Best photos of September 23: Cadets in St Peter's Square to George Lucas's LA museum

  • Cadets from Italy's Finance Guard attend Pope Leo XIV's general audience in St Peter's Square, Vatican City. EPA
    Cadets from Italy's Finance Guard attend Pope Leo XIV's general audience in St Peter's Square, Vatican City. EPA
  • One of the first graduates from Syria's Women's Police Institute hugs a relative at her graduation ceremony in Damascus. Reuters
    One of the first graduates from Syria's Women's Police Institute hugs a relative at her graduation ceremony in Damascus. Reuters
  • A pro-regime counter-protester scratches the face of a demonstrator taking part in a Free Iran rally outside the UN General Assembly in New York, US. AFP
    A pro-regime counter-protester scratches the face of a demonstrator taking part in a Free Iran rally outside the UN General Assembly in New York, US. AFP
  • Chinese gymnast Boheng Zhang in action on the rings at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. Reuters
    Chinese gymnast Boheng Zhang in action on the rings at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. Reuters
  • The Changkong Bridge, a suspension footbridge in south-west China's Guizhou province. AFP
    The Changkong Bridge, a suspension footbridge in south-west China's Guizhou province. AFP
  • Hindu devotees unveil Lord Shiva's Swet Bhairav idol on the first day of the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu. AFP
    Hindu devotees unveil Lord Shiva's Swet Bhairav idol on the first day of the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu. AFP
  • A shopping centre burns following a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. AFP
    A shopping centre burns following a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. AFP
  • Visitors at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, California, co-founded by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson. AFP
    Visitors at the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, California, co-founded by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson. AFP