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In pictures: The week around the world

The past week saw lots of events around the world; pro-Palestinian protests, Israel allowing humanitarian aid in Gaza and NYPD police killing were among many events. Following are selection of some photos from around the world this week.

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Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid await permission on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip, to drive toward the besieged Palestinians territory on 3 August 2025.
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Pope Leo XIV waves to faithfuls as he leaves after leading a mass in the Tor Vergata district of Rome, as part of Jubilee of Youth, on 3 August 2025.
AFP
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Visitors walk past a scaffolding in front of the Red Fort, constructed in preparation for India’s 78th Independence Day celebrations on August 15, in the walled city area of the capital, New Delhi, on 3 August 2025.
AFP
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Demonstrators march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a pro-Palestinian rally against Israel's actions and the ongoing food shortages in the Gaza Strip, in Sydney on 3 August 2025.
AFP
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Manggarai men perform during a Caci, a ritual whipping fight, in Surabaya on 3 August 2025. Caci, is a war dance and a folk game, originating from the people of Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara.
AFP
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A general view of wind turbines is seen at Nikkawahama Beach in Kamisu city, Ibaraki prefecture on 2 August 2025.
AFP
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Spectators watch the screening of the movie "New York New York" at the La Villette Open-Air Cinema summer event, in Paris, on 2 August 2025.
AFP
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Artist Brandan "BMike" Odums paints along the rebuilt Lower Ninth Ward levee wall, as part of an Eternal Seeds project, on August 02, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
AFP
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Palestinians return with bags from a food distribution point run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) group, near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on 3 August 2025.
AFP
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A youth sleeps as youth and pilgrims gather in Rome's eastern Tor Vergata neighbourhood for a prayer vigil led by the Pope before Sunday'S Mass as part of the Jubilee of Youth, on 2 August 2025.
AFP
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This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press-service late on 1 August 2025 shows the President Volodymyr Zelensky laying flowers in front of a residential building in Kyiv partially destroyed following a Russian missile strike morning on 31 July 2025, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.
AFP
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A man stands at the flooded Namo Ghat along the river Ganges, following monsoon rains in Varanasi on 1 August 2025.
AFP
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A man practices skateboarding near a fountain along the waterfront in Thessaloniki at sunset on 1 August 2025.
AFP
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour carrying the Crew-11 mission lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 1 August 2025.
AFP
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Congress activists burn an effigy of US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they protest against the Indo-US trade deal, after the former imposed 25 percent tariffs on Indian goods, during a demonstration in Kolkata on 1 August 2025.
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Steel coils are seen at a port in Pyeongtaek on 31 July 2025. US President Donald Trump said on30 July, that the United States will impose a 15 per cent tariff on imports from South Korea, as he touted a "full and complete trade deal" between both countries.
AFP
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Three wind turbine test blades made by Dongfeng Electric Corporation are seen on a ship at Yantai port, in China’s eastern Shandong province on 31 July 2025.
AFP
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Police officers line the street as a hearse carrying the casket of slain NYPD officer Didarul Islam is transported during Islam's funeral services in the Bronx borough of New York City on 31 July 2025.
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Demonstrators lift placards and chant slogans during an anti-government protest in Tel Aviv on 31 July 2025, calling for a stop to the war in Gaza, and for the release of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since October 2023.
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Marina Eva (2R), mountaineering partner of German Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, speaks during a press conference along with the rescue team members in Skardu in Pakistan's mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region on 31 July 2025. Germany's two-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead at age 31 on 30 July after being hit by falling rocks on a Pakistani mountain.
AFP
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Canada's swimmer Summer Mcintosh reacts after a semi-final of the women's 200m butterfly swimming event during the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on 30 July 2025.
AFP
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Aerial view of the Puente Nayero neighborhood during a tsunami warning in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia, on 30 July 2025.
AFP
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Two women and a girl march with other Shiite Muslim devotee in the Midaina district in the north of Iraq's Basra province at sunset on 30 July 2025 as they make their way to the shrine city of Karbala joining the Arbaeen pilgrimage, marking 40 days after commemorations of the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein.
AFP
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The waxing crescent moon rises over southern Iraq's Basra on 30 July 2025.
AFP
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A model presents a creation by designer Rimzim Dadu during India Couture Week in New Delhi on 29 July 2025.
AFP
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This photograph shows an ant on a flower at the Parc Floral in eastern Paris on 29 July 2025.
AFP
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US President Donald Trump reacts after playing from the first tee to officially open the Trump International Golf Links course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland on 29 July 2025.
AFP
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Young ballet students (4-6 years) at Mballet Dance Academy dance outside the studio before starting their lesson in Tembisa on 26 July 2025.
AFP
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A worker holds an handwoven carpet laid out in an open field to soften its colours under sizzling sun in Dosemealti district in Antalya on 22 July 2025.
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