Week in pictures: 16-22 July, 2016 - BBC News

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TOBY MELVILLE / REUTERS
A count of the Queen's swans has taken place on the River Thames in London. They are counted by the Royal Swan Marker and his team in a tradition going back 800 years.





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Heavy rain across usually dry regions in China forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The first half of the year has seen 576 people recorded as dead or missing after flooding. Here people watch the flooded Jinsha River at a sightseeing platform in Tiger Leaping Gorge, in Diqing.





OBIAS SCHWATZ / AFP
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May said during talks with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel that the UK would not begin official negotiations on leaving the EU this year. Mrs Merkel said the two sides wanted the "best result for Britain" but urged more clarity on timing.





JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
Poland's Rafal Majka tightened his grip on the red polka dot jersey for the best climber during the Tour de France cycle race.





URS FLUEELER / EPA
The Rhone Glacier above Gletsch near the Furkapass in Switzerland, the oldest in the Alps, is protected by special white blankets to prevent it from melting.





HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP
Haitians made their traditional annual religious pilgrimage to the Saut d'Eau waterfall which is believed by some to have purifying powers.





J SCOTT APPLEWHITE / AP
Shortly after his speech at the US Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Donald Trump greeted his vice-presidential pick, Mike Pence, with an awkward air-kiss. Mr Trump was officially chosen as the Republican Party's candidate for US president.





CHAIWAT SUBPRASOM / REUTERS
Buddhists carried candles during Asanha Bucha Day, the eve of the Buddhist Lent, at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.





DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
More than 50,000 public sector workers have been rounded up, sacked or suspended from their jobs by Turkey's government in the wake of a failed coup. According to official figures, Friday night's coup attempt left 232 people dead and 1,541 wounded. Here flags hang from the facade of the damaged Ankara police headquarters.





CARLOS JASSO / REUTERS
Dolls line the balcony of the home of artist and collector Etanis Gonzalez in Caracas, Venezuela.