Week in pictures: 24 - 30 August 2019
Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.A tree trunk glows with hot embers following a fire in the Amazon rainforest, near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil. The Amazon has seen more than 80,000 fires break out so far this year - a 77% rise on the same period in 2018. This week, Brazil banned setting fires to clear land, for 60 days.
Revellers take part in the Notting Hill Carnival in west London, parading along Ladbroke Grove. Temperatures reached 33C by mid-afternoon, making it the hottest late August Bank Holiday Monday on record.Football supporters of Argentina's Boca Juniors cheer for their team during the Copa Libertadores quarter-final match against Ecuador's Liga de Quito, in Buenos Aires.
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