In_pictures Week in pictures: 25 July-31 July 2020

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A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

image copyrightCRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH/EPA

image captionThe Mars 2020 Perseverance mission lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The one-tonne, six-wheeled rover is due to arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021.

image copyrightCAITLIN OCHS/Reuters

image captionUS federal law-enforcement officers fire tear gas to disperse protesters during a demonstration against their deployment to quell unrest in Portland, Oregon.

image copyrightMOHAMMAD ISMAIL/Reuters

image captionA man prepares food for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, celebrated there this year on 31 July.

image copyrightELIJAH NOUVELAGE/Reuters

image captionA woman signs a picture of late US Congressman John Lewis before his memorial service in Atlanta, Georgia. Lewis died, aged 80, of pancreatic cancer, on 17 July.

image copyrightATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/Reuters

image captionMembers of a Youth Pride student group take part in a rally for gender rights in Bangkok, Thailand.

image copyrightDADO RUVIC/Reuters

image captionA man jumps from the Old Bridge into the Neretva river during the 454th traditional diving competition in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

image copyrightZhang Peijian/VCG via Getty Images

image captionSurveyors inspect ships during the closed fishing season at a shipyard in Xiangshan County, Zhejiang province, China.

image copyrightDYLAN MARTINEZ/Reuters

image captionGallery assistants pose during the opening of the Electronic: From Kraftwerk to the Chemical Brothers, at The Design Museum, in London. The exhibition, marking 50 years of Kraftwerk, is due to run until February 2021.

image copyrightVCG via Getty Images

image captionSiberian tigers feed at the China Hengdaohezi Feline Breeding Center in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province.

image copyrightNEIL HALL/EPA

image captionArtist Heather Phillipson poses with her 9.4m sculpture, The End, in London’s Trafalgar Square. The installation on the Fourth Plinth – home to a rolling commission of public artworks – depicts a whirl of cream with a cherry, fly and drone on top.

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In_pictures Week in pictures: 25 July-31 July 2020

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