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Surf, sunflowers and rhinos: Photos of the week

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

JEROME BROUILLET/AFP Brazil's Gabriel Medina reacts after getting a large wave in the 5th heat of the men's surfing round 3, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on July 29, 2024. JEROME BROUILLET/AFP
Brazil's Gabriel Medina emerges triumphantly from a huge barrel wave in the men's surfing round three, during the Paris Olympic Games, in Teahupo'o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti. He received a record-breaking 9.9 single-wave score.
Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg via Getty Images A polling supervisor shouts at the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) to allow access to a polling station during the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sunday, July 28, 2024.Gaby Oraa/Bloomberg via Getty Images
An election supervisor calls for the National Guard to allow access to a polling station in Caracas. The US secretary of state said there was "overwhelming evidence" that Venezuela's opposition won the presidential election. The electoral council, which is government-controlled, said President Maduro won the election, for a third term.
Jane Barlow/PA Media A piper playing the Highland Rave during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo preview evening at Edinburgh Castle. 1 August 2024Jane Barlow/PA Media
A piper plays the Highland Rave during a preview of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland.
Xue Jinlong/VCG/Getty Images Aerial view of villagers, with buckets, harvest water chestnuts on July 31, 2024 in Huaian, Jiangsu Province of China. Xue Jinlong/VCG/Getty Images
Villagers harvest water chestnuts in Huaian, in the Chinese province of Jiangsu.
Getty Images Riot police hold back protesters near a burning police vehicle after disorder broke out in Southport, England. Getty Images
Riot police hold back protesters near a burning police vehicle after disorder broke out in Southport, northern England. False rumours about the identity of the 17-year-old suspect in a deadly stabbing attack in the town sparked a violent protest.
Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS A woman reacts as it rains during the funeral procession of assassinated Hamas chief, Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran, August 1, 2024. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS
A woman reacts as it rains during the funeral procession of assassinated Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran.
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Journalist Evan Gershkovich lifts his mother, Ella Milman, as US President Joe Biden looks on on the tarmac after arriving home at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Three Americans who were freed in a prisoner swap with Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, have arrived back in the US. After touching down at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Mr Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan emerged to cheers from those on the tarmac.
ANDY RAIN/EPA Former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards departs the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, Britain, 31 July 2024.ANDY RAIN/EPA
Former BBC news presenter Huw Edwards leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court in London after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
PHILIP FONG/AFP Visitors walk in the sunflower fields at Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo on August 2, 2024. PHILIP FONG/AFP
Visitors walk in the sunflower fields at Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo. Japan's weather agency says the country had its hottest July since records began 126 years ago.
SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP A white rhinoceros calf stands next to its mother Nola at Lunaret Zoo in Montpellier, France July 31, 2024. SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP
A white rhinoceros calf and its mother Nola at Lunaret Zoo in Montpellier, France. The calf, an endangered species, is the first of its kind born at the zoo.