Week in pictures: 20-26 May 2023

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

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Queen Camilla meets characters representing legendary and historical characters in Armagh. King Charles and Queen Camilla made their first official visit outside England since their coronation earlier this month - a two-day trip to Northern Ireland.

Image source, GONZALO FUENTES/Reuters
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Model Heidi Klum poses for photographers at the screening of the film La passion de Dodin Bouffant during the 76th Cannes Film Festival.

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More than 100 firefighters from Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) tackled a major blaze in the Surry Hills area of Sydney. Some of the walls of a multi-storey building collapsed, with FRNSW stating there were concerns the fire could spread to neighbouring buildings.

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People in central Mexico have been told they may need to leave their homes, after recent activity from the Popocatépetl volcano. The volcano has been spewing gas, ash and molten rock over the last week, and hundreds of tremors have been recorded.

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US Sailors and Marines stand on the flight deck of the USS Bataan, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, as it passes the Statue of Liberty during Fleet Week in New York.

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A woman chants during an anti-racist protest in front of the Spanish consulate in Brasilia, in solidarity with Brazilian footballer Vinicius Jr, who was racially abused during a match in Spain, while playing for Real Madrid against Valencia.

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrates with the trophy after his team won the Premier League for the third successive season.

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Hundreds of people attended the funeral of a World War Two RAF airman at St Clement Danes Church, Westminster, after a campaign for a "fitting send-off". Flt Sgt Peter Brown, originally from Jamaica, was one the last so-called "pilots of the Caribbean", a group of Afro-Caribbean volunteer RAF personnel.

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Supporters of Turkey's Republican People's Party presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu wave during a campaign meeting in the city of Adana, ahead of the presidential runoff vote. President Erdogan is tipped to win the vote, after a deeply divisive election.

Image source, BORJA SUAREZ/Reuters
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Migrants wait to disembark from a Spanish coastguard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria.

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