Week in pictures: 31 July - 6 August 2021
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A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
On the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, survivor Teruko Morita (right), 95, and her daughter Noriko, stand in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome. It is thought that about 140,000 of Hiroshima's population were killed in the blast, with thousands more dying from radiation sickness in the years that followed.
Giant panda Huan Huan holds one of her twin cubs in her mouth at ZooParc de Beauval in central France. The cubs were born in the early hours of Monday, weighing just 149g (0.3lb) and 129g. "They are very lively, pink and plump," the zoo said.
Rubber ducks are dropped into the Chicago River at the start of the Chicago Ducky Derby. 70,000 ducks take part, to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois, a not-for-profit organisation offering athletic support for people with disabilities.
Firefighters battle the Dixie Fire in Greenville, which is the largest wildfire currently burning in California, and the eighth largest in state history. Dozens of buildings have been burned, with the fire now covering about 322,000 acres.
Maronite clergymen pray near damaged grain silos in Beirut, on the first anniversary of the explosion that ravaged the port and the city. On 4 August 2020, the Lebanese capital was rocked by an enormous blast as hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded, killing more than 200 people, and wounding thousands.
Julio Cesar La Cruz of Cuba poses for photos after winning the Men's Heavyweight Boxing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Mr Lordi, aka Tomi Petteri Putaansuu, of the Finnish hard rock band Lordi, gets the second jab of his Covid-19 vaccination from a nurse in Rovaniemi, Finland.
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel are seen on inflatable boats as they carry out rescue operations in the flood-hit town of Amta in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India.
A horse cart drops off soil to build new graves at a cemetery in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Cases of Covid-19 in the country soared in July in a third wave of infections. Health officials warn that hospitals in the city are "close to saturation".
A farmer displays a handful of button roses, picked in a field on the outskirts of Bangalore, India.
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