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Week in pictures: 24-30 July 2021

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

image sourceJOSH EDELSON / AFP
image captionA home burns as flames from the Dixie fire tear through the Indian Falls neighbourhood of Plumas County, California, one of many fires which have been raging across western US states, spurred by recent heatwaves and high winds.
image sourceUESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters
image captionImam Khataev of the Russian Olympic Committee stands over Bekzad Nurdauletov of Kazakhstan during their light heavyweight boxing match in Tokyo, Japan. Khataev won with a 4-1 decision by the judges.
image sourceMUHAMMAD IKSAN GINTING / AFP
image captionIndonesia's Mount Sinabung erupts, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash into the air. Located in North Sumatra, the volcano has been erupting since 2010 after being inactive for centuries.
image sourceChristopher Furlong / Reuters
image captionBritain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggles with an umbrella at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. The Prince of Wales also attended the unveiling of the UK Police Memorial which honours police officers and staff have who died on duty.
image sourceGareth Fuller / PA
image captionA view in Dover, England, of boats used by migrants who have crossed the English Channel to get to the UK. At least 430 migrants crossed in a single day last week - a new record.
image sourceJEENAH MOON / Reuters
image captionTheresa Snipe is painted during an annual bodypainting day at Union Square in New York, USA.
image sourceCHALINEE THIRASUPA / Reuters
image captionPeople pray as screens show devotees gathering via video link during a ceremony to commemorate the Buddhist Lent Day at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, Thailand.
image sourceJane Barlow / PA Media
image captionLavender farmer Rory Irwin inspects the rows of folgate lavender ahead of this year's harvest at Tarhill Farm in Kinross, Scotland.
image sourceAFP
image captionA mother hugs her daughter who was released with 27 other students of the Bethel Baptist High School in north-western Nigeria. A spate of kidnappings has taken place in the region in recent months, with more than 1,000 people being abducted since December 2020.
image sourceRICARDO ARDUENGO / Reuters
image captionVolunteers distribute food from a truck to refugees at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence at the Saint Yves Church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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