Week in pictures: 6 - 12 May 2023 - BBC News

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla speak on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, following their coronation. The ceremony was broadcast simultaneously across a range of channels and was watched by an average of 18 million viewers in the UK.

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A woman with a marijuana leaf painted on her face poses for a picture during the Global Marijuana March demanding the decriminalisation of marijuana in Medellin, Antioquia province, Colombia.

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Members of the French police's River Brigade (Brigade Fluviale) patrol on boats near the Eiffel Tower on the Seine river in Paris.

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Residents of the tiny Swiss village of Brienz have been told to evacuate as two million cubic metres of rock from the mountain above them was set to come loose and crash down to the valley. Brienz, in the eastern canton of Graubünden, has been judged a geological risk for some time.

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Australia's Kaden Groves won a chaotic rain-sodden stage five of the Giro d'Italia featuring numerous crashes. Britain's Mark Cavendish (centre) came fourth after skidding across the line on his backside following a collision metres from the finish.

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Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that former prime minister Imran Khan's dramatic arrest on corruption charges this week was illegal. The court ordered Mr Khan's immediate release. His lawyers had argued that his detention from court premises in Islamabad on Tuesday was unlawful.

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Dolly Parton performed at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas. USA

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Migrants stand during a sandstorm in El Paso, Texas. Tens of thousands of people are waiting to cross into the US from Mexico, officials say, after a pandemic-era border policy expired on Friday. The policy, known as Title 42, allowed the US to swiftly deport people without an asylum hearing, using the coronavirus pandemic as justification.

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A man is detained by police officers as protesters gathered in New York City to call for justice for Jordan Neely, a subway passenger who died on Monday after a man placed him in a chokehold.

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Eleven people, including the photojournalist Stephanie Keith, were arrested at the protest and vigil. A former US Marine has appeared in court to be charged with manslaughter. Daniel Penny, 24, is accused of causing the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely on 1 May. He did not enter a plea.