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Week in pictures: 19 - 25 June 2021

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

Francis Mascarenhas / Reuters Women offering prayers in MumbaiFrancis Mascarenhas / Reuters
Women offer prayers, and tie threads around a banyan tree during the festival of Vat Purnima in Mumbai, India
Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool via Reuters Boris Johnson poses in an armoured vehicleDaniel Leal-Olivas/Pool via Reuters
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an armoured vehicle of the new Ranger Regiment during a visit to mark Armed Forces Week, at the Aldershot Garrison.
Albert Gea / Reuters Human towerAlbert Gea / Reuters
The first festival of human towers since the start of the coronavirus pandemic took place in the medieval city of Valls in Spain. Numbers in the towers were limited to 50. Before the pandemic, the towers could see ten times that number.
Peter Nicholls / Reuters Members of the Royal Collection Trust staff pose for a photograph with a portrait of the Duke of EdinburghPeter Nicholls / Reuters
Members of the Royal Collection Trust staff pose with a portrait of the Duke of Edinburgh by Ralph Heimans, which forms part of the Prince Philip: A Celebration display in Windsor Castle.
Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters A fallow deer is releasedClodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters
Laura Griffin, a PHD student in Wildlife, Ecology and Behaviour at University College Dublin, lets a days-old fallow deer fawn out of its weighing bag during an annual stock take of Phoenix Park's new-born fallow deer fawns in Dublin, Ireland.
Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters Arms raised around the SunOgnen Teofilovski / Reuters
Celebrating the summer solstice at the Kokino megalithic observatory, near the city of Kumanovo, North Macedonia.
Francis R Malasig / EPA Homeless families rest inside a gymnasiumFrancis R Malasig / EPA
Homeless families rest inside a gymnasium turned into a shelter in Manila. The capital of the Philippines, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is celebrating its 450th founding anniversary this year.
Steve Parsons / PA Media Fred Cobbett and his wife MonicaSteve Parsons / PA Media
Fred Cobbett, 96, and his wife, Monica, 92, celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary with a renewal of their vows at Fred's care home in West Byfleet, Surrey, England. Due to Monica living separately from Fred's care home, they have been apart because of the pandemic in recent months, but they are now able to see each other again a couple of times a week.
Laurent Gillieron / EPA A car buried in rubbleLaurent Gillieron / EPA
Severe weather conditions led to the River Ruhault flooding in Switzerland, causing significant damage in Cressier.
Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The moon rises over the Temple of PoseidonAyhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A super moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon near Athens in Greece.
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