Week in pictures: 15 - 21 July 2023 - BBC News

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Australian fans celebrate their team's win as they watch the opening Fifa Women's World Cup at Federation Square in Melbourne. The tournament is held in Australia and New Zealand, with the final in Sydney on 20 August.

A tree burns during a wildfire in Mandra, Greece, July 18, 2023.
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A tree burns following a wildfire in Mandra, Greece. Large swathes of southern Europe continued to swelter in record heat as wildfires raged across the continent. Temperatures hit a high of 46.3C (115.3F) in Sicily on Tuesday and crews battled fires in Greece and the Swiss Alps.

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A woman cools off at Fontana della Barcaccia at the Spanish Steps in Rome. Most of Italy's major cities were put on red alert, meaning the extreme heat carries a health risk to everybody, not just vulnerable groups.

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Tourists dressed as astronauts visit the Wulanhada Volcano Geopark in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.

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David Barber, the King's swan marker, holds a captured swan to be measured and checked during the annual Swan Upping in Staines, Surrey. Swan Upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the River Thames and dates back to the 12th Century.

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Young dancers compete during the Inveraray Highland Games in Scotland. The games are held annually in the grounds of Inveraray Castle and celebrate Scottish culture and heritage with field and track events, piping and highland dancing competitions.

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Muslim devotees gather during the flag-changing ceremony at the shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas in Iraq's central shrine city of Karbala on the first night of the Muslim month of Muharram and the first day of the Islamic New Year.

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People cross a street that was damaged by an underground gas explosion in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa.

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The Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker barge docks in Dorset, England. It is the first vessel secured under Home Secretary Suella Braverman's plans to reduce the cost of asylum accommodation. News of the barge's arrival came hours after the government's Illegal Migration Bill cleared hurdles in the House of Lords.

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Members of the Indian Youth Congress shout slogans during a protest in New Delhi over sexual violence against women and for peace amid ethnic violence in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, India.