21 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week

From President Trump's turbulent visit to Europe to the incredible rescue of a Thai youth soccer team, here are the most eye-catching and emotional pictures from this past week.

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Gabriel H. Sanchez
by Gabriel H. Sanchez

BuzzFeed News Photo Essay Editor

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, US President Donald Trump, and British Prime Minister Theresa May attend the opening ceremony at the 2018 NATO Summit at NATO headquarters July 11 in Brussels.

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A banged-up car decorated with a banner saying "For sale — but no one's buying May's Brexit banger" is driven around Parliament Square on July 12 in London.

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President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May prepare for a meeting at Chequers, the prime minister's country residence, northwest of London, July 13.

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A six-meter high cartoon baby blimp of President Donald Trump is flown as a protest against his visit, in Parliament Square in London, July 13.

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Judge Brett Kavanaugh and President Donald Trump, after Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court in the East Room of the White House on July 9.

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Indian schoolchildren at a prayer event for the safe rescue of 12 young soccer players and their coach stuck in a cave in Thailand, in Ahmedabad on July 9.

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A screenshot from a July 11 video shows boys rescued from the Thai cave resting in a hospital in Chiang Rai, Thailand.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, carries Prince Louis as they arrive for his christening service at St. James's Palace on July 9 in London.

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England soccer fans react after Croatia scored their first goal in the semifinal match between Croatia and England during the 2018 World Cup, in Flat Iron Square, London, July 11.

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People celebrate on the Champs-Élysées after the semifinal match between France and Belgium at the 2018 World Cup on July 10 in Paris.

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Revelers run with Puerto de San Lorenzo's fighting bulls during the second day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival, July 7 in Pamplona, Spain.

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This photo taken July 8, shows a contestant taking part in a chile pepper eating competition in Ningxiang, China. The winner of the contest ate 50 chile peppers in one minute.

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A hippo born May 28 and its mother, Gina, at the Guadalajara Zoo in Guadalajara, Mexico, on July 11.

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Firefighters work near the landmark Griffith Observatory in the hills overlooking the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, July 10.

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Firefighters rescue a woman following heavy rainfall in Chengdu, China, July 11.

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Protesters barricade a street in the Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 7 to protest the increase in fuel prices.

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US Army soldiers from NATO use a cruise system during a patrol against Islamic State militants at the Deh Bala district of Afghanistan on July 7.

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Maya Meri, 8, waits at a prosthetics center in Istanbul on July 5.

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A Syrian woman holds a baby as she walks into a checking room just after they crossed the armistice line to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to get medical treatment in Israel, on July 11.

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A man holds his daughter's hand after picking her and his wife up at the Air Force base in Guatemala City on July 10, after they were deported from the United States.

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