ilay Glynne sundial, an exceptional example of 18th century ornate precision and design, which has gone on display for the first time at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
News imageNoah Berger/AP Park Fire is seen burning along Highway 32 in the Forest Ranch community of Butte County, California, 26 July 2024Noah Berger/AP
California crews battle four wildfires during a triple-digit heatwave in parts of the state. The Park Fire is seen burning along Highway 32 in the Forest Ranch community of Butte County, in this long-exposure photograph.
News imageFinnbarr Webster/Getty Images A fleet of hot air balloons take off from College Green and Queen Square to mark the countdown to the 46th Bristol International Balloon Fiesta on July 24, 2024 in Bristol, EnglandFinnbarr Webster/Getty Images
Hot air balloons take off from College Green and Queen Square to mark the countdown to the 46th Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in England.
News imageHuseyin Demirci/Anadolu/Getty Images A butterfly lands on a flower after a downpour in Sarikamis district of Kars, Turkey on July 26, 2024.Huseyin Demirci/Anadolu/Getty Images
A butterfly lands on a flower after a downpour in the Sarikamis district of Kars in Turkey .