Week in pictures: 12-18 August 2023
A selection of striking images from around the world, taken over the past seven days. This week, a selection of powerful news photographs were taken around the world. These included the Stofskop race, Snoop Dogg performing at Yankee Stadium in New York, Indian President Droupadi Murmu launching the INS Vindhyagiri for the Indian Navy at the dock in Kolkata, and a cat looking out from a burned open field in Hawaii's Maui island dealing with the aftermath of multiple wildfires.
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A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
Flat track motorcycle racers in action during the Stofskop race meeting at the Randfontein Raceway, Johannesburg. The annual event sees motorcycles of all types race around an oval dirt track. Their motto being "In dust we trust", the racers compete to the rule that there are no rules.
Rapper Snoop Dogg performs during a celebration of hip-hop at Yankee Stadium in New York, as the music genre turns 50.
Fans celebrate England's third goal in their victory over Australia, as they watch a screen showing the Women's World Cup semi-final football match. England will now face Spain in the final on Sunday.
A soldier inspects a driver and his car at a military checkpoint in Quito ahead of the presidential election in Ecuador.
Employees of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) celebrate as Indian President Droupadi Murmu (not pictured) launches the INS Vindhyagiri, the last in the series of three P17 frigates, for the Indian Navy at the dock in Kolkata.
A cat looks out from a burned open field as Hawaii's Maui island deals with the aftermath of multiple wildfires, in which at least 111 people have been declared dead. More than 1,000 people remain missing.