Week in pictures: 25 July-31 July 2020

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

News imageCRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission lifts offCRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA
The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The one-tonne, six-wheeled rover is due to arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021.
News imageCAITLIN OCHS/Reuters US federal law enforcement officers surrounded by tear gasCAITLIN OCHS/Reuters
US federal law-enforcement officers fire tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration against their deployment to quell unrest in Portland, Oregon.
News imageMOHAMMAD ISMAIL/Reuters A man prepares a tray of food in a small factoryMOHAMMAD ISMAIL/Reuters
A man prepares food for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, celebrated there this year on 31 July.
News imageELIJAH NOUVELAGE/Reuters A woman signs a picture of late US Congressman John LewisELIJAH NOUVELAGE/Reuters
A woman signs a picture of late US Congressman John Lewis before his memorial service in Atlanta, Georgia. Lewis died, aged 80, of pancreatic cancer, on 17 July.
News imageATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/Reuters Members of a youth pride student group carry a long piece of rainbow-patterned fabricATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/Reuters
Members of a Youth Pride student group take part in a rally for gender rights in Bangkok, Thailand.
News imageDADO RUVIC/Reuters A man diving into water from a height into the Neretva river in MostarDADO RUVIC/Reuters
A man jumps from the Old Bridge into the Neretva river during the 454th traditional diving competition in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
News imageZhang Peijian/VCG via Getty Images Two surveyors inspect shipsZhang Peijian/VCG via Getty Images
Surveyors inspect ships during the closed fishing season at a shipyard in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang province, China.
News imageDYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters Two people wearing face masks stand in front of an illuminated, multicolour exhibitDYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters
Gallery assistants pose during the opening of the Electronic: From Kraftwerk to the Chemical Brothers, at The Design Museum, in London. The exhibition, marking 50 years of Kraftwerk, is due to run until February 2021.
News imageVCG via Getty Images A large group of Siberian tigers feedingVCG via Getty Images
Siberian tigers feed at the China Hengdaohezi Feline Breeding Center in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province.
News imageNEIL HALL/EPA Artist Heather Phillipson stands in front of a sculpture depicting a whirl of cream with a cherry, fly and drone on topNEIL HALL/EPA
Artist Heather Phillipson poses with her 9.4m sculpture, The End, in London's Trafalgar Square. The installation on the Fourth Plinth - home to a rolling commission of public artworks - depicts a whirl of cream with a cherry, fly and drone on top.

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