A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi, who won gold in the men’s high jump at the World Athletics Championship, in Budapest, celebrates with Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali, and Kenya’s Abraham Kibiwot, who won gold and bronze in the men’s 3000m steeplechase respectively.
Image source, Carl Recine / Reuters
Spain’s Oihane Hernandez and Claudia Zornoza celebrate after beating England in the World Cup final.
Image source, James Manning / PA Media
Humboldt penguins during the annual weigh-in at London Zoo.
Image source, Zinyange Auntony / AFP
Voters check the names of candidates at a polling station, during Zimbabwe’s presidential and legislative elections, in Bulawayo.
Image source, Tomas Cuesta / AFP
Police officers guard a Diarco supermarket after an attempted looting, in Bariloche, Argentina.
Image source, Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP
People watch a wildfire raging in a forest in Sikorahi, near Alexandroupolis, northern Greece. For five days, fires have burned near the city and west along the coast.
Image source, Bryan Woolston / Reuters
The first tropical storm to hit southern California since 1939 left about 30,000 people in the state without power and saw flooding in some areas.
Image source, R Satish Babu / AFP
Students with painted faces surround a model of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft ahead of a successful Moon landing. India has made history as its Moon mission became the first to land in the lunar south-pole region.
Image source, Hammad Al-Huthali / AFP
Lightning is seen over Mecca’s clock tower, in Saudi Arabia, as storms caused some schools to close for a day.
Image source, Ernesto Benavides / AFP
Chancay, in Peru, is on its way to becoming a strategic mega-port for trade with Asia. Chinese company Cosco Shipping Ports started work in 2011 and the first stage is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
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