Week in pictures: 7 - 13 September 2019 - BBC News

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A scientist at the research centre of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Gamboa, a rainforest near Panama City, holds two golden frogs which are threatened by the deadly chytrid fungus. This programme is part of the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project, which seeks to conserve frog species in danger of disappearance.

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People dressed up as characters from Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale queue to get a copy of her new novel The Testaments, at Waterstones bookshop in London.

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A mahout sits between elephants during festivities marking the annual harvest festival of Onam at a temple on the outskirts of Kochi, India.

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The Australian cricket team celebrates after claiming the wicket of England's Stuart Broad to claim victory to retain the Ashes at Old Trafford in Manchester, England.

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Thousands of people turned out at the Rufaro football stadium in Harare to pay their respects to the former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who died last week while having medical treatment in a Singapore hospital.

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Dancers of China's Peacock Contemporary Dance Company perform Yang Liping's Rite of Spring during the International Contemporary Dance Festival at the Bolshoi in Moscow.

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A tree burns during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest in Itapua do Oeste, Rondonia State, Brazil.

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A woman takes Holy Communion as the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, celebrates Mass at the Soamandrakizay diocesan grounds in Antananarivo,the capital of Madagascar.

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Richard Mann sits on top of his winning giant pumpkin, which weighs 291.7 kg (45.94 stone). It scooped first prize in the pumpkin category of Giant Vegetable at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show in Yorkshire.

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A dancer performs at the Breakdance World Cup in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The winner can call himself World B-Boy Classic champion for a year.