A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
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The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps march on the South Lawn of the White House before US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden host Nato members and their partners for an official dinner. World leaders were in Washington DC for the military alliance’s 75th anniversary summit.
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The UK’s new prime minister met US President Joe Biden for the first time at the Nato summit. Later they held private talks in the Oval Office. Mr Biden called the US and UK the “best of allies”, saying the UK was “the transatlantic knot” that tied Nato together with its European members.
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England’s Ollie Watkins scores a last-minute goal to seal victory over the Netherlands in their semi-final football match in Dortmund, Germany. England will face Spain in the Euro 2024 final in Berlin on Sunday.
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Workers grow water spinach on ecological floating beds in Chun’an County, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province of China.
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A mural of Italian writer Michela Murgia is painted on a building in Rome by street artist Laika. It includes the phrase “Remember me as you please”, which is the title of her posthumous book. The writer and activist died last August, a few months after publicly revealing she had stage four kidney cancer. The mural was commissioned by gay rights activist group Arcigay.
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Dumisani Cele warms himself with a brazier in the south of Johannesburg as a series of cold fronts hit parts of South Africa.
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A picture taken from Nuseirat shows smoke billowing in Gaza City during an Israeli bombardment. The Israeli military told Gaza City residents to evacuate south to the central Gaza Strip as its operations intensified. The UN said it was deeply concerned about the evacuation orders.
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A polar bear rests on ice cubes brought into its enclosure during a heatwave at Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic.
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A woman walks on a wooden bridge next to Kajla canal, which is filled with household rubbish and plastic in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Several canals were cleaned at the end of July last year, however many canals in the city remain clogged with rubbish.
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French President Emmanuel Macron exits a polling booth in Le Touquet, northern France, where he voted in the second round of the country’s parliamentary elections. No party won an overall majority.
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