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Week in pictures: 29 August - 4 September 2020

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

Neil Hall/EPA Protesters lie on the ground pretending to be dead with white sheets over them, with doctors looking onNeil Hall/EPA
Activists from Extinction Rebellion and Doctors for XR pose as bodies in Parliament Square, in London, to send a message that climate change causes mass death.
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Owen Humphreys / PA Media Two grils wearing masks embrace each otherOwen Humphreys / PA Media
Two pupils from Marden Bridge Middle School in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, greet each other on their first day of term as schools in England reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.
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Aziz Taher / Reuters Rescuers search the rubble of a collapsed buildingAziz Taher / Reuters
A rescue team searches through rubble in Beirut's port area in Lebanon, a month after at least 190 people were killed when 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were detonated, amid reports that a person might be alive under the debris.
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Yara Nardi / Reuters Actor Tilda Swinton hides behind a gold maskYara Nardi / Reuters
Actor Tilda Swinton hides behind a mask on the red carpet of the 77th Venice Film Festival.
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Stephane Mahe / Reuters A woman holds an umbrella and watches professional cyclists cycle pastStephane Mahe / Reuters
A spectator wearing a face covering watches competitors in stage three (Nice to Sisteron) of the Tour de France.
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Leah Millis / Reuters President Donald Trump climbs the stairs to board Air Force OneLeah Millis / Reuters
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Washington for Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on the election campaign trail.
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Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters Clowns wave at children who look out of a windowIbraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters
Clowns entertain Palestinian children during a lockdown following an outbreak of coronavirus in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Juan Barreto / AFP Workers disinfect a salt cavern covered in carvings and lit in red and greenJuan Barreto / AFP
Workers disinfect the Salt Cathedral, an underground church built into a salt mine, in Zipaquira, Colombia. The popular tourist attraction is awaiting permission from the health ministry to reopen.
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Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA Models stand and wait as they have full-face make-up applied by a make-up artistSergey Dolzhenko / EPA
Models have their make-up applied during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev.
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Issei Kato / Reuters Colourful goldfish are seen through lots of lensesIssei Kato / Reuters
Goldfish inside a water tank covered in lenses form part of an artwork entitled Reflecterium, by Hidetomo Kimura, at the Art Aquarium Museum in Tokyo, Japan.

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