The best photos of the week: From a Colombian volcano to a Nepalese goddess

Striking pictures from around the world

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  TOPSHOT - The Nevado del Ruiz volcano emits a cloud of ash as seen from Bogota on August 27, 2023. The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) warned that ash fall has been observed in the city of Manizales due to the volcano's increased seismic activity since August 26. (Photo by Guillermo MUNOZ / AFP)

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  Pope Francis, on his way to Mongolia, blesses a shrapnel-riddled water canteen belonging to a wounded Ukrainian soldier. EPA

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  A police dog unit arrives at the burnt-out apartment block where scores of people died in Johannesburg, South Africa. AFP

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  Jonay Ravelo and his horse Nivaria admire the blue supermoon in Gran Canaria, Spain. Reuters

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  A farmer tries to extinguish a fire on abandoned land in drought-hit Anamaduwa, Sri Lanka. Reuters

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  Participants in the Children's Day Parade, part of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London over the Summer Bank Holiday weekend. PA

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  Aiden Rudolph competes during the 'Kings of the Concrete' parkour competition in Chatsworth, California. Getty Images

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  Competitors during the Rude Health World Bog Snorkelling Championships at Waen Rhydd peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales. AP

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  The men's marathon final, World Athletics Championship, Budapest, Hungary. Reuters

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  Fans before the Formula One Grand Prix in the Netherlands. EPA

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  First-grade students during an initiation ceremony to learn about traditional culture at a primary school in Anlong County, China. AFP

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  Action from the women's high jump final at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest. Reuters

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  A villager on a makeshift raft collects items washed up near Paranaque city in the Philippines. EPA

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  A plane drops flame retardant on burning vegetation in Sicily, Italy. Reuters

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  An old American car passes through a flooded area of Batabano in Cuba. AFP

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  The waterfall in the centre of the village Bad Gastein, also known as the 'Monaco of the Alps', south of Salzburg, Austria. AFP

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  Players in the annual football match in the River Windrush in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, Britain. Reuters

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  Relatives of Ukrainian pilot Andriy Pilshchykov mourn his death during a funeral ceremony at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv. AFP

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  The Notting Hill Carnival gets into full swing in London. AP

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  Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland protest outside the Niger and French airbase in Niamey, Niger. AFP

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  Smoke from a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters

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  Chinese citizens arrested during a police raid in Batam, Indonesia, on suspicion of running an online love scam syndicate that ensnared hundreds of victims in China. AFP

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  Turkey-backed Syrian fighters during military training in Marea town, in the rebel-held part of Aleppo, Syria. EPA

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  Shanghai Ballet perform on the Magere Brug in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on the occasion of 'The Greatest Swan Lake in the World' show. EPA

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  A rider jumps a motorbike over a group of participants during the Malaysia National Day 2023 celebrations in Putrajaya. EPA

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  A man prays as a woman burns fake money and other offerings in memory of relatives who have died during the Hungry Ghost Festival. Getty Images

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  People participate in La Tomatina, a traditional tomato fight festival in Bunol, Spain. EPA

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  A damaged home in the middle of a road in Steinhatchee, Florida, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. AFP

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  A full moon known as the blue supermoon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounion, near Athens. Reuters

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  Nepalese devotees visit Kumari the living goddess during the Mataya festival at Ratnakar Mahavihar in Patan, Nepal. EPA

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