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Week in pictures: 10 - 16 August 2019

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

Matthew Horwood / Getty Images Waves crash against the harbour wall on 10 August 2019 in Porthcawl, Wales.Matthew Horwood / Getty Images
A couple watch the waves crashing over the rocks near the harbour in Porthcawl, Wales.
SERGIO LIMA / Getty images Brazilian indigenous women march towards the Ministry of Health office during a protest against budget cuts, in Brasilia on 12 August 2019.SERGIO LIMA / Getty images
Brazilian indigenous women occupied a health ministry office in Brasilia during a protest against budget cuts.
AFP A woman tries to clear floodwaters from her home in Hunsur town in the southern state of Karnataka on 10 August 10 2019AFP
A woman tries to clear floodwaters from her home in Hunsur town in the southern state of Karnataka in India. Monsoon flooding has led to more than 140 deaths and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.
KARIM SAHIB / AFP Muslim women attend the Eid al-Adha morning prayer at Dubai's main mosque on 11 August 2019KARIM SAHIB / AFP
Muslim women attend the Eid al-Adha morning prayer at Dubai's main mosque.
Jane Barlow / PA media Actors Joy Maria Onotu (left) and Sarah Miele, stars of the Edinburgh Fringe show 'Valentina's Galaxy' take their first steps on what looks like a new planet but is in fact the Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park above the city of Edinburgh, 15 August 2019.Jane Barlow / PA media
Actors Joy Maria Onotu and Sarah Miele, stars of the Edinburgh Fringe show Valentina's Galaxy, take their first steps on what looks like a new planet but is in fact the Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park above the city in Scotland.
Susana Vera / Reuters Colombia v Dominican Republic volleyball match at the Callao Sports Centre, Lima, PeruSusana Vera / Reuters
The Dominican Republic's women won volleyball gold at the XVIII Pan American Games in Lima following a victory over Colombia.
Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters Fireworks explode in front of the full moon during celebrations marking the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mosta, Malta, 14 August 2019.Darrin Zammit Lupi / Reuters
Fireworks explode in front of a full moon during celebrations marking the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mosta, Malta.
ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP A farmer tries to save his goat during a forest fire in the village of Makrimalli on the island of Evia, northeast of Athens, on 14 August 2019.ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP
A farmer tries to save his goat during a forest fire in the village of Makrimalli on the Greek island of Evia, north-east of Athens. Hundreds of villagers were evacuated as firefighters battled the flames.
Keith Mayhew / Shutterstock View of the new footbridge re-connecting both halves of Tintagel Castle for the first time in 500 years, has at long last been opened.Keith Mayhew / Shutterstock
A new £4m footbridge has been opened linking both halves of Tintagel Castle - the place where, according to legend, King Arthur was conceived - on the north coast of Cornwall in England.
LOU BENOIST / AFP Two rare white lion cubs laying in their basket at the association Caresse de Tigre at La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, north western FranceLOU BENOIST / AFP
Two rare white lion cubs lying in their basket at Caresse de Tigre at La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, north-western France. Nala and Simba's parents were rescued from the circus by the conservation charity. White lions are native to South Africa, but only a handful remain in the wild.

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