Week in pictures: 10 - 16 August 2019 - BBC News

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A couple watch the waves crashing over the rocks near the harbour in Porthcawl, Wales.

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Brazilian indigenous women occupied a health ministry office in Brasilia during a protest against budget cuts.

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A woman tries to clear floodwaters from her home in Hunsur town in the southern state of Karnataka in India. Monsoon flooding has led to more than 140 deaths and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

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Muslim women attend the Eid al-Adha morning prayer at Dubai's main mosque.

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Actors Joy Maria Onotu and Sarah Miele, stars of the Edinburgh Fringe show Valentina's Galaxy, take their first steps on what looks like a new planet but is in fact the Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park above the city in Scotland.

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The Dominican Republic's women won volleyball gold at the XVIII Pan American Games in Lima following a victory over Colombia.

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Fireworks explode in front of a full moon during celebrations marking the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mosta, Malta.

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A farmer tries to save his goat during a forest fire in the village of Makrimalli on the Greek island of Evia, north-east of Athens. Hundreds of villagers were evacuated as firefighters battled the flames.

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A new ￡4m footbridge has been opened linking both halves of Tintagel Castle - the place where, according to legend, King Arthur was conceived - on the north coast of Cornwall in England.

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Two rare white lion cubs lying in their basket at Caresse de Tigre at La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, north-western France. Nala and Simba's parents were rescued from the circus by the conservation charity. White lions are native to South Africa, but only a handful remain in the wild.