Photos of the week: 7/21 - 7/28

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It was another busy week on Capitol Hill. The GOP's latest health care bill was introduced, debated and voted on -- but Republicans could not obtain the votes needed in order to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Senator John McCain, who recently revealed his brain cancer diagnosis, was one of the deciding votes after he returned to Washington, D.C., from a hospital stay.

In the White House, Anthony Scaramucci was introduced as communications director, a move that prompted Press Secretary Sean Spicer to resign.

Around the rest of the country and the globe, severe weather including wildfires and earthquakes made headlines and South Korea celebrated the ongoing countdown to the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Click through the slideshow above to see photos from all of these stories and more, and be sure to check back next weekend for our selection of the best photography from the coming days.

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