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Week in pictures: 8-14 July 2023

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

News imageBen Stansall / AFP US President Joe Biden and Britain's King Charles inspect the Guard of Honour formed by the Welsh Guards, during a ceremonial welcome in the Quadrangle at Windsor CastleBen Stansall / AFP
US President Joe Biden and the UK's King Charles inspect a Guard of Honour formed by the Welsh Guards, at Windsor Castle. President Biden met the King for tea and climate talks, before setting off to Lithuania for a Nato summit.
News imageLudovic Marin / AFP Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and his wife Olena Zelenska are seen with France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife wife BrigitteLudovic Marin / AFP
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena are seen with France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, at the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
News imageJose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters Girls from the Rodriguez family play in their homeJose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters
Children play at home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, after the end of the school year was brought forward due to high temperatures.
News imageWikus De Wet / AFP Gabriel Sussman gestures as snow falls in Zoo Lake Park in JohannesburgWikus De Wet / AFP
Gabriel Sussman reacts as snow falls in Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the first time in more than a decade.
News imageAFP Workers inspect solar panels at the fishing-solar complementary photovoltaic power generation base in TaizhouAFP
Workers inspect solar panels at the fishing-solar complementary photovoltaic power generation base in Taizhou, China.
News imageClodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters A handler holds Doonreaghan MillyClodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters
A handler holds Doonreaghan Milly at the Roundstone Connemara Pony Show, in the County Galway village of Roundstone, Ireland.
News imageMichael Buckner / Variety via Getty Images Margot Robbie and Nicki MinajMichael Buckner / Variety via Getty Images
Margot Robbie and Nicki Minaj at the premiere of Robbie's latest film Barbie, at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California.
News imageR Satish Babu / AFP People wave flags as an Indian Space Research Organisation rocket blasts offR Satish Babu / AFP
People wave flags as an Indian Space Research Organisation rocket, carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, lifts off from Sriharikota. If successful, India will be only the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon - following the US, the former Soviet Union and China.
News image Ludovic Marin / AFP The French Air Force elite acrobatic flying team Patrouille de France during Bastille Day Ludovic Marin / AFP
The French Air Force's elite acrobatic team, Patrouille de France, flies over the Champs-Elysees on Bastille Day.
News imageDanny Lawson / PA Media Tracy Seven with a Beef ShorthornDanny Lawson / PA Media
Tracy Seven with a Beef Shorthorn, as she prepares her cattle ahead of the Great Yorkshire Show at the Showground in Harrogate.

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