Pictures of the week: From sunset in Gaza to the Arab Media Summit in Dubai
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Men walk through rubble at Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip. AFP -
Hair is styled and make-up applied before models present creations by designer Mark Fast on day one of London Fashion Week. AFP -
Los Angeles Angels left-fielder Wade Meckler is doused by shortstop Zach Neto after hitting a walk-off single in the 10th inning against the Minnesota Twins at Angel Stadium in LA. Reuters -
Sunset during the quarter-finals of the Guadalajara Open women’s tennis tournament in Mexico. EPA -
A firefighter works at the site of a shopping centre which was hit by a late evening Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Reuters -
The Dubai Electronic Security Centre stand at Gisec Global in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Migrants wait on Benitez beach in Ceuta to be relocated after a mass crossing from Morocco into the Spanish exclave. Reuters -
An aerial photo shows a shepherd herding sheep over a dried-up paddy field in drought-hit Jonggol, West Java, Indonesia. EPA -
Police face off with French fishermen at a blockade of a southern oil depot, during protests against EU restrictions and the rising cost of diesel. EPA -
A Palestinian woman watches Israeli forces demolish a building near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters -
Posters are plastered on a wall outside a Kathmandu hospital, as Nepalis continue to search for loved ones missing since last month's deadly flash flood. Reuters -
A white tiger lifts its paw towards a woman's hand at Cuba's National Zoo, in Havana, which is struggling with a shortage of food, fuel and staff. AFP -
A woman stands in the shell an apartment after the building was hit in a Russian drone strike, in Odesa, Ukraine. Reuters -
Zebra doves sit in cages during an annual bird singing competition in Thailand's southern Narathiwat province. AFP -
Children play volleyball on a court made from rubble in Gaza city. AFP -
Allison Janney has her eyes on the prize as winner of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Diplomat at the Emmy Awards, held at the Peacock Theatre, Los Angeles. AFP -
A farm worker carries harvested paddy from a field on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir. Reuters -
A passenger injured when the Virgo Transport 8 ferry capsized in the Java Sea sits on a stretcher at Trisakti port in Banjarmasin, Indonesia. Reuters -
Devotees worship an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha at a festival in Amritsar, India. AFP -
Honour guards rehearse for a welcome ceremony for Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida at the National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA -
Supporters of the Kenyan opposition Linda Mwananchi (Protect the Citizen) coalition during a road rally in Nairobi, as Edwin Sifuna emerges as the loudest threat to President William Ruto. AFP -
Saly Sarr of Senegal claims the women's triple jump title in the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary. EPA -
Smoke rises from a hillside during a wildfire near residential neighbourhoods in Quito, Ecuador, even as people continue to play on a football pitch. Reuters -
Hindi spiritual leader Chidanand Saraswati conducts a Ceremony of Light: Ganga Aarti on the Thames in Greenwich, south-east London. AFP -
Elderly participants interact with a robot dog during a government-organised digital survival training session at a senior community centre in Suwon, South Korea. AFP -
USA's Ben Shelton serves to Germany's Alexander Zverev during the men's singles final at the US Open in New York City. Zverev won in four sets. AFP -
A mud-covered riverbank in Dhading district in the aftermath of the flash floods that hit Nepal on August 26. Reuters -
A mother hugs her son as he arrives home, after being pulled alive from a hydropower station tunnel where he had spent nine days trapped following flash floods and a mudslide in the Saptari district of Nepal. Reuters -
A firefighter monitors the progress of an inferno near Upper Lake, a community in Lake County in the US state of California. Reuters -
A scene from the Arab Media Summit being held at Dubai World Trade Centre. Antonie Robertson / The National
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