Pictures of the week: From a roaring lioness to downpours in Frankfurt

Striking images from around the world

Scott Frier's Nagging is a Universal Concept, a finalist in the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Scott Frier / Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards

Detroit Tigers' Matt Vierling beats the throw to Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt to score during the eighth inning of a baseball game on Thursday, September 26, in Detroit. AP

Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris meets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. Reuters

Models present creations by Casablanca for the Women's Ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2025 collection as part of Paris Fashion Week. AFP

Pouring rain in Frankfurt, Germany. AP

Hideko Hakamada in front of the court after her 88-year-old brother was acquitted of murder after spending 46 years on death row. AP

People walk on a beach as smoke billows over southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes, as seen from Tyre, southern Lebanon. Reuters

Sunlight shines through the mist above residential buildings in the morning in Lianyungang, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP

Security personnel stands guard as voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station during the second phase of voting for local assembly elections, in Ganderbal, Kashmir. AFP

Aleksa Uskokovic of Dubai Basketball takes on Codi Miller-McIntyre of Red Star in the opening game of the ABA League. Dubai Basketball take on Red Star of Serbia at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Paratroopers from eight Nato member countries - Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, UK, and the US - jump on to Ginkel Heath in Ede, Netherlands. PA

Iranian armed forces members march during the annual military parade in Tehran, Iran. Reuters

A police officer pins an activist to the ground after blocking him from marching during a protest commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the 1972 Martial Law declaration in Manila, Philippines. Reuters

A devotee prays in front of big Buddha statues in the early morning mist at Wat Phra That Pha Sorn Kaew temple, Phetchabun province, Thailand. Reuters

A man walks past a house that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon in Moreshet, Israel. Getty Images

Internally displaced Palestinians next to the bodies of relatives killed in an Israeli air strike in the Zaytoun area of Gaza city. EPA

Israeli police extinguish a fire set by demonstrators during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages. AFP

A member of the Police Music Band jumps over the welcome mat before the arrival of Kenya's President William Ruto at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP

Police commandos stand guard outside a ballot counting centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AP

Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake, right, taking his oath of office in Colombo. Reuters

Rescuers search for missing people in debris from flooding along the Tsukada river in Wajima city, Japan. AFP

Small boats and outboard motors used by migrants to cross the Channel at a warehouse facility in Dover, Kent. PA

An art installation by Yayoi Kusama at Victoria Miro Gallery in London. Getty Images

Pat McFadden MP prepares for an interview at Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool. Reuters

The USS Vermont, a nuclear-powered and fast-attack submarine, enters a naval base in Busan, South Korea. AP

Teddy bears, symbolising children killed in Gaza since October 7, are displayed at an exhibition in Doha. The bears are for sale with proceeds set to be donated to the Gazan people. Reuters

Farmers and their families gather to protest against the government's failure to introduce agrarian reforms as they commemorate Indonesian National Farmers' Day in Jakarta. AFP

The Lijian-1 Y4 rocket, carrying five satellites, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-west China. EPA

A girl looks on as women wait in line to vote outside a polling station in Kashmir's Budgam district. Reuters

A view of Tel Aviv, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Reuters