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Week in pictures: 3 - 9 July 2021

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

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 2021image copyrightAndrew Milligan / PA Media
image captionMark 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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A man looks at bullet holes in a car outside of the presidential residence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 7 July 2021image copyrightValerie Baeriswyl / AFP
image captionA 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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Police search for missing people at the scene of a deadly landslide, in Atami, Japan, on 4 July 2021image copyrightCharly Triballeau / AFP
image captionPolice 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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England fans cheer at BOXPARK Croydon as they watch a live broadcast of the semi-final match between England and Denmark on 7 July 2021image copyrightDan Kitwood / Getty Images
image captionIn 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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Journalists on a nearby boat film the Ever Given container ship on the Suez Canal, Egypt, on 7 July 2021image copyrightMahmoud Khaled / AFP
image captionA 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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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 2021image copyrightJoe Skipper / Reuters
image captionZaila 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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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 2021image copyrightAndrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP
image captionUS 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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A controlled explosion brings down the remains of the Champlain Towers South apartment block in Surfside, Florida on 4 July 2021image copyrightGiorgio Viera / AFP
image captionExplosive 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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A coot chick stands in a nest made of plastic litter on the River Thames, near Canary Wharf in London, on 4 July 2021image copyrightVictoria Jones / PA Media
image captionA coot chick stands in a nest made of plastic litter on the River Thames, near Canary Wharf in London.
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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, Franceimage copyrightPeter White / Getty Images
image captionCynthia Arrebola walks the runway during Paris Fashion Week.

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