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Week in pictures: 15 - 21 July 2023

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

News imageDarrian Traynor/Getty Images Australian fans celebrate their teams win as they watch the opening FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Group B match between Australia and Ireland at Federation Square on July 20, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia.Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
Australian fans celebrate their team's win as they watch the opening Fifa Women's World Cup at Federation Square in Melbourne. The tournament is held in Australia and New Zealand, with the final in Sydney on 20 August.
News imageLOUIZA VRADI/REUTERS A tree burns during a wildfire in Mandra, Greece, July 18, 2023.LOUIZA VRADI/REUTERS
A tree burns following a wildfire in Mandra, Greece. Large swathes of southern Europe continued to swelter in record heat as wildfires raged across the continent. Temperatures hit a high of 46.3C (115.3F) in Sicily on Tuesday and crews battled fires in Greece and the Swiss Alps.
News imageGUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS A woman cools off at Fontana della Barcaccia at the Spanish Steps in Rome during a heat wave in Italy, July 17, 2023.GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE/REUTERS
A woman cools off at Fontana della Barcaccia at the Spanish Steps in Rome. Most of Italy's major cities were put on red alert, meaning the extreme heat carries a health risk to everybody, not just vulnerable groups.
News imageZhao Jun/China News Service/Getty Images Tourists dressed as astronauts visit the Wulanhada Volcano Geopark on July 17, 2023 in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.Zhao Jun/China News Service/Getty Images
Tourists dressed as astronauts visit the Wulanhada Volcano Geopark in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.
News imageHENRY NICHOLLS/AFP David Barber (C), the King's swan marker, holds a captured swan to be measured and checked during the annual Swan Upping on the River Thames in Staines, west of London, on July 17, 2023.HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP
David Barber, the King's swan marker, holds a captured swan to be measured and checked during the annual Swan Upping in Staines, Surrey. Swan Upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the River Thames and dates back to the 12th Century.
News imageJeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Dancers compete during the Inveraray Highland Games on July 18, 2023 in Inveraray, Scotland.Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
Young dancers compete during the Inveraray Highland Games in Scotland. The games are held annually in the grounds of Inveraray Castle and celebrate Scottish culture and heritage with field and track events, piping and highland dancing competitions.
News imageMOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP Muslim devotees gather during the flag-changing ceremony at the shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas in Iraq's central shrine city of Karbala on July 18, 2023MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP
Muslim devotees gather during the flag-changing ceremony at the shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas in Iraq's central shrine city of Karbala on the first night of the Muslim month of Muharram and the first day of the Islamic New Year.
News imageKIM LUDBROOK/EPA People cross a damaged street following an underground gas explosion in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 July 2023.KIM LUDBROOK/EPA
People cross a street that was damaged by an underground gas explosion in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa.
News imageDan Kitwood/Getty Images The Bibby Stockholm migrant barge (C) arrives at Portland Harbour on July 18, 2023 in Portland, England.Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
The Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker barge docks in Dorset, England. It is the first vessel secured under Home Secretary Suella Braverman's plans to reduce the cost of asylum accommodation. News of the barge's arrival came hours after the government's Illegal Migration Bill cleared hurdles in the House of Lords.
News imageRaj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images Members of the Indian Youth Congress protest over sexual violence against women and for peace in the ongoing ethnic violence in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, at Raisina Road on July 20, 2023 in New Delhi, India.Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Members of the Indian Youth Congress shout slogans during a protest in New Delhi over sexual violence against women and for peace amid ethnic violence in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, India.

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