A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
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Brad Pitt and George Clooney on the red carpet ahead of the showing of their latest film, Wolfs, at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
Karen Toro / Reuters
A woman carries dogs away from smoke caused by wildfires in Tumbaco, Ecuador.
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At least four ships moored inside Manila Bay in the Philippines were run aground, after being hit by strong waves brought by Tropical Storm Yagi.
Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
A man holds his baby for Pope Francis to bless in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, at the start of the Pope’s longest trip of his tenure – to the Asia Pacific region.
Ben Birchall / PA Media
Members of the Scythe Association of Britain and Ireland use scythes to cut through meadowland at Highgrove, in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, where King Charles III’s wildflower meadow is being cut back as part of the estate management.
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Charles Leclerc is greeted by his Ferrari teammates after pulling off an extraordinary home win for Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix, ahead of the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
At the Paralympics Alessandro Ossola of Italy, Leon Schaefer of Germany, Desmond Jackson of the US, Daniel Wagner of Denmark and Vinicius Goncalves Rodrigues of Brazil, race to the line in the Men’s 100m – T63 – at the Stade de France in Paris.
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Acrobats perform at a theatre in Shenyang, capital of China’s Liaoning province.
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BAE Hawk trainer aircraft of the Royal Saudi Air Force’s Saudi Falcons aerobatic team release smoke as they perform manoeuvres during the first Egypt International Airshow at El Alamein International Airport.
Anna SZilagyi / EPA-EFE
German athlete Jonas Deichmann drinks as he swims on the last day of his challenge to complete 120 ironman-distance triathlons in 120 consecutive days.
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