Beshara: The most captivating pictures of the week

  • Tourists ride camels during the seventh annual Pyramids Half Marathon at the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. EPA
    Tourists ride camels during the seventh annual Pyramids Half Marathon at the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. EPA
  • Musicians play the violin during the opening of the renovated Monument of Neutrality in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, before the 30th anniversary of the country’s neutrality. AFP
    Musicians play the violin during the opening of the renovated Monument of Neutrality in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, before the 30th anniversary of the country’s neutrality. AFP
  • Nic von Rupp of Portugal rides a wave during a WSL Big Wave Challenge session in Nazare. AFP
    Nic von Rupp of Portugal rides a wave during a WSL Big Wave Challenge session in Nazare. AFP
  • A young male gorilla of the Amahoro family shows off his acrobatic flair in the Virunga Mountains. Photo by Mark Meth-Cohn, winner of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards.
    A young male gorilla of the Amahoro family shows off his acrobatic flair in the Virunga Mountains. Photo by Mark Meth-Cohn, winner of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards.
  • A duck crosses a street in Beijing. AFP
    A duck crosses a street in Beijing. AFP
  • An Air Algerie airliner, with the moon seen in the background, flying above Marseille, south of France. AFP
    An Air Algerie airliner, with the moon seen in the background, flying above Marseille, south of France. AFP
  • An angler casts his fishing line from a rocky outcrop along the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. AP
    An angler casts his fishing line from a rocky outcrop along the Beirut coastline, Lebanon. AP
  • Children play at the base of a 133 foot tall statue, that honours the Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar, at Kanniyakumari, the southern most tip of India. AP
    Children play at the base of a 133 foot tall statue, that honours the Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar, at Kanniyakumari, the southern most tip of India. AP
  • A motorist drives down a street lined with holiday lights, in Shawnee, Kan. AP
    A motorist drives down a street lined with holiday lights, in Shawnee, Kan. AP
  • Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado with the crowd gathered in front of the Grand Hotel, in Oslo, Norway. AP
    Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado with the crowd gathered in front of the Grand Hotel, in Oslo, Norway. AP
  • The two weeks old pygmy hippo baby 'Panya' walks with its mother for the first time into their enclosure at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany. AP
    The two weeks old pygmy hippo baby 'Panya' walks with its mother for the first time into their enclosure at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany. AP
  • A girl looks out the window at the Amazon Pearl community farming project on the outskirts of Puerto Asis, Colombia. AP
    A girl looks out the window at the Amazon Pearl community farming project on the outskirts of Puerto Asis, Colombia. AP
  • People watch a multimedia light show during the 'Country of Light' festival at the Palace Square, in St Petersburg, Russia. AP
    People watch a multimedia light show during the 'Country of Light' festival at the Palace Square, in St Petersburg, Russia. AP
  • A boatman pushes his boat towards the Green Lagoon off the town of Coron in Palawan province in the Philippines. AFP
    A boatman pushes his boat towards the Green Lagoon off the town of Coron in Palawan province in the Philippines. AFP
  • A composite of 480 stacked long-exposure images shows Geminid meteors streaking across the night sky over the Skopska Crna Gora mountain, about 45km north of the capital Skopje, North Macedonia. EPA
    A composite of 480 stacked long-exposure images shows Geminid meteors streaking across the night sky over the Skopska Crna Gora mountain, about 45km north of the capital Skopje, North Macedonia. EPA