Week in pictures: 26 August


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

Jewell Baggett, 51, sits on a bathtub amid the wreckage of her home

An aircraft drops flame retardant on burning vegetation in Sicily

A firefighter looks out of broken windows at the scene of a fire in a building in Johannesburg

A rollercoaster ride in Bogota with the Nevado del Ruiz volcano emitting a cloud of ash in the background

Adrienne Hurtut surrounded by rescued cats

The Monarch of the Glen painting by Sir Edwin Landseer

Revellers play in tomato pulp at La Tomatina food fight festival

Femke Bol, Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver and Cathelijn Peeters celebrate

A samba dancer takes part in the Notting Hill Carnival in London.

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