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Week in pictures: 17-23 July 2021

Yuichi Yamazaki / Getty Images People take photographs of fireworks during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium, on 23 July 2021, in Tokyo, JapanYuichi Yamazaki / Getty Images
People take photographs of fireworks during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The international competition was delayed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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

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AFP People look out at cars sitting in floodwater after heavy rain hit the city of Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province, on 21 July 2021AFP
Cars sit in floodwater in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. The region has seen massive floods due to record rainfall, leaving dozens dead and nearly 400,000 people evacuated from their homes.
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Sarah Meyssonnier / Reuters Director Julia Ducournau poses after winning the Palme d'Or award for the film Titane, in Cannes, France, on 17 July 2021Sarah Meyssonnier / Reuters
Director Julia Ducournau poses after her film Titane won the top award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Ducournau is only the second woman to receive the Palme d'Or and the first female to win it solo.
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Ricardo Arduengo / Reuters People with fresh produce sit at a market in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on 21 July 2021Ricardo Arduengo / Reuters
People sell fresh produce at a market in Cap-Haitien, Haiti.
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Prakash Singh / AFP In Delhi, members of India's Congress Party workers' wing are detained by security personnel during a demonstration against the government over alleged spyware surveillance, on 20 July 2021Prakash Singh / AFP
In Delhi, members of India's Congress Party workers' wing are detained by security personnel during a demonstration against the government over alleged spyware surveillance. According to media reports, activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to authoritarian governments by an Israeli surveillance firm.
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John Wessels / AFP Followers of the Senegalese Layene community perform a prayer during Tabaski celebrations in Dakar on 21 July 2021John Wessels / AFP
Senegalese Muslims from the Layene community perform a prayer during Tabaski, in Dakar. Celebrated around the world as Eid al-Adha, the annual event is Senegal's biggest festival of the year.
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Blue Origin / ZUMA Press Wire / Shutterstock Billionaire Jeff Bezos and three other passengers blast into space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard, near Van Horn, Texas, on 20 July 2021Blue Origin / ZUMA Press Wire / Shutterstock
Billionaire Jeff Bezos and three other passengers blast into space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard, near Van Horn, Texas. The capsule reached a maximum altitude of around 107km (351,210ft) before starting its descent, parachuting down to a soft landing in the west Texas desert.
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Jane Barlow / PA Media Cameron Smith explores Stalactite Cave, which forms part of a network of caves under the Arbroath Cliffs on the Angus coast of Scotland, on 20 July 2021Jane Barlow / PA Media
Cameron Smith explores Stalactite Cave, which forms part of a network of caves under the Arbroath cliffs on the Angus coast of Scotland.
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Paqui Sanchez / EPA Migrants rest after climbing over the border fence to Melilla, a Spanish enclave adjacent to Morocco, on 22 July 2021Paqui Sanchez / EPA
Migrants rest after climbing over the border fence to Melilla, a Spanish enclave adjacent to Morocco.
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Andrew Matthews / AFP Members of the 1st Battalion Grenadier guards participate in the Changing of the Guard at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, on 22 July 2021Andrew Matthews / AFP
The Changing of the Guard ceremony is performed at Windsor Castle, for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began.

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