Week in pictures: 15 – 21 May 2021on May 22, 2021 at 9:00 am

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A selection of powerful images taken around the world this week.

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

People stand around and look at their bomb-damaged homes in Gaza following a ceasefire with Israel

image copyrightGetty Images

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and his German counterpart Heiko Maas stand in a heavily damaged building in Petah Tikva, Israel

image copyrightGil Cohen-Magen / AFP

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Visitors look at thousands of paper doves suspended from the roof of Liverpool Cathedral

image copyrightGareth Jones

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A health worker vaccinates a woman in Siaya, Kenya

image copyrightBrian Ongoro / AFP

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A visitor stands next to artwork by Yayoi Kusama at the museum Gropius Bau in Berlin, Germany

image copyrightAnnegret Hilse / Reuters

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People enjoy a live show at a bar in Manchester on 17 May, following the easing of lockdown restrictions

image copyrightAnthony Devlin / Getty Images

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A child puts their hands on the glass of a reef tank as a diver swims in the tank whilst holding coral at ZSL London Zoo

image copyrightPeter Nicholls / Reuters

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A health worker wearing PPE disinfects their hands in Kathmandu, Nepal

image copyrightNavesh Chitrakar / Reuters

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Ai-Da the robot poses next to one of her self-portraits at The Design Museum in London

image copyright David Parry / PA Media

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A baby tawny owl chick is ringed by a wildlife expert in Kielder Forest, Northumberland

image copyrightOwen Humphreys / PA Media

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