Pictures of the week: From prayers at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque to protests in Gaza

Striking images from around the world

The 27th night of Ramadan at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National

Workers adjust the lanterns in preparation ahead of Buddha's birthday celebrations at Jogye temple in South Korean capital Seoul. AP

A protester interrupts Britain's Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds delivering his speech at Chatham House at the think tank's global trade conference, in London. AP

Protesters are sprayed by police water cannon at a demonstration against a revision to Indonesia's armed forces law, in front of the House of Representatives building in Jakarta. AFP

An artist paints a tram on the theme of Sundarbans mangrove forest in the Ganges Delta – which covers both Bangladesh and India – to raise awareness about climate change, in Kolkata, capital of India's West Bengal state. AFP

Clouds over a statue of the national monument to Italy's King Vittorio Emanuele II, also known as Vittoriano, who reigned from 1861 to 1878, in Rome. AFP

Canada's Marion Thenault warms up prior to the mixed team aerials final event at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships 2025 in St Moritz, south-east Switzerland. AFP

Palestinians walk amid rubble from Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Reuters

Members of the Al Kahlout family mourn over the bodies of relatives killed in an Israeli strike, at Al Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City. AP

Jonathan Olakunle Olanlokun, an environmental advocate known as the Nigerian Spiderman, with vendors and customers at a street market in Osogbo, Osun state, south-west Nigeria. EPA

Villagers attend a bullfight in Congjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in China's south-western Guizhou province. AFP

A performer with the dance company of South Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ahn rehearses for Dragons, part of the Bradford 2025 City of Culture, at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, northern England. AFP

A mass grave at San Rafael Municipal Cemetery of 56 unidentified or unclaimed persons in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico. AFP

Mourners holding their lit-up phones outside the Novi Sad city train station in Serbia to honour the memory of a teenager who died from injuries sustained when the station's roof collapsed in November 2024. AFP

Gregoire Munster of Belgium drives his Ford Puma Rally 1 car during day three of Rally Safari 2025, in Naivasha, Kenya. EPA

The Christ the Redeemer statue stands with its lights turned off during an hour of voluntary darkness for the global "Earth Hour" campaign in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in Gaza city. EPA

Turkish riot police spray tear gas onto a protester during a demonstration outside Istanbul's city hall to support Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu following his arrest. AFP

A boy walks between ranks of statues of Buddhist monks at Trapeang Thma pagoda in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province. AFP

Kaja Kallas, EU foreign affairs minister, lays a wreath next to the eternal flame on a visit to Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem. Reuters

Employees of National High Speed Railway Corporation Ltd work on restoration after a crane collapsed between pillars on the bullet train line of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India. Reuters

Shiite devotees with copies of the Quran on their heads attend mass prayers for Laylat Al Qadr, the Night of Destiny, at the Great Mosque of Kufa in Iraq. AFP

Wild horses and their foals are returned to the mountains after being dewormed and having their manes cut during the Shearing of the Beasts in the village of Sabucedo, Galicia, Spain. Reuters

The Roulettes aerobatic display team of the Royal Australian Air Force perform during the Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Reuters

Members of the Gyeongbuk Seobu Cultural Heritage Care Center wrap a Buddha statue with cotton cloth and a fire-retardant blanket during preparations for the threat of a wildfire advancing towards Gounsa Temple in Uiseong. AFP

In Buenos Aires, demonstrators carry a banner with photos of people who 'disappeared' during Argentina's military dictatorship of 1976-1983. The march commemorates the anniversary of the 1976 coup that overthrew the presidency of Isabel Peron. AP

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra with coalition party members after she survived a no-confidence vote in parliament in Bangkok. Reuters

Citizens gather at the National Monument for the Martyrs of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in Savar, north-west of Dhaka, to mark the beginning of country’s independence campaign in 1971. AFP

A banner depicts former Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as supporters gather to protest against his arrest as part of a corruption investigation. Reuters

In Beit Lahia, Gaza, demonstrators hold placards and banners in Arabic reading 'Enough killing and destruction' and 'The children of Palestine: We want to live' during a rally calling for an end to the Israel-Gaza war. AFP