Pictures of the week: From an ice factory in Karachi to the Rose Valley in Bulgaria

Striking images from around the world

TOPSHOT - A worker cleans the lines of a cooling tower at an ice factory on a hot summer day in Karachi on May 29, 2025. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)

Artist Mowen Li (Amira) with her work in the Unstable Grounds exhibition by New York University Abu Dhabi Master of Fine Arts graduates, at 421 Arts Campus. Antonie Robertson/The National

Visitors attend the Arab Media Summit at the World Trade Centre in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Library manager Mohamed Ben Baty in front of his home decorated with traditional paintings in Oualata, Mauritania. AFP

An Israeli drone flying over Gaza. AFP

A bird joins a passenger ferry crossing the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. AP

Palestinians carry bags of flour after storming a UN World Food Programme warehouse in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza. AP

Syrian Foreign Minister Ahmad Al Shibani, second left, watches as Thomas Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, who was recently also appointed special envoy to Syria, raises the flag of the United States at the American ambassador's residence in Damascus. AFP

A Buddhist monk walks past the Wat Rong Suea Ten temple, popularly known as Blue Temple, in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province. AFP

A 254ft superyacht built by Dutch company Van Lent for former Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz navigates a canal bridge in Woubrugge, The Netherlands. EPA

Activists spray 'Enough' in Hebrew on Yehudit Bridge in Tel Aviv, as families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and their supporters mark 600 days since the captives were taken. EPA

The village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps is engulfed by a landslide after part of the Birch glacier broke off. AFP

A shopkeeper sprays water to dampen the dust in the old quarter of New Delhi, India. Reuters

An electricity worker rests as he works on a power line in Hanoi, Vietnam. AFP

Antonio Conte, head coach of Napoli, is lifted by his team following their victory in the Serie A match against Cagliari in Naples, Italy. Getty Images

Graduates toss their caps in the air after the Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Reuters

A Palestinian drives a cart through the smoke after an Israeli air strike west of Gaza city. EPA

Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Jorge Luis Mendoza Cuelho, 14, during his funeral in Belen, Peru. AP Photo

Singers take part in an Isicathamiya concert at the Natal Playhouse Theatre in Durban, South Africa. AFP

Emergency workers extinguish a fire after a house was destroyed by a Russian rocket strike in Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters

Braamspunt beach near Paramaribo, Suriname. AFP

Spectators watch a film from boats at the Muyuna Floating Film Festival in Iquitos, Peru. AFP

Villagers dry rapeseed at a village in south-western China's Chongqing municipality. AFP

A woman amid the rubble at the Fahmi Al Jarjawi School in Gaza city following an Israeli air strike. AFP

A volunteer from environmental group Aegean Rebreath arranges rubbish gathered from the seabed at the port of Votsi, on the island of Alonissos, Greece. Reuters

Police seach the scene after a car collided with pedestrians at the Premier League winners' parade in Liverpool, England. AP

Lorries towing shipping containers from Umm Qasr port in Iraq's southern city of Basra. AFP

Rare joy for these Palestinians as food and humanitarian aid packages arrive in Rafah, southern Gaza. AP

Security forces keep guard in Aleppo before President Ahmad Al Shara attends the Aleppo, Key to Victory celebration marking Syria’s recent liberation. Reuters

People collect rose petals early in the morning in the Rose Valley, near the village of Cherganovo, Bulgaria. AFP