Week in pictures: 19-25 August 2023 - BBC News

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Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi, who won gold in the men's high jump at the World Athletics Championship, in Budapest, celebrates with Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali, and Kenya's Abraham Kibiwot, who won gold and bronze in the men's 3000m steeplechase respectively.

CARL RECINE / REUTERS

Spain's Oihane Hernandez and Claudia Zornoza celebrate after beating England in the World Cup final.

JAMES MANNING / PA MEDIA

Humboldt penguins during the annual weigh-in at London Zoo.

ZINYANGE AUNTONY / AFP

Voters check the names of candidates at a polling station, during Zimbabwe's presidential and legislative elections, in Bulawayo.

TOMAS CUESTA / AFP

Police officers guard a Diarco supermarket after an attempted looting, in Bariloche, Argentina.

SAKIS MITROLIDIS / AFP

People watch a wildfire raging in a forest in Sikorahi, near Alexandroupolis, northern Greece. For five days, fires have burned near the city and west along the coast.

BRYAN WOOLSTON / REUTERS

The first tropical storm to hit southern California since 1939 left about 30,000 people in the state without power and saw flooding in some areas.

R SATISH BABU / AFP

Students with painted faces surround a model of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft ahead of a successful Moon landing. India has made history as its Moon mission became the first to land in the lunar south-pole region.

HAMMAD AL-HUTHALI / AFP

Lightning is seen over Mecca's clock tower, in Saudi Arabia, as storms caused some schools to close for a day.

ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP

Chancay, in Peru, is on its way to becoming a strategic mega-port for trade with Asia. Chinese company Cosco Shipping Ports started work in 2011 and the first stage is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.