The best photos of the week: from a Brazilian police dog to Sydney Opera House abseiling
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'Officer Olveira', a stray dog adopted by Brazilian police and used for campaigns, peers from a patrol car in Rio de Janeiro. AP -
Sri Lankan police officers wearing gas masks stand guard on a road leading to the parliament building, after the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa lost its majority, amid the country's economic crisis, in the capital Colombo. Reuters -
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall pose for a photo with the cast and crew during a visit to the set of 'EastEnders' at the BBC studios in Elstree, Hertfordshire. Reuters -
Bogdan Shur stands in the building site he now uses to weld scrap steel together to make home-made level-4 bulletproof plates. The plates are inserted into vests and sent to the Ukrainian army and the volunteer Territorial Defence Force. Oliver Marsden for The National -
Felice Hurst, a single mother with three kids who lives in villa in old compound at Jumeirah 3 area. (L-R) Scarlett, Liv, Hugo, Felice and Charlie the dog. Victor Besa / The National -
A Ukrainian soldier walks by the wreckage of an Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's largest aircraft, which was destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Hostomel, Ukraine. AP -
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is illuminated for Ramadan. Victor Besa / The National -
A boy performs traditional Indian malkhamb gymnastics during the Gudi Padwa festival, which celebrates the beginning of the new year for Maharashtrians, in Mumbai. Reuters -
Runners dressed up as famous London buildings head past the National Gallery during the London Landmarks Half Marathon. PA -
A colourful arrival for Colombian band Bomba Estereo at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas. AFP -
Jack Tottem, the University of Oxford team's coxswain, is thrown into the River Thames after victory over rivals Cambridge in the Gemini Boat Race in London. Getty Images -
Hundreds of students read the Quran at the Ar Raudhatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, Indonesia. AFP -
An evacuation convoy arrives at a centre for displaced people who have fled their homes amid fighting with Russia, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. AFP -
Ramadan decorations up at Times Square Centre, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
In the courtyard of their house, Vlad Tanyuk, 6, stands near the grave of his mother Ira Tanyuk, who died because of starvation and stress due to the war, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. AP -
Supporters of Imran Khan listen to his speech during a rally in Islamabad. The incumbent prime minister says there has been unacceptable meddling in Pakistan's democratic institutions and a transitional government should be formed to organise new elections. EPA -
Nearly-empty roads during a phased lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai, China. Bloomberg -
Mounted policemen ride towards anti-government protesters, in Lima, Peru. Thousands of Peruvians defied a curfew ordered by President Pedro Castillo and demonstrated to demand his resignation. EPA -
Blind and visually impaired Ivorian football players take part in a training session in Abidjan. The national blind football team has already taken part in two African championships. AFP -
Building operations staff inspect tiles on the Sydney Opera House sails. Getty Images -
A DHL cargo plane that broke in two after it skidded off the runway at Juan Santamaria airport, Costa Rica. The Boeing 757 returned to the airport after experiencing problems on take-off. AFP -
A sandstorm in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. AFP -
A white-handed gibbon infant born at Skopje Zoo, North Macedonia. Reuters -
A forest fire is continuing to destroy thousands of hectares of Parque Cumbres, in Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, more than two weeks after it started. EPA -
President Joe Biden and Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson watch from the White House in Washington as the Senate votes on her confirmation. AP -
Lines of graves at the Chinese Christian Cemetery in Hong Kong as people visit graveyards to honour their ancestors during the annual Tomb Sweeping Day, known locally as Ching Ming. AFP -
Mohammed Dakhil Chyad, 55, an Iraqi cinephile who offers free screenings in his home cinema and at a cultural centre, feeds his cats in Baghdad. Reuters -
People enjoy the sight of cherry blossoms in full bloom in a field of rapeseed in Kashihara, western Japan. EPA -
A worker stacks vermicelli which is used in making traditional sweet dishes popularly consumed during the holy month, at a factory in Allahabad, India. AFP -
Christian Ndombe, a park ranger, holds a tiny baby turtle at a hatching centre in Muanda, Democratic Republic of Congo. Reuters
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