Beshara: The most captivating pictures of the week
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Security footage of a rogue racehorse at a train station in outer Sydney. Commuters at a suburban Australian railway station were waiting for a late-night train to take them home. Instead, a horse arrived. AFP -
Twenty-eight so-called 'Rosie the Riveters,' women who entered the US defence workforce during the Second World War, pose for a group photo ahead of a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honouring their service in Washington, DC. EPA -
A dog plays at a water fountain in the Monumento a la Revolucion square during a heat wave in Mexico City. AFP -
Leonardo Muylaert, 36, known as the Brazilian Superman due to his TikTok exploits, talks with a group of patients of the Association of Parents and Friends of Neurodivergent People in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP -
US President Joe Biden walks with children in front of his childhood home in Scranton, Pennsylvania. AFP -
People gather to watch and take photos during a kite festival on Ao Manao Beach in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat. AFP -
Deer cross a road in the Taunus forest in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. AP -
A snowman is prepared with explosives ahead of being set on fire during the Sechselauten, a traditional spring holiday in Zurich. AFP -
Iraqi Yazidis light candles outside the Temple of Lalish near Dohuk during a ceremony marking the Yazidi New Year. AFP -
Young women dressed in traditional attire during the celebration of the Shuwalid festival in Harar. AFP -
Straordinaria, an immersive installation presented by Italian company Elica, opens as part of Fuori Salone Milan Design Week, in Milan. EPA -
People paddle their way through floodwater in Al Quoz, Dubai, after torrential rain in the region. Antonie Robertson / The National -
A rehearsal for the Olympic flame-lighting ceremony for this summer's Games, which are being held in Paris. Reuters -
A crowd at the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Music Festival in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP -
Hindu worshippers offer prayers on the banks of Brahmaputra during a festival in Guwahati, India. AFP -
A scooter rider makes his way down Madeira Drive in Brighton, England. Getty images -
A Bamoun warrior responsible for the security of the Sultan King shoots into the air during the inauguration ceremony of the new Bamoun Kings Museum in Foumban. AFP -
Marine One with US President Joe Biden onboard takes off from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. AFP -
Marathon runners on the Erasmus Bridge during the 43rd edition of the Marathon Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. EPA -
Nepalese people sing, dance, and smear powder on each other during the 'Sindoor Jatra' festival as part of the Bisket Jatra festival in Thimi, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA -
A woman poses for a photo at the Badaling Great Wall of China on the outskirts of Beijing. AP -
Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández celebrates as he is hit by sunflower seeds thrown by Mookie Betts after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, in Los Angeles. AP -
A visitor poses in an art installation by French artist Camille Walala that forms an outdoor maze at Planet Walala@Harbour City, in Hong Kong. AFP -
A young Palestinian plays with a dog on the beach in Deir Al Balah in central Gaza. AFP -
Afghan men ride a motorbike along a roadside in Mir Bacha Kot district of Kabul province. AFP
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