The best photos of the week: from quick on sand to a fast track

The most striking pictures from around the world

French driver Mathieu Serradori competes during the stage 4 of Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge on March 9, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Woman commemorate International Women's Day in Asuncion, Paraguay. AP Photo

The coronavirus disease isolation facility in Tsing Yi, in Hong Kong. Reuters

A young girl in an installation of women's red shoes on steps, displayed as a symbol to denounce violence against women, in Tirana, Albania. Reuters

A demonstrator in Buenos Aires throws stones at riot police during a protest against the agreement between the Argentine government and the International Monetary Fund. AFP

A man selling coloured powder for Holi, the Hindu festival, waits for customers at Sadar Bazaar market in the old quarter of New Delhi. AFP

Men pass a fence concealing a construction site in New Delhi. AFP

Strength coach Adam Fulat, 29, works out at Desert Barbell Sports Club in Al Qoz, Dubai, the only dedicated powerlifting gym in the UAE. Antonie Robertson / The National

A farmer takes a camel to be milked. Victor Besa / The National

Mothers and children at the Palanca border crossing into Moldova, March 6, 2022. Erin Clare Brown / The National

Tetiana Trepachenko is one of many Ukrainian tourists in Dubai unable to return home and desperate to find work and assistance in the UAE. Chris Whiteoak / The National

A car rests on a fence after it was carried there by floodwater on March 06, 2022 in Tumbulgum, Australia. Residents of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales are still cleaning up following unprecedented storms and the worst flooding in a decade. Getty Images

Scientists found the wreck of 'Endurance', polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice. The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust says the vessel lies 3,000 metre below the surface of the Weddell Sea. The ship was crushed by ice and sank in November 1915 during Shackleton’s failed attempt to become the first person to cross Antarctica via the South Pole. AP

This photograph taken in Tuscany by Federico Testi of Italy won a gold medal in the World Nature Photography Awards 2021.

Members of the Ivorian ethnic group Adjoukrou at the launch of the Abidjan Performing Arts Market in Yopougon, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 4, 2022. Reuters

Balloons in the colours of Ukraine during a demonstration in Mainz, Germany, on March 6, 2022, against the Russian attacks throughout Ukraine. AP

Participants in the world's largest cross-country ski race, Vasaloppet, in Saelen, on March 6, 2022. The 98th Vasaloppet is a 90-kilometre event with more than 15,000 participants. AFP

Relatives, friends and neighbours of Rafiya Nazir, 24, during her funeral in Srinagar, India, on March 7, 2022. Two people, including Nazir, were killed and more than 30 others were injured when a grenade was thrown into the crowd at a busy market in Srinagar on March 6. EPA

Fighting starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) near Pomaz, Hungary, March 4, 2022. AP

Labourers at a brick factory in the town of Nahrawan, near Baghdad, Iraq, March 8, 2022. Reuters

Fireworks illuminate the traditional 'torito', or little bull, made of paper, wood and fireworks during celebrations of San Juan de Dios in Tultepec on the outskirts of Mexico City, March 8, 2022. AFP

Peter Malnati of the US watches his son Hatcher hit from a bunker on the 13th hole during a practice round for The Players Championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, March 8, 2022. The tournament is played from March 10 until March 13, weather permitting. EPA

A Ukrainian serviceman passes wreckage from a Russian Su-34 bomber in a damaged building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. AP Photo

Ceramic pots being loaded on a lorry in the town of Gharyan, about 100 kilometres south-west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on February 5, 2022. Gharyan sculpted a reputation for ceramics generations ago, but fragile demand is forcing potters to seek new markets on Instagram and Facebook. AFP

Delegates after the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People on March 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. Getty Images

Protestors against the war and Russian invasion of Ukraine form a peace symbol during a demonstration at Heroes' Square in central Budapest, on March 9, 2022. AFP

Lions at Kyiv Zoo during the Russian invasion of Ukraine on March 8, 2022. Many animals are extremely stressed by the sound of air-raid sirens and explosions, zoo employees say. About 50 zookeepers are taking care of the animals in the zoo. EPA

Protests outside the Argentine Parliament in Buenos Aires, on March 10, 2022. There were serious disturbances when demonstrators protesting against a new government agreement with the International Monetary Fund clashed with the police. EPA

An aerial view of an event to celebrate Libyan Couscous Day in Qasr Al Haj town, about 130 kilometres from the capital Tripoli, on March 10, 2022. AFP

Carlos Sainz of Spain in his Ferrari F1-75 during F1 testing at Bahrain International Circuit on March 10, 2022 in Bahrain. Getty Images

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