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Pictures of the week: Australia waltzing with Matildas as World Cup kicks off

1 of 13Attribution: Reuters/Hannah Mckay
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By 9News StaffJuly 21, 2023 - 9:22PM

Matildas fever swept Australia as the FIFA Women's World Cup tournament kicked off this week.

At the Fan Festival in Melbourne, supporters celebrated after Stephanie Catley scores their first goal during their group stage match against the Republic of Ireland.

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Australia won its opening match 1-0 despite the loss of Sam Kerr to injury.

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The tournament is taking place across Australia and New Zealand.

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Dancers compete during the Inveraray Highland Games on July 18 in Inveraray, Scotland.

The games are held annually in the grounds of Inveraray Castle to celebrate Scottish culture and heritage with field and track events, piping, highland dancing competitions and heavy events including the world championships for tossing the caber.

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The Duke of Argyll Torquhil Campbell attends the Inveraray Highland Games on July 18.

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Artistic swimmers take to the pool on day seven of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A on July 20 in Fukuoka, Japan.

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Members of Team Ukraine compete in the artistic swimming Team Acrobatic Final at the Fukoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships on July 17.

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Members of the Honourable Artillery perform a 41-gun salute honouring Queen Camilla's birthday salute on July 17 in London, England.

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Australia's Vanessa Low competes in the women's long jump T63 final during day eight of the World Para Athletics Championships at Stade Charlety on July 15 in Paris, France.

Low took the bronze medal in the event, with Team Australia netting three golds, eight silvers, and three bronzes throughout.

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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Zach Taylor, the 2021 "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest winner, shoves birthday cake into the face of 2022 winner Jon Auvil, on July 20, on the eve of Ernest Hemingway's 124th birthday anniversary, at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida.

The birthday commemoration preceded the first round of the 2023 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of the island's annual Hemingway Days festival that celebrates the iconic author's life and work.

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Ukrainian soldiers fire a Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer 2C22 Bohdana toward Russian positions, on a frontline in undisclosed location in Eastern Ukraine, on July 20.

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An artist performs a fire stunt during a procession marking the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, on July 17. Bonalu is a month-long Hindu folk festival dedicated to Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction.

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A protester takes a break next to a fire burning on a main street during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his nationalist coalition government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 20.

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