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Week in pictures 12 August 2023

LAHAINA: The hall of the historic Waiola Church and the nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Tuesday, August 8 (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News/AP)

QUITO: People take cover after shots were fired at the end of a political rally in Quito, Ecuador on Wednesday, August 9. Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated as he was leaving the rally. Villavicencio, a legislator in the National Assembly, had been outspoken about corruption and the violence caused by drug trafficking in the country. He was 59 years old (Juan Ruiz Condor/API/AP)

NIAMEY: Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, second from right, is greeted by supporters after arriving at a stadium in Niamey, Niger, on Sunday, August 6. Abradamane is a spokesman for the military junta that overthrew Mohamed Bazoum,  the democratically elected president of the African country (AFP/Getty Images)

FATIMA: Pope Francis arrives at the Our Lady of Fatima shrine in Fatima, Portugal, on Saturday, August 5. Half a million people turned out to see the Pope as part of World Youth Day (Francisco Seco/AP)

LIBYA: Migrants are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea after they were crossing on small boats off the Libyan coast on Thursday, August 3 (Matias Chiofalo/AFP/Getty Images)

BRAY: A woman in Bray, Ireland, leaves a flower on a hearse during the  funeral procession of singer Sinéad O’Connor on Tuesday, August 8. O'Connor died last month at the age of 56 (Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images)

DOKKA: A camping site is flooded in Dokka, Norway, on Wednesday, August 9, after heavy rainfall caused the Dokka River to overflow (Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB/AFP/Getty Images)

JADIDA: Horsemen fire their rifles during a performance to celebrate the annual Moussem festival in El Jadida, Morocco, on Sunday, August 6 (Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images)

GLASGOW: Colombian cyclist Guido Cardona Maya collides with Belgium's Louis Clincke during a race at the Cycling World Championships on Sunday, August 6 (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)

DORTMUND: A farmer mowed a smiley face into his corn field near Dortmund, Germany, on Thursday, August 10 (Martin Meissner/AP)

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