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Week in pictures: 29 July - 4 August 2023

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

News imagePeter Byrne/PA Media Louise Brewis cleans the Minton floor at St George's Hall, Liverpool, before it goes on display to the public.Peter Byrne/PA Media
Louise Brewis cleans the Minton floor at St George's Hall, Liverpool, England. The ornate mosaic of rare Victorian floor tiles will go on display for the first time in four years. The tiles - which date back to 1854 - are normally hidden under protective wooden flooring.
News imageDean Treml/Red Bull/Getty Images Eleanor Smart of the USA dives from the 21 metre platform during the final competition day of the fourth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on August 03, 2023 at Takachiho, Japan.Dean Treml/Red Bull/Getty Images
Eleanor Smart of the USA dives from the 21-metre platform at the fourth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, at Takachiho, Japan.
News imageAFP This picture shows a view of the overflooded Yongding River following heavy rains in Beijing on August 1, 2023.AFP
The Yongding River floods its banks following heavy rains in Beijing. The remnants of last week's Typhoon Doksuri flooded the Chinese capital for the fourth straight day on Tuesday, even as another typhoon approached the eastern coast.
News imageEARVIN PERIAS/AFP Residents transport a motorcycle on a boat to avoid floodwaters left by torrential rains of Typhoon Doksuri in Calumpit, Bulacan province on July 29, 2023.EARVIN PERIAS/AFP
Typhoon Doksuri has been causing widespread flooding across the region. Residents transport a motorcycle on a boat to avoid floodwaters left by the torrential rains in Calumpit, Philippines.
News imageJeff Swensen/Getty Images Former U.S. President Donald Trump enters Erie Insurance Arena for a political rally while campaigning for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election on July 29, 2023 in Erie, Pennsylvania.Jeff Swensen/Getty Images
Former US President Donald Trump attends a political rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, while campaigning for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election. Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty in a Washington DC court to conspiring to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
News imageVALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters Workers dismount a Soviet emblem from the shield of the 'Motherland' monument, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a compound of the World War II museum in Kyiv, Ukraine August 1, 2023.VALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters
Work has begun to remove a Soviet-era hammer and sickle emblem on Kyiv's Motherland monument. It will be replaced by a tryzub (a three-pronged emblem of Ukraine), with the work due to be completed before Ukraine's Independence Day on 24 August.
News imageBORJA SUAREZ/Reuters Women walk up a mountain with the full moon known as the "Sturgeon Moon" in the background, in Arguineguin, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, August 1, 2023.BORJA SUAREZ/Reuters
Women walk up a mountain, with the full moon known as the Sturgeon Moon in the background, in Arguineguin, on Gran Canaria, Spain.
News imageVictoria Jones/PA David Hunter lays flowers at the grave of his wife Janice Hunter at a cemetery near their their former home in Paphos, Cyprus. August 1, 2023.Victoria Jones/PA
David Hunter lays flowers at the grave of his wife Janice Hunter at a cemetery near their their former home in Paphos, Cyprus. The retired British miner was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife in an assisted suicide at their home, and jailed for two years. He was allowed to walk free within 15 minutes of being sentenced at Paphos District Court, due to time already served and good behaviour.
News imageHANNAH MCKAY/REUTERS Jamaica's Solai Washington and Rebecca Spencer celebrate after the match as Jamaica qualify for the knockout stages of the World CupHANNAH MCKAY/REUTERS
Jamaica's footballers celebrate progressing through to the last 16 of the Women's World Cup for the first time, after holding Brazil to a 0-0 draw in Melbourne. Brazil, who recalled Marta, their record goalscorer, failed to progress to the knockout stage for the first time in 28 years.
News imageJane Barlow/PA Media The Massed Pipes and Drums perform on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle at this year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. August 3, 2023.Jane Barlow/PA Media
The Massed Pipes and Drums perform on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle at this year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
News imageAlamy King Mohammed VI of Morocco (C) at the Royal Palace in Tetouan, Morocco, 31 July 2023 on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of his ascension to the throne (Throne Day).Alamy
King Mohammed VI of Morocco marks the 24th anniversary of his accession to the throne, at the Royal Palace in the city of Tetouan.
News imageKieran Cleeves/PA Media Racegoers during day three of the Qatar Goodwood Festival 2023 at Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester. August 3, 2023.Kieran Cleeves/PA Media
Racegoers attend day three of the Qatar Glorious Goodwood Festival at Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester, England.

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