Beshara: The most captivating pictures of the week


  • A woman walks through Lefortovsky park as foliage shows fall colours in Moscow, Russia. AP
    A woman walks through Lefortovsky park as foliage shows fall colours in Moscow, Russia. AP
  • Drivers merge onto motorway lanes after passing through the Wuzhuang toll station at Chuzhou, in China’s eastern Anhui province, as they make their way back home on the second-to-last day of an eight-day National Day holiday. AFP
    Drivers merge onto motorway lanes after passing through the Wuzhuang toll station at Chuzhou, in China’s eastern Anhui province, as they make their way back home on the second-to-last day of an eight-day National Day holiday. AFP
  • The Singh Twins alongside a triptych of their work from The Masala Art series, on display at Kew Gardens in London. PA
    The Singh Twins alongside a triptych of their work from The Masala Art series, on display at Kew Gardens in London. PA
  • Displaced Palestinian children run behind a man on a beach at sunrise, in Al Zawayda city, Gaza, following the announcement of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. AFP
    Displaced Palestinian children run behind a man on a beach at sunrise, in Al Zawayda city, Gaza, following the announcement of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. AFP
  • Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi sit in a garden before their bilateral meeting at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. AFP
    Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi sit in a garden before their bilateral meeting at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. AFP
  • US tennis star Coco Gauff serves to Germany’s Laura Siegemund during their women’s singles quarterfinal match at the Wuhan Open, in China. AFP
    US tennis star Coco Gauff serves to Germany’s Laura Siegemund during their women’s singles quarterfinal match at the Wuhan Open, in China. AFP
  • The first supermoon of the year is seen behind a plant in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. EPA
    The first supermoon of the year is seen behind a plant in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. EPA
  • Rahaf Ayyad, 13, from Gaza, who fully recovered after receiving life-saving treatment for malnourishment and severe health problems at Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, is now living with her family at Emirates Humanitarian City in the emirate. Victor Besa / The National
    Rahaf Ayyad, 13, from Gaza, who fully recovered after receiving life-saving treatment for malnourishment and severe health problems at Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, is now living with her family at Emirates Humanitarian City in the emirate. Victor Besa / The National
  • Taking a dip at the beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA
    Taking a dip at the beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA
  • Poeple paddle a canoe beneath Baseley's Bridge spanning the Basingstoke Canal, near Odiham, west of London. AFP
    Poeple paddle a canoe beneath Baseley's Bridge spanning the Basingstoke Canal, near Odiham, west of London. AFP
  • A man enjoys the view on a hot humid day on The Palm, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A man enjoys the view on a hot humid day on The Palm, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Nala, a 13-year-old female hippopotamus, swims with her male cub at the Berlin Zoo, Germany. AFP
    Nala, a 13-year-old female hippopotamus, swims with her male cub at the Berlin Zoo, Germany. AFP
  • Afghan women sit along a road at a market in Faizabad district, Badakhshan province. AFP
    Afghan women sit along a road at a market in Faizabad district, Badakhshan province. AFP
  • A man guides his hand-sewn stunt kite in Wisconsin's Rockwell Park. AP
    A man guides his hand-sewn stunt kite in Wisconsin's Rockwell Park. AP