Beshara: The most captivating pictures of the week

  • A member of Dubai Police rescue department abseils down a building in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A member of Dubai Police rescue department abseils down a building in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Dancers perform a 'Noh' dance-drama during the annual Shinto festival in Tokyo. AP
    Dancers perform a 'Noh' dance-drama during the annual Shinto festival in Tokyo. AP
  • An aircraft approaches to land in Kathmandu as Nepalese people board a bus to travel back to their villages to celebrate the Dashain Festival. EPA
    An aircraft approaches to land in Kathmandu as Nepalese people board a bus to travel back to their villages to celebrate the Dashain Festival. EPA
  • Nawaf Almazyadi celebrates during the Men's Weightlifting Championships at the Saudi Games in Riyadh. Getty Images
    Nawaf Almazyadi celebrates during the Men's Weightlifting Championships at the Saudi Games in Riyadh. Getty Images
  • Martin Scorsese signs autographs in Turin, Italy. EPA
    Martin Scorsese signs autographs in Turin, Italy. EPA
  • The baroque sculpted bronze canopy by Gian Lorenzo Bernini at St Peter's Basilica as it undergoes restoration at the Vatican, Rome. Reuters
    The baroque sculpted bronze canopy by Gian Lorenzo Bernini at St Peter's Basilica as it undergoes restoration at the Vatican, Rome. Reuters
  • People light candles in front of the Leipzig Opera, eastern Germany, during the Festival of Light to mark the 35th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution in the former German Democratic Republic. AFP
    People light candles in front of the Leipzig Opera, eastern Germany, during the Festival of Light to mark the 35th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution in the former German Democratic Republic. AFP
  • The Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility. AFP
    The Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility. AFP
  • A prototype of a flying taxi, currently in development in the UAE, is unveiled in London. AP
    A prototype of a flying taxi, currently in development in the UAE, is unveiled in London. AP
  • Farmworkers harvest cranberries at the Weston Cranberry Corporation Farm in Carver, Massachusetts. AFP
    Farmworkers harvest cranberries at the Weston Cranberry Corporation Farm in Carver, Massachusetts. AFP
  • Visitors look at the new digital exhibition 'Wonderland Ocean' at the former gas plant Phoenix West in Dortmund, western Germany. AFP
    Visitors look at the new digital exhibition 'Wonderland Ocean' at the former gas plant Phoenix West in Dortmund, western Germany. AFP
  • An aerial view shows revellers wearing traditional clothes as they dance at a ‘Garba’ during the Hindu festival of Navratri, in the outskirts of Ahmedabad. AFP
    An aerial view shows revellers wearing traditional clothes as they dance at a ‘Garba’ during the Hindu festival of Navratri, in the outskirts of Ahmedabad. AFP
  • The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, light up the sky over an old grain elevator in Brant, Alberta, Canada. Reuters
    The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, light up the sky over an old grain elevator in Brant, Alberta, Canada. Reuters
  • Icelandic horses get wet in the rain at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. AP
    Icelandic horses get wet in the rain at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. AP
  • The Amador Causeway at night in Panama City. AFP
    The Amador Causeway at night in Panama City. AFP
  • Afghan men at sunset in Balkh. AFP
    Afghan men at sunset in Balkh. AFP