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Pictures of the week 27 May to 2 June 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism

A selection of photographs, covering topics from Donald Trump and the UK election to Ramadan and the French Open.

By David Sim David Sim
Published 02 June 2017, 1:36 PM BST
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1 June 2017: US President Donald Trump announces his decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC Win McNamee/Getty Images
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1 June 2017: Environmental activists and supporters take part in a demonstration in New York to protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement Jewel Samad/AFP
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31 May 2017: Theresa May samples cheese at the Royal Bath and West Show in Shepton Mallet, Somerset Leon Neal/Getty Images
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1 June 2017: Prime Minister Theresa May reacts as she speaks at an election campaign event at Pride Park Stadium in Derby Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
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29 May 2017: Sky News editor at large Adam Boulton interviews Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Labour MP Andrew Gwynne at Sky studios in Osterley, west London Stefan Rousseau
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1 June 2017: Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage leaves television studios in London Peter Nicholls/Reuters
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31 May 2017: A gust of wind lifts the mantilla of Pope Francis during a weekly general audience at St Peter's square in the Vatican Tiziana Fabi/AFP
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1 June 2017: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a signing ceremony following a meeting with Russian President on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum Dmitry Lovetsky/AFP
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27 May 2017: Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn saves a penalty kick from a child during a visit to Hackney Marshes Football Pitches in London, to highlight Labour's manifesto commitment to ensure 5% of the Premier League's television rights income is diverted to the grassroots game John Stillwell
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1 June 2017: Lyon's French defender Griedge M'Bock Bathy leaps during the Uefa Women's Champions League final football match between Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain in Cardiff, south Wales Javier Soriano/AFP
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31 May 2017: Serbia's Novak Djokovic falls as he plays against Portugal's Joao Sousa during the 2017 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris Thomas Samson/AFP
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1 June 2017: Spain's Nicolas Almagro is comforted by Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro as he has to give up due to an injury during the French Open at Roland Garros Thomas Samson/AFP
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30 May 2017: Germany's Dustin Brown in action during his first round match against France's Gael Monfils at the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris Benoit Tessier/Reuters
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30 May 2017: Logan Forsythe of the Los Angeles Dodgers breaks his bat but knocks in a run against the St Louis Cardinals in the fifth inning at Busch Stadium in St Louis, Missouri Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images
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31 May 2017: Ding Ning of China competes during the women's singles round at the Table Tennis World Championship in Dusseldorf, Germany Maja Hitij/Bongarts/Getty Images
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30 May 2017: Greek choreographer and dancer Katerina Soldatou performs above the Corinth Canal, as part of the Greece Has Soul project Valery Hache/AFP
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31 May 2017: Performance artist Annie Saunders swims in Times Square in Holoscenes, a tank that rapidly fills with water and engulfs the performer, as part of the World Science Festival in New York Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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31 May 2017: A woman dances in front of an illuminated sculpture called Crystallise, part of the Vivid Sydney festival of light and sound Steven Saphore/Reuters
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2 June 2017: A customer holds a lime at a vegetable market in Jakarta, Indonesia Beawiharta/Reuters
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30 May 2017: A pregnant woman takes part in an event named La madre panza ( big belly) to celebrate National Mother's Day, organised by a Sandinista radio station in Managua, Nicaragua Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters
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30 May 2017: Emmanuel Rutema, a Tanzanian with Albinism who had his arm chopped off in a superstition-driven attack, tries to put on a new prosthetic arm at the Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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31 May 2017: The world's first operational police robot stands at attention a military cannon is fired in Dubai to mark sunset and the end of the fasting day for Muslims observing Ramadan Giuseppe Cacace/AFP
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1 June 2017: A break dancer stands on his head in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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31 May 2017: People take part in Midburn, the Israeli version of Nevada's Burning Man festival Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
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31 May 2017: Pilgrims sing on their horses as they make their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Donana National Park, southern Spain Jon Nazca/Reuters
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1 June 2017: French riot police block migrants' access to a food distribution point in Calais Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
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1 June 2017: A migrant lies on the ground surrounded by French police officers in Calais Philippe Huguen/AFP
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31 May 2017: Nyibol Lual, 13 years old, helps her family to prepare the land for cultivation in Panthau, Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP
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30 May 2017: A Free Syrian Army fighter reads the Quran before Iftar (breaking fast) during the Muslim month of Ramadan in the province of Daraa, Syria Alaa al-Faqir/Reuters
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2 June 2017: Palestinians wait to cross the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem as they head to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Abbas Momani/AFP
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2 June 2017: Filipino soldiers take positions outside Resorts World Manila after gunshots and explosions were heard in the casino Basilio H Sepe/Getty Images
