Week in pictures: 24 - 31 August 2024 - BBC News

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France's Paralympic torchbearers, Charles-Antoine Kaoukou, Nantenin Keita, Fabien Lamirault, Alexis Hanquinquant and Elodie Lorandi hold the Paralympic flame during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony at Jardin des Tuileries.

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Sigourney Weaver poses with the Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement on the red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 81st Venice Film Festival.

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A participant lies in tomato pulp during La Tomatina, the world's biggest food fight, which takes place in the village of Buñol, near Valencia in Spain, each year. The event was capped at 22,000 people this year.

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Hindus celebrating the festival of Janmashtami, marking the birth of Krishna, form a pyramid in Mumbai with the last person climbing to the top to break the "dahi handi," an earthen pot filled with curd.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) welcomes UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Berlin. At a later meeting, Mr Starmer said a new UK-Germany treaty will be part of a "wider reset" with Europe, and he hopes it can be agreed by early next year.

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People took to the streets of Buenos Aires after President Javier Milei said he would block plans to raise pensions in line with Argentina's triple-digit inflation rates.

Claudia Morales / Reuters

Members of the Misional Padre Martin Schmid Music School play their instruments to bring attention to the smoke from wildfires in the area, in Concepcion, Bolivia.

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A dancer at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London takes part in one of the largest street festivals in the world, a celebration of Caribbean arts and culture.

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Professional boxing returns to Cuba after more than half a century, with the International Boxing Association's Night of Champions, including four Cuban Olympic champions. Armenia's Gurgen Madoyan (left) fights Cuba's Roniel Iglesias.

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Two men wash a rickshaw near a picnic spot on the banks of the Kabul river on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan.