Week in pictures: 10-16 June 2017
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Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
At least 30 people have died and 12 people remain in critical care after a huge fire engulfed a west London tower block in the early hours of Wednesday. Forty fire engines and more than 200 firefighters went to tackle the blaze. The cladding - installed on the tower in a recent renovation - has come under scrutiny, with experts saying a more fire resistant type could have been used.
The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, is seen covered in paint, for the second time in weeks, in what local authorities say is an act of vandalism.
Participants rush into the water in the Mediterranean Sea as they take part in a triathlon in Ashkelon, Israel.
Australia is bringing in its first national gun amnesty since 1996 because of the growing terrorism threat and an influx of illegal arms in the country. Mick Roelandts, firearms reform project manager for New South Wales Police, looks at a pile of prohibited firearms that have been handed in under the Australian government's buy-back scheme in Sydney, Australia.
Children read books by candlelight because of electricity shortages in Gaza City.
Anti-government demonstrators participate in an attack on the administration headquarters of the Supreme Court of Justice as part of protests against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. Polls suggest that 80% of Venezuelans are unhappy with the way Mr Maduro runs the country but the military has so far expressed its loyalty to the president.
Rafael Nadal won a record 10th French Open tennis men's singles title by beating Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka in the final. Nadal, who has won four more titles than Bjorn Borg in the open area, swept through the final in two hours and five minutes.
Leo Varadkar has become the Republic of Ireland's new taoiseach (prime minister). A parliamentary vote on Wednesday confirmed the 38-year-old as the country's youngest and first gay leader by 57 votes to 50, with 45 abstentions.
At the end of the day on Wednesday, Libyans fished off the coast of Benghazi.
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