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1 June 2017: Yazidi Popular Mobilisation Forces fighter Hussein Eisso, 21, wears a photo of Yazidi survivor and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human trafficking Nadia Murad on his arm in Kojo, Iraq Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
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30 May 2017: A Philippine Marine runs for cover near the stronghold of Maute group in Marawi Erik De Castro/Reuters
Marawi residents rescued
1 June 2017: A government soldier carries a girl who was rescued along with other residents Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
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31 May 2017: Men carry an injured man to a hospital after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan Mohammad Ismail/Reuters
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1 June 2017: Displaced Iraqis evacuate their home in western Mosul's Zanjili neighbourhood during ongoing battles between Iraqi forces and Isis Karim Sahib/AFP
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30 May 2017: A volunteer medic a boy suffering from the effects of tear gas during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas Federico Parra/AFP
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31 May 2017: An injured opposition demonstrator is assisted by fellow activists during clashes with riot police in Caracas, Venezuela Federico Parra/AFP
Venezuela protest volunteer medics
29 May 2017: A motorcycle is set on fire during a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in San Cristobal Carlos Eduardo Ramirez/Reuters
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31 May 2017: Motorcycles belonging to riot security forces are set on fire during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas Marco Bello/Reuters
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29 May 2017: An opposition activist clashes with the police on the Francisco Fajardo highway in Caracas during a demonstration against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government Juan Barreto/AFP
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29 May 2017: Performers throw molten iron against a wall to create sparks during a traditional performance ahead of the Dragon Boat festival in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China China Daily/Reuters
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31 May 2017: An Afghan man reacts at the site of a huge truck blast in Kabul Omar Sobhani/Reuters
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1 June 2017: Wife, sons and relatives of Major General Aydogan Aydin react during his funeral at Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara. Thirteen Turkish soldiers were killed when a military helicopter crashed after hitting a high-voltage power line in the southeast of the country Adem Altan/AFP
Ramadan 2017
28 May 2017: Afghan boys read the Quran in a madrasa, or religious school, in Kabul during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Omar Sobhani/Reuters
Ramadan 2017
27 May 2017: A Saudi cleric recites from the Quran, Islam's holy book, at a mosque in the town of Qatif, 400kms east of Riyadh, on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan Hussain Radwan/AFP
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1 June 2017: A man reads the Quran at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, a Sufi saint, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar Danish Ismale/Reuters
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30 May 2017: The Little Mermaid statue is seen painted in red in what local authorities say is an act of vandalism, in Copenhagen, Denmark Ida Marie Odgaard/Scanpix Denmark/Reuters
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31 May 2017: Brussels' iconic Manneken Pis statue is dressed as Asterix to mark the release of a new edition of 'Asterix in Belgium' and the start of an exhibition dedicated to the French comic hero in Brussels Francois Lenoir/Reuters
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30 May 2017: Four-year old Dominic helps window-washers dressed as superheroes as they work at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, California Mike Blake/Reuters
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27 May 2017: The DC cosplay bunnies pose together for a photograph on the second day of the London MCM Comic Con at the ExCel centre in east London Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP
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31 May 2017: Vishnu Limbachiya, a hair artist, styles the hair of a man while wearing a blindfold at a park in Ahmedabad, India Amit Dave/Reuters
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27 May 2017: A dog wears a gipsy costume during an annual dachshund parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia Olga Maltseva/AFP
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1 June 2017: A dog holds a sign reading 'Good morning my friends, help me buy dog food. Let's go Corinthians' in Sao Paulo, Brazil Nelson Almeida/AFP
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1 June 2017: A girl watches as Saen Dao, an eight-year-old female Asian elephant, and her mahout perform underwater during a show at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, south of Bangkok Roberto Schmidt/AFP
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1 June 2017: French President Emmanuel Macron looks on aboard the high seas emergency tow vessel Abeille Bourbon, near Lorient Damien Meyer/AFP
Ramadan 2017
27 May 2017: Children queue up for water rations to drink at the end of the first fasting day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at al-Khazir camp for the internally displaced, located between Arbil and Mosul in Iraq Karim Sahib/AFP
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31 May 2017: A Secret Service counter-assault team member keeps watch from the roof of the White House during a potential security threat on the North Lawn in Washington, DC Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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1 June 2017: Rescue workers take part in a training exercise on the Atlantic Ocean off Lorient, France Stephane Mahe/Reuters
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1 June 2017: An overhead camera on court during the second round of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris Benoit Tessier/Reuters
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1 June 2017: South African National Defence Force and Air Force helicopters take part in a military training exercise at Roodewal Air Force base, Limpopo Province Mujahid Safodien/AFP
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29 May 2017: A part of a flooded highway exit is seen in a village in Matara, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force/Reuters
Moscow Metro stations
Fonvizinskaya metro station in Moscow Grigory Dukor/Reuters
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30 May 2017: The remains of houses engulfed by the eruption of a mud volcano in Sidoarjo, East Java, a decade ago. Disaster tourism is booming, as visitors flock to see rooftops poking above the giant bubbling lake Juni Kriswanto/AFP
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31 May 2017: Ayesha, 16, a Rohingya refugee girl, poses for a photograph in her house which was destroyed by Cyclone Mora at Balukhali Makeshift Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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