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Week in pictures: 7-13 July 2018

Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

CPL Helen Rimmer / RAF Royal Air Force 100 flypast to mark the RAF's centenaryCPL Helen Rimmer / RAF
Thousands of people outside Buckingham Palace and on The Mall in London watch a flypast of aircraft to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force.
Brendan Smialowski / AFP US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) looks on as US President Donald Trump casts a shadow as he addresses a press conference on the second day of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Brussels Brendan Smialowski / AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on as US President Donald Trump casts a shadow while addressing a news conference on the second day of the Nato summit in Brussels. Shortly before the summit, President Trump had said that other Nato members should increase their financial contributions.
Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters A view of fields of flowers in Castelluccio di Norcia near Perugia, ItalyAlessandro Bianchi / Reuters
Fields of flowers in Castelluccio di Norcia near Perugia, Italy, provide a blanket of colour across the landscape.
Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP Police and military personnel use umbrellas to cover around a stretcher near a helicopter and an ambulance at a military airport in Chiang RaiLillian Suwanrumpha / AFP
Police and military personnel use umbrellas to protect a stretcher as one of the children rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand is flown from the site. He was one of 12 young footballers who were trapped with their coach by rising water, for 17 days.
EPA Police and Ground Self-Defense Force's rescue workers carry a victim away after they were killed by a landslide caused by heavy rains in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, JapanEPA
Rescue efforts continue in western Japan after days of heavy rains and landslides. Dozens of people have been killed.
Henry Nicholls / Reuters England fans react as they watch the match in LondonHenry Nicholls / Reuters
England fans react in a London pub as they watch their team head out of the World Cup. Croatia beat them 2-1 in the semi-final.
Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters Swimmers in Lake ZurichArnd Wiegmann / Reuters
People take part in the annual swim across Lake Zurich in Switzerland.
Christian Merz / EPA Storks in their nest during sunset at lake GreifenseeChristian Merz / EPA
Elsewhere in Switzerland storks are photographed in their nests against the setting sun.
KarimSahib / AFP Horsemen at the Tan-Tan Moussem Berber festival, Tan-Tan, MoroccoKarimSahib / AFP
Horsemen ride in a choreographed cavalry charge during the opening ceremony of a Berber festival in Morocco.
David Maung / EPA Two women pose in a Frida Kahlo cut outDavid Maung / EPA
Two women pose in a Frida Kahlo cut-out prop at an exhibition in San Diego, California. Around 30 artists exhibited work inspired by the Mexican artist.

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