The 20 photographs of the week

Demonstrations in Gaza, the holy month of Ramadan, lava flow from the Kilauea volcano and Rafael Nadal at the French Open – the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists

  • Amman, Jordan


    Palestinian children play in a street during the holy month of Ramadan in the Al-Baqaa refugee camp.
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    Palestinian refugee children play in a street during the holy month of Ramadan in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp near Amman.

  • Nizhny Novgorod, Russia


    A picture taken from the International Space Station of the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, which will host World Cup matches.
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    A picture taken from the International Space Station of the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, which will host World Cup matches.

  • Alania, Russia


    A goalpost is filled with hay during the traditional Cossack games outside the village of Arkhonskaya in the Republic of North Ossetia.
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    Hay fills a goalpost during the traditional Cossack games outside the village of Arkhonskaya in the Republic of North Ossetia.

  • Gaza


    Palestinian protesters run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli forces near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
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    Palestinian protesters run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli forces near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.

  • Hanover, Germany


    Children from the Chernobyl region in Ukraine look out of the windows of a plane after arriving at Hanover airport. The children, suffering from the consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, were invited by the Evangelical Lutheran church and will stay for four weeks with German host families.
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    Children from the region around Chernobyl in Ukraine look out of the window of a plane after arriving at Hanover airport.

  • Kiev, Ukraine


    Anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko addresses a press conference in Kiev during which he dismissed criticism of co-operating with Ukrainian security services in the staging of his death. Babchenko made a shock reappearance less than 24 hours after the Ukrainian authorities reported he had been shot dead at his home in a contract-style killing blamed on Russia.
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    Anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko addresses a press conference in Kiev during which he dismissed criticism of co-operating with Ukrainian security services in the staging of his death.

  • Paris, France


    French president Emmanuel Macron speaks with Mamoudou Gassama, from Mali, at the presidential Elysee Palace. Gassama was honoured by Macron for scaling an apartment building to save a 4-year-old child dangling from a fifth-floor balcony.
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    French president Emmanuel Macron speaks with Mamoudou Gassama, from Mali, at the presidential Elysee Palace.

  • Paris, France


    Spain’s Rafael Nadal plays a backhand return to Italy’s Simone Bolelli during their men’s singles first round match of the 2018 French Open tennis tournament.
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    Spain’s Rafael Nadal plays a backhand return to Italy’s Simone Bolelli during their men’s singles first round match of the 2018 French Open tennis tournament.

  • Pyongyang, North Korea


    A child aims a bow and arrow during a joint friendship gathering to mark the 68th anniversary of an international children’s day event at the Kaeson youth park.
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    A child aims a bow and arrow during a joint friendship gathering to mark the 68th anniversary of an ‘international children’s day’ event at the Kaeson youth park.

  • Juba, South Sudan


    Ten-year-old Angelina Anyanya, who has epilepsy, lies on a bed at the Mahad camp for internally displaced people. Around 7,000 people of diverse ethnic backgrounds live in the camp, over 200 of them live with a disability.
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    Ten-year-old Angelina Anyanya who has epilepsy lays on a bed at the Mahad camp for internally displaced people.

  • Washington, US


    Two girls listen during the annual Memorial Day observance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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    Two girls listen during the annual Memorial Day observance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

  • Maryland, US


    Rescue personnel examine the damage caused after a flash flood hit the historic town of Ellicott City.
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    Rescue personnel examine damage on Main Street after a flash flood hit the historic town of Ellicott City.

  • Hawaii, US


    Volcanic gases rise from the Kilauea lava flow that crossed Pohoiki Road near Highway 132 in Pahoa.
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    Volcanic gases rise from the Kilauea lava flow that crossed Pohoiki Road near Highway 132 in Pahoa.

  • Pompeii, Italy


    The skeleton of a victim of the eruption that destroyed Pompeii was discovered during the most recent excavations carried out at the archaeological site. The skeleton is believed to be the remains of a 35-year-old man with a limp who was hit by a volcanic cloud.
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    The skeleton of a victim of the eruption that destroyed Pompeii was discovered during the most recent excavations carried out on the archaeological site.

  • Naiguata, Venezuela


    A boy dressed as dancing devil during a traditional celebration in Naiguata. Hundreds of men, women and children dance frantically as if possessed by evil spirits in an ancient ritual known as the ‘dancing devils of Naiguata’, the unorthodox way of the coastal towns of Venezuela to venerate God during the celebrations of Corpus Christi.
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    A boy dressed as dancing devil during a traditional celebration in Naiguata.

  • Brockworth, England


    Competitors take part in the annual cheese rolling competition at Cooper’s Hill.
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    Competitors take part in the annual cheese rolling competition at Cooper’s Hill.

  • Managua, Nicaragua


    A man fires a homemade mortar after clashes during a march against Nicaragua’s president Daniel Ortega.
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    A man fires a homemade mortar after clashes erupted during a march against Nicaragua’s president Daniel Ortega.

  • Copenhagen, Denmark


    Women wear niqabs at Christiansborg Palace after the Danish parliament banned the wearing of face veils in public.
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    Women wear niqabs at Christiansborg Palace after the Danish parliament banned the wearing of face veils in public.

  • Brussels, Belgium


    A woman walks in the Place Jean Rey which is covered with 4,500 pairs of shoes to represent every life killed in the Israel conflict since 2008. The installation greeted European foreign ministers as they entered a one-day meeting to discuss the ongoing Gaza crisis.
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    A woman walks in the Place Jean Rey which is covered by 4,500 pairs of shoes to represent every life killed in the Israel conflict since 2008.

  • Tel Aviv, Israel


    A small flock of sheep graze in a field overlooking Tel Aviv as part of a project to bring back nature to the city.
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    A small flock of sheep graze in a field overlooking Tel Aviv as part of a project to bring back nature to the city.
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