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Week in pictures: 27 June-3 July 2020

3 July 2020

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

A woman is hit with pepper spray deployed by police as they cleared a street of protesters rallying against a new national security law in Hong Kong

DALE DE LA REY/AFP A woman reacts after she was hit with pepper spray — A woman is hit with pepper spray deployed by police as they cleared a street of protesters rallying against a new national security law in Hong Kong

A vandalised statue of King Leopold II of Belgium is removed in Ghent, on the 60th anniversary of DR Congo's independence

JOHN THYS/AFP A man removes a vandalised statue of King Leopold II of Belgium — A vandalised statue of King Leopold II of Belgium is removed in Ghent, on the 60th anniversary of DR Congo's independence

A child carries a kite shaped like a ghost in Depok, on the outskirts of Jakarta

AJENG DINAR ULFIANA/Reuters A child carries a kite depicting a ghost — A child carries a kite shaped like a ghost in Depok, on the outskirts of Jakarta

Turkey's world record-holding free-diver Sahika Encumen dives in the Bosphorus Strait to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the seas

Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Free-diver underwater surrounded by litter — Turkey's world record-holding free-diver Sahika Encumen dives in the Bosphorus Strait to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the seas

Farmers try to scare away a swarm of locusts from a field on the outskirts of Sukkur, Pakistan. The country has declared an emergency, saying locust numbers are the worst in more than two decades

SHAHID ALI/AFP Farmers try to scare away a swarm of locusts from a field — Farmers try to scare away a swarm of locusts from a field on the outskirts of Sukkur, Pakistan. The country has declared an emergency, saying locust numbers are the worst in more than two decades

People dine at a 500m-long table on the Charles Bridge, after coronavirus restrictions were eased in Prague

Gabriel Kuchta/Getty Images People dine at a 500m-long table on Charles Bridge — People dine at a 500m-long table on the Charles Bridge, after coronavirus restrictions were eased in Prague

Students in Pathum Thani province sit inside old ballot boxes repurposed into partitions, after schools reopened in Thailand

ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/Reuters Students wearing face masks in a classroom sit inside old ballot boxes repurposed into partitions — Students in Pathum Thani province sit inside old ballot boxes repurposed into partitions, after schools reopened in Thailand

The Empire State Building is lit in rainbow colours to celebrate Pride weekend in New York City

Gary Hershorn/Getty Images The Empire State Building lit in rainbow colours — The Empire State Building is lit in rainbow colours to celebrate Pride weekend in New York City

Dharma the Sumatran tiger yawns, following the reopening of Edinburgh Zoo

Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Tiger yawning — Dharma the Sumatran tiger yawns, following the reopening of Edinburgh Zoo

Prince Charles looks at a Gloucestershire Old Spot pig with her piglets during a visit to Cotswold Farm Park in Guiting Power near Cheltenham, western England

Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS Prince Charles looks at a pig with her piglets — Prince Charles looks at a Gloucestershire Old Spot pig with her piglets during a visit to Cotswold Farm Park in Guiting Power near Cheltenham, western England

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