Pictures of the week: From a charity iftar in Al Quoz to Trump's Board of Peace

Striking images from around the world

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  UAE charity The Giving Family prepares to hold an iftar event in Dubai's Al Quoz area. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  Protesters gather in Buenos Aires to show their opposition to a labour reform plan in Argentina. EPA

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  People flee a formerly Kurdish-controlled area of Aleppo, in Syria. Getty images

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  Britain's King Charles III attends the opening show of London Fashion Week. Reuters

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  Members of the Iranian military take part in joint naval exercises with Russia, in southern Iran. Reuters

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  Rocket launchers are displayed during a ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea. Reuters

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  Indonesian women attend taraweeh prayers at the Great Mosque of Istiqlal, in Jakarta. Reuters

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  Models rest backstage before the Bibhu Mohapatra Fall and Winter 2026 show, at New York Fashion Week. Reuters

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  Revellers attend a carnival in the village of Ghaxaq, Malta. Reuters

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  Canadian military personnel light a signal fire during an annual series of drills centred on the defence of the Canadian Arctic. Reuters

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  Smoke rises from the site of a gas lorry explosion in Santiago, Chile. AFP

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  Flooding surrounds a house in the village of Couthures-sur-Garonne, in south-west France. AFP

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  Norway's Karoline Offigstad Knotten shoots in the women's biathlon 4x6km relay event, at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. AFP

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  A member of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus patrols the buffer zone separating Cypriot territory and the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP

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  Members of the Paraiso do Tuiuti samba school perform at the Rio Carnival, in Brazil. AFP

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  Muslims break their fast at Al Farooq Omar bin Al Khattab Mosque in Al Safa, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  Worshippers attend morning prayers at Sheikh Hazza bin Sultan Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh for The National

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  Ayaan Mendon, an 11-year-old Dubai resident who aims to climb the 7,100-metre Lenin Peak in Tajikistan this year. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  Zayed National Museum. Victor Besa / The National

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  Afghan athlete Mudasir Tahiri, centre, carries a donkey on his shoulder to show his strength in the Nahr Shahi district of Balkh province. AFP

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  A young shepherd tends his flock in the hills near the village of Asira Al Shamaliya, north of Nablus in the occupied west bank, during a dust storm. AFP

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  A family fishes off the breakwater along the Creek extension behind Business Bay on a hazy day in Dubai. Antonie Robertson/The National

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  The Akbaran camp near Akhtarin in Aleppo province for people arriving from Al Hol camp in eastern Syria. AFP

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  A Bangladeshi labourer inspects leather at a tannery in Dhaka. AFP

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  The Carnival of Binche in Hainaut, Belgium. AFP

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  The restored Triumph of David artwork, inspired by the biblical tale of David and Goliath, is installed at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National

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  A cannon is fired at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi to mark the first iftar of Ramadan. Victor Besa / The National

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  Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg leaves court in Los Angeles, California, after taking the stand in a test case accusing social media platforms of being addictive for children. Reuters

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  Members of the Iranian military take part in joint naval exercises with Russia in southern Iran. Reuters

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  From top left, US envoy Jared Kushner, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U S Vice President JD Vance attend the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington. Getty Images