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    20 photographs of the week

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    Minneapolis, Minnesota, US A demonstrator jumps off a police cruiser during a protest after police allegedly shot and killed Daunte Wright. Photograph: Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA demonstrator jumps off a police cruiser during a protest after police allegedly shot and killed Daunte Wright.
    Photograph: Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters
    Ayahualtempa, Mexico. Children prepare to take part in a training demonstration of the regional coordinator of community authorities vigilante force in the village of Ayahualtempa. The vigilante group trains children as young as five so they can protect themselves from drug-related criminal groups operating in the area.
    Photograph: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images
    Roma, Texas, US More than 200 people, mostly migrant families seeking asylum, cross the Rio Grande River from Mexico into Roma.
    Photograph: Wolfgang Schwan/Rex/Shutterstock
    Petropolis, Brazil Military police officer Everaldo Pinto, dressed as superhero Captain America, greets children amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Petropolis. Pinto advises children on the need to protect themselves against the coronavirus, distributing kits equipped with cleaning products and protective face masks.
    Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP
    Washington, DC, US Logan and Abigail Evans, children of the late US Capitol police officer William ‘Billy’ Evans, stand with their mother Shannon Terranova as Evan’s flag-draped casket is carried from the Capitol by a joint services honour guard.
    Photograph: Jabin Botsford/AP
    Cairo, Egypt Traffic passes a stall selling candles in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to mark Ramadan.
    Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, US Police clash with protesters after an officer allegedly shot and killed Daunte Wright, a black man, in a suburb of Minneapolis where a former police officer is on trial for the murder of George Floyd.
    Photograph: Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, USProtesters shield themselves with umbrellas amid smoke from chemical irritants outside the Brooklyn Centre police department, days after Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer.
    Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters
    Lahore, Pakistan Police officers surround a supporter of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party during a protest against the arrest of their leader as he was demanding the expulsion of the French ambassador over depictions of Prophet Muhammad.
    Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
    Dasna, India Farmers eat a meal during a 24-hour blockade of a major expressway as part of their ongoing protests against new farm laws in Dasna.
    Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
    New Delhi, India Burning homes in Bahlolpur, a slum area of Noida, near Delhi, after a fire killed two children and destroyed 150 shanties.
    Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP
    Paris, France Workers near a stained glass window at the reconstruction site of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, which was damaged in a devastating fire two years ago.
    Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA
    Gaza City A Palestinian youth swings a homemade sparkler as people celebrate on the night ahead of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
    Photograph: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
    Rome, Italy Demonstrators face police officers during a protest against Covid-19 restrictions organised by the ‘Io Apro’ association of restaurant owners, entrepreneurs and small business owners.
    Photograph: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US The Massachusetts Minutemen celebrate after winning the Division I men’s ice hockey championship against the St Cloud State Huskies at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
    Photograph: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
    Hohhot, China People visit a park as a sandstorm hits the city of Hohhot.
    Photograph: Liu Wenhua/China News Service/Getty Images
    Havana, Cuba A woman walks past houses in quarantine amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease in Havana.
    Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
    Madrid, Spain Long Covid sufferer Anna Kemp, a 51-year-old script translator from Britain who has been living in Spain for almost 30 years, poses for a photograph taken through blue plastic in Madrid. The photograph was taken through blue plastic to visualise the effects of long Covid. Kemp says that it affects her ability to communicate in Spanish: ‘I lack (mental) agility, I feel like I’m communicating through a crystal glass.’
    Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters
    Bardhaman, India A Hindu boy’s face is painted to celebrate Gajan, the Bengali new year festival.
    Photograph: Saurabh Sirohiya/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock
    Caracas, Venezuela An acrobat of the Third Planet school practises rappel aerial dance from a building in downtown Caracas. The school is offering free aerial dance classes twice a week during the coronavirus pandemic.
    Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP

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