Week in pictures: 13 - 19 August 2022
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A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
Aakash Odedra (left) and Hu Shenyuan (right), from the Aakash Odedra Company, dance selected extracts from their duet Samsara on Portobello Beach in Edinburgh ahead of their performance at the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland.
Two people watch as a wildfire advances in Orjais, central Portugal. The huge blaze was brought under control on 12 August after raging for a week in a Unesco-listed national park, only to flare up again last week. More than 1,200 firefighters have been battling to contain it.
A palm tree climbing race in Depok, Indonesia, marks the 77th anniversary of the country's independence from the Netherlands.
A farmer dries marigold flowers in Bijie, in China's southwestern Guizhou province.
Umbrellas were out in force on London's Millennium Bridge as torrential rain and thunderstorms hit parts of the UK after weeks of extreme hot weather saw a drought declared in parts of England.
Lava spews from a heart-shaped crater following an eruption from a new fissure of Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
The 44th Annual Provincetown Carnival Parade saw a week-long monsters, myths and legends-themed celebration of LBGTQ+ life in the town in Massachusetts, US.
A Kenyan Police officer fires teargas towards supporters of the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party in Kisuma after authorities announced William Ruto had beaten rival Raila Odinga to win the presidential elections.
A man looks at the debris after a rocket strike in the Zatoka settlement near the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa. At least four people were injured, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
An Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activist shouts pro-India slogans during celebrations to mark India's 75th Independence Day at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
Slovenia's Tina Šutej in action during the women's pole vault final at the European Championships in Munich, Germany. Šutej won bronze for the event, finishing with a height of 4.75 metres.
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