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Pictures of the week: Djokovic, doctors and the Great Yorkshire Show

The Independent’s picture editors bring you the best photography from all corners of the planet

Charlotte Hodges,Liam James
Tuesday 18 July 2023 13:54 BST
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A demonstrator marches through the smoke of a flare during a protest against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul bill outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv
A demonstrator marches through the smoke of a flare during a protest against the Israeli government's judicial overhaul bill outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv (AFP/Getty)

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Each week the picture editors at The Independent sort through hundreds of thousands images sent into us by photography agencies from all around the world.

These are some of the most eye-catching and the most striking images from culture, news, politics, sport and lifestyle.

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Artist Laia Estruch poses in her giant sound sculpture in the shape of a braid, entitled 'Trena', on display in the Oval Room of the MNAC Museum in Barcelona, Spain, 10 July 2023. The artwork is made up of three braided inflatable tubes 2.2 meters in diameter by 35 meters long and that is performative since it is activated every hour on the hour with a piece of music lasting one minute and 48 seconds, produced with the collaboration of Xavi Lloses.
Artist Laia Estruch poses in her giant sound sculpture in the shape of a braid, entitled 'Trena', on display in the Oval Room of the MNAC Museum in Barcelona, Spain, 10 July 2023. The artwork is made up of three braided inflatable tubes 2.2 meters in diameter by 35 meters long and that is performative since it is activated every hour on the hour with a piece of music lasting one minute and 48 seconds, produced with the collaboration of Xavi Lloses. (EPA)

Artist Laia Estruch poses inside her braid-shaped sound sculpture, Trena, on display at the MNAC Museum in Barcelona, Spain.

A boilermaker carries out restoration works on a horse sculpture of the fountain ‘Apollo on his Chariot’ during a press visit of the restoration process at the Coubertin Foundation in Saint Remy les Chevreuses, a Paris suburb, France, 10 July 2023. The fountain had not been restored for almost 100 years. Teams of artisans from various workshops of the Coubertin Foundation are finalizing the details for its reinstallation in the Gardens of Versailles in 2024
A boilermaker carries out restoration works on a horse sculpture of the fountain ‘Apollo on his Chariot’ during a press visit of the restoration process at the Coubertin Foundation in Saint Remy les Chevreuses, a Paris suburb, France, 10 July 2023. The fountain had not been restored for almost 100 years. Teams of artisans from various workshops of the Coubertin Foundation are finalizing the details for its reinstallation in the Gardens of Versailles in 2024 (EPA)

A boilermaker works on a horse sculpture as part of the restoration of the Apollo on his Chariot fountain at the Coubertin Foundation in Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuses, Paris.

A worker clears driftwood and plastic waste washed ashore at a beach in Banda Aceh on July 10, 2023.
A worker clears driftwood and plastic waste washed ashore at a beach in Banda Aceh on July 10, 2023. (AFP / Getty)

An Indonesian worker clears driftwood and plastic washed ashore at a beach in Banda Aceh.

Children prepare to run in the "Encierro Txiki" (Small Bull Run) during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain
Children prepare to run in the "Encierro Txiki" (Small Bull Run) during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain (AFP/Getty)

Children prepare to scatter for the Small Bull Run during the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain.

Tracy Seven with a Beef Shorthorn as she prepares her cattle ahead of the Great Yorkshire Show at the Showground in Harrogate, which opens to the public on Tuesday.
Tracy Seven with a Beef Shorthorn as she prepares her cattle ahead of the Great Yorkshire Show at the Showground in Harrogate, which opens to the public on Tuesday. (PA)

Tracy Seven shows affection for her Beef Shorthorn as she prepares cattle for today’s Great Yorkshire Show at the Showground in Harrogate.

A health worker takes care of newborn babies resting inside a ward at a government maternity hospital on World Population Day, in Chennai, India
A health worker takes care of newborn babies resting inside a ward at a government maternity hospital on World Population Day, in Chennai, India (EPA)

A health worker takes care of newborn babies on a ward at a maternity hospital, on World Population Day, in Chennai, India.

Novak Djokovic falls over the net during his singles fourth round match at Wimbledon
Novak Djokovic falls over the net during his singles fourth round match at Wimbledon (Getty)

Novak Djokovic falls over the net during his singles fourth round match at Wimbledon.

A woman visits gravestones during a funeral ceremony for thirty newly-identified Bosnian Muslim victims, at the Potocari Memorial Center and Cemetery, in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The burial was part of a memorial ceremony to mark the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide
A woman visits gravestones during a funeral ceremony for thirty newly-identified Bosnian Muslim victims, at the Potocari Memorial Center and Cemetery, in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The burial was part of a memorial ceremony to mark the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide (EPA)

A woman looks at gravestones during a funeral ceremony for 30 newly identified Bosnian Muslim victims at the Potocari Memorial Center and Cemetery in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yesterday marked the 28th anniversary of the beginning of the Srebrenica genocide.

People hug as they admire Submergence inside Propyard, Bristol, where a 20,000 sq ft immersive art installation, curated by art collective Squidsoup, titled Beyond Submergence, is being exhibited
People hug as they admire Submergence inside Propyard, Bristol, where a 20,000 sq ft immersive art installation, curated by art collective Squidsoup, titled Beyond Submergence, is being exhibited (PA)

A couple hug as they admire the Beyond Submergence art installation at Propyard, Bristol.

Fans attempt to get autographs and pictures near the practice courts at Wimbledon
Fans attempt to get autographs and pictures near the practice courts at Wimbledon (Getty)

Fans attempt to get autographs and pictures near the practice courts at Wimbledon.

(AFP/Getty)

US President Joe Biden during a ceremonial welcome in the Quadrangle at Windsor Castle.

A Kenyan opposition supporter reacts as a teargas canister explodes in front of him during demonstrations with Kenya Police Officers in Nairobi, Kenya
A Kenyan opposition supporter reacts as a teargas canister explodes in front of him during demonstrations with Kenya Police Officers in Nairobi, Kenya (AFP/Getty)

An opposition supporter reacts as a teargas canister explodes in front of him during demonstrations with Kenya Police Officers in Nairobi.

Riders cycle past spectators along the race route during the 13th stage of the Tour de France, in the Jura mountains.
Riders cycle past spectators along the race route during the 13th stage of the Tour de France, in the Jura mountains. (AFP/Getty)

Stage 13 of the Tour de France in the Jura mountains.

Helicopters fly over the Champs-Elysees Avenue during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris.
Helicopters fly over the Champs-Elysees Avenue during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris. (Reuters)

The Champs-Elysees during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris.

Mirra Andreeva in action during her third round match at Wimbledon
Mirra Andreeva in action during her third round match at Wimbledon (Reuters)

Mirra Andreeva in action during her third round match at Wimbledon.

Members of Health and Medical Workers' Unions gather during a rally against the government's Labor Policy in Seoul, South Korea, 13 July 2023. The South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) began a general strike on a national scale from 03 July against the Government's labor policy.
Members of Health and Medical Workers' Unions gather during a rally against the government's Labor Policy in Seoul, South Korea, 13 July 2023. The South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) began a general strike on a national scale from 03 July against the Government's labor policy. (EPA)

Medical workers rally against the government’s labour policy in the South Korean capital.

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