Week in pictures: 29 July - 4 August 2023 - BBC News

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Louise Brewis cleans the Minton floor at St George's Hall, Liverpool, England. The ornate mosaic of rare Victorian floor tiles will go on display for the first time in four years. The tiles - which date back to 1854 - are normally hidden under protective wooden flooring.

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Eleanor Smart of the USA dives from the 21-metre platform at the fourth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, at Takachiho, Japan.

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The Yongding River floods its banks following heavy rains in Beijing. The remnants of last week's Typhoon Doksuri flooded the Chinese capital for the fourth straight day on Tuesday, even as another typhoon approached the eastern coast.

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Typhoon Doksuri has been causing widespread flooding across the region. Residents transport a motorcycle on a boat to avoid floodwaters left by the torrential rains in Calumpit, Philippines.

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Former US President Donald Trump attends a political rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, while campaigning for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election. Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty in a Washington DC court to conspiring to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

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Work has begun to remove a Soviet-era hammer and sickle emblem on Kyiv's Motherland monument. It will be replaced by a tryzub (a three-pronged emblem of Ukraine), with the work due to be completed before Ukraine's Independence Day on 24 August.

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Women walk up a mountain, with the full moon known as the Sturgeon Moon in the background, in Arguineguin, on Gran Canaria, Spain.

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David Hunter lays flowers at the grave of his wife Janice Hunter at a cemetery near their their former home in Paphos, Cyprus. The retired British miner was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife in an assisted suicide at their home, and jailed for two years. He was allowed to walk free within 15 minutes of being sentenced at Paphos District Court, due to time already served and good behaviour.

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Jamaica's footballers celebrate progressing through to the last 16 of the Women's World Cup for the first time, after holding Brazil to a 0-0 draw in Melbourne. Brazil, who recalled Marta, their record goalscorer, failed to progress to the knockout stage for the first time in 28 years.

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The Massed Pipes and Drums perform on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle at this year's Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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King Mohammed VI of Morocco marks the 24th anniversary of his accession to the throne, at the Royal Palace in the city of Tetouan.

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Racegoers attend day three of the Qatar Glorious Goodwood Festival at Goodwood Racecourse, Chichester, England.