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Week in pictures: 3 - 9 July 2021

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

Andrew Milligan / PA Media Mark Antony Haden Ford works on an artwork at Eye Cave beach in Dunbar, Scotland, ahead of the European Stone Stacking Championships, on 8 July 2021Andrew Milligan / PA Media
Mark Antony Haden Ford works on an artwork at Eye Cave beach in Dunbar, Scotland, ahead of the European Stone Stacking Championships.
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Valerie Baeriswyl / AFP A man looks at bullet holes in a car outside of the presidential residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 7 July 2021Valerie Baeriswyl / AFP
A man looks at bullet holes in a car outside the presidential residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. President Jovenel Moïse was killed and his wife injured after gunmen stormed their home.
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Charly Triballeau / AFP Police search for missing people at the scene of a deadly landslide, in Atami, Japan, on 4 July 2021Charly Triballeau / AFP
Police search for missing people at the scene of a deadly landslide in Atami, Japan. Hundreds of rescuers have searched the area for survivors after a torrent of black mud crashed through the city, following days of heavy rain.
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Dan Kitwood / Getty Images England fans cheer at BOXPARK Croydon as they watch a live broadcast of the semi-final match between England and Denmark on 7 July 2021Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
In Croydon, fans cheer on the England men's football team during their Euro 2020 match against Denmark. England won 2-1 after extra time, securing a place in the final.
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Mahmoud Khaled / AFP Journalists on a nearby boat film the Ever Given container ship on the Suez Canal, Egypt, on 7 July 2021Mahmoud Khaled / AFP
A huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March - disrupting global trade - leaves the waterway after Egypt signed a compensation deal with its owners and insurers. The 220,000-tonne Ever Given had been impounded for three months near the city of Ismailia.
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Joe Skipper / Reuters Zaila Avant-garde, 14, wins the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee Finals at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on 8 July 2021Joe Skipper / Reuters
Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old basketball prodigy, celebrates becoming the first African-American to win the US Scripps National Spelling Bee. Zaila saw off a field of 11 finalists, and won the first-prize of $50,000 (£36,000) in Orlando, Florida.
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Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP US President Joe Biden poses with the Washington Nationals president mascots during Independence Day celebrations on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on 4 July 2021Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP
US President Joe Biden poses with the Washington Nationals president mascots during Independence Day celebrations at the White House, in Washington DC.
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Giorgio Viera / AFP A controlled explosion brings down the remains of the Champlain Towers South apartment block in Surfside, Florida on 4 July 2021Giorgio Viera / AFP
Explosive charges are used to bring down the remains of an evacuated apartment block in Surfside, Florida. No survivors have been found since a section of the Champlain Towers South building suddenly collapsed on 24 June.
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Victoria Jones / PA Media A coot chick stands in a nest made of plastic litter on the River Thames, near Canary Wharf in London, on 4 July 2021Victoria Jones / PA Media
A coot chick stands in a nest made of plastic litter on the River Thames, near Canary Wharf in London.
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Peter White / Getty Images Cynthia Arrebola walks the runway during the Giorgio Armani Prive Couture Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2021/2022 show as part of Paris Fashion Week, on 6 July 2021, in Paris, FrancePeter White / Getty Images
Cynthia Arrebola walks the runway during Paris Fashion Week.

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