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Week in pictures: 15-21 April 2023

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

Abraham Pineda-Jacome / EPA-EFE The takeoff of the launch of inaugural test flight of Starship on the second attempt at the SpaceX launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, USA, from the vicinity of the Rio Grande, in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 20 April 2023. Thousands of Mexicans at the US border watched the historic takeoff, and subsequent explosion, of the US tycoon Elon Musk's Starship rocket.Abraham Pineda-Jacome / EPA-EFE
Elon Musk's company SpaceX launched Starship - the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built - from the US-Mexico border. But just minutes into the flight, the rocket developed problems and was destroyed by onboard charges.
Robert Ghement / EPA-EFE A girl stands and looks aside as worshipers pray while marking Eid al-Fitr at Dinamo Sports Hall, in Bucharest, RomaniaRobert Ghement / EPA-EFE
A girl stands as worshippers pray while marking Eid al-Fitr at Dinamo Sports Hall, in Bucharest, Romania.
Emiliano Lasalvia / AFP Protest camp at the Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos AiresEmiliano Lasalvia / AFP
People camp at the Plaza de Mayo, outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, to demonstrate against rising inflation.
Nelson Almeida / AFP Swallows perch on electrical power linesNelson Almeida / AFP
Swallows perch on electrical power lines at sunset in Eldorado dos Carajas, in the Brazilian state of Para.
Stephanie Lecocq / Reuters Demonstration in ParisStephanie Lecocq / Reuters
Protests continued on the streets of Paris as French President Emmanuel Macron signed into law his government's controversial pension reforms, which raise the state pension age from 62 to 64.
Ari Jalal / Reuters Iraqi Yazidis visit the Lalish TempleAri Jalal / Reuters
Iraqi Yazidis visit the Lalish Temple in Iraq, to celebrate the Yazidi New Year.
Francis Mascarenhas / Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook reactsFrancis Mascarenhas / Reuters
Apple CEO Tim Cook sees a Macintosh SE computer held by Sajid Moinuddin, a fan of Apple products, during the opening of India's first Apple retail store in Mumbai.
Caitlin Ochs / Reuters Cast and crew members take a final bowCaitlin Ochs / Reuters
Cast and crew take a bow after the final performance of Phantom of the Opera, which closed after 35 years on Broadway, in New York.
Danny Lawson / PA Rupert North wears a majestic robe created using an array of flowers and leavesDanny Lawson / PA
A majestic robe created using an array of flowers and leaves will form the centrepiece of the Harrogate Spring Flower Show in North Yorkshire, which this year celebrates the coronation of King Charles III.
Eloisa Lopez / Reuters A hybrid solar eclipseEloisa Lopez / Reuters
A hybrid solar eclipse as seen from Metro Manila, Philippines.

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