A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
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A man struggles as Kenya police officers arrest him, as people take to the streets of Nairobi in protest against a controversial finance bill introduced by President William Ruto, which has now been withdrawn.
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Early revellers at the Carhenge art installation at the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, England. 200,000 people will enjoy a weekend of music, comedy, poetry and theatre. Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA are among the headliners.
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A huge sinkhole opened up on a football field in Alton’s Gordon Moore Park, southern Illinois, USA, swallowing a light pole, benches and artificial turf. The hole was caused by subsidence from nearby underground limestone mining, and measures at least 100ft wide (30.5m) and up to 50ft deep (15m).
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Military police line up in front of supporters of Bolivian President Luis Arce during a protest against military personnel trying to enter the government headquarters in La Paz, in an apparent coup attempt. Just before his arrest on Wednesday, General Juan José Zúñiga said he had been ordered to stage the uprising by the president.
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A model presents a creation in Paris by designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren as part of their Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 collection show.
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People take part in the Yoga ao Sol Nascer (Yoga at Sunrise), event at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Visitors watch the sunrise at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. On the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun rises in perfect alignment with the Heel Stone and Altar Stone of Stonehenge’s 5,000-year-old circle.
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A man sunbathes in front of a row of beach huts in Walton-On-The-Naze, Essex, England. Warmer temperatures, with highs reaching the low 30sC, reached parts of the UK.
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Officials stand in front of a burning pile of seized illegal drugs during a destruction ceremony to mark the UN’s International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, in Yangon, Myanmar.
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China’s lunar probe returned to Earth with the first samples from the Moon’s unexplored far side. The Chang’e-6 landed in the Inner Mongolia desert, after a mission lasting nearly two months.
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