The best photos of the week: from pampered dogs to salted fish

The most striking pictures from around the world

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  Dogs at Happy Bark Day, a dog cafe in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Reuters

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  The Dubai skyline in the United Arab Emirates during Ramadan, when Muslim men and women around the world observe a month-long celebration of self-purification and restraint. Getty Images

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  Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, reflected in the press box windows during the Arizona Diamondbacks' game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Reuters

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  Children at a tribute ceremony marking the Day of Missing Persons at the cemetery in the village of Meje, where in 1999 Serbian forces left about 400 civilians dead during the Kosovo war. More than 1,600 people, most of them ethnic Albanians, are still listed missing from the Kosovo war. AFP

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  A woman in a Cholita dress at the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia. Reuters

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  Pungent foam that formed in the polluted Mosquera River and ended up in the Los Puentes neighbourhood, west of Bogota. AFP

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  Waiting for iftar. Dubai resident and entrepreneur Dr Siama Qadar has been feeding 1,300 labourers every day throughout the holy month at the Jebel Ali industrial site 1 mosque, with the help of friends and family. They also handed out 500 Qurans. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  Wired for sound. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at a news conference after the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in President Joe Biden's attempt to rescind a Trump-era immigration policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await US hearings on their asylum claims. Reuters

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  A Ukrainian girl plays with balloons aboard the Corsica Linea ferry 'Mediterranee' in Marseille, southern France. Ukrainian refugees on this boat have finally found safety. The ship is docked at the Joliette ferry terminal in Marseille, with about 700 'passengers'. AFP

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  Women wait to receive food from the Afterlife foundation during Islam's fasting month of Ramadan in Kandahar. AFP

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  Sri Lankan police behind a police barricade during a protest outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. Thousands of demonstrators stage day and night protests in front of the building calling for the resignation of the president over his alleged failure to address the economic crisis. EPA

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  A Ukrainian serviceman examines a Russian ballistic missile's booster stage, which fell in a field in Bohodarove, eastern Ukraine, during Russian attacks on Ukraine. AFP

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  Former England, Liverpool and Manchester United striker Michael Own and trainer Hugo Palmer with racehorse Mr McCann at Manor House Stables, Malpas, Cheshire. Darren Robinson for The National

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  An unusual photo opportunity for this couple in the village of Rusaniv, Kyiv region, Ukraine, with a wrecked Russian tank for a backdrop. Reuters

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  Planes perform an aerial display during a military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Reuters

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  Hand prints on a canvas as demonstrators gather to observe the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in front of the Turkish Consulate in Beverly Hills, California. EPA

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  Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National

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  Members of Greenpeace next to the tanker 'Ust Luga' near Asgardstrand, Norway, part of a protest against delivering Russian oil to Norway, according to Greenpeace. Reuters

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  Tyson Fury celebrates after winning his fight against Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium, London. Reuters

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  People at the 35th International Kite Meeting of Berck-sur-Mer, France. AFP

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  A family from Myrne, a town occupied by Russian forces, wait to register with police at an evacuation point for people fleeing from Mariupol, Melitopol and surrounding towns under Russian control in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Getty Images

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  A SpaceX Falcon rocket launches from Kennedy Space Centre for the International Space Station. The time exposure of launch was taken from Kelly Park on Merritt Island. AP

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  Lakhta Centre, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, towers over private homes in St Petersburg, Russia. Polish and Bulgarian leaders accuse Russia of using gas supplies to blackmail their countries. AP Photo

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  Taliban fighters at a ceremony to remember Mullah Mohammed Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters

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  Palestinian worshippers pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power, in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque, in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on April 27, 2022. The 27th day of the holy fasting month is commemorated as the night Prophet Mohammed received the first revelation of the Quran. AP Photo

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  A Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25 releases decoy flares as it provides air support to Ukrainian troops on the ground during the battle near Yampil, eastern Ukraine against Russian invaders. AFP

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  Nguyen Ngoc Anh, 36, an illegal logger turned forest protector, at Phong Nha National Park, Quang Binh province, Vietnam. Reuters

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  A sand-storm at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on a summer afternoon in Allahabad, India. AFP

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  French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with supporters in Paris, France. Mr Macron comfortably won re-election on Sunday in the presidential run-off, offering French voters and the European Union the reassurance of leadership stability in the bloc's only nuclear-armed power as the continent grapples with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. AP Photo

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  A Palestinian man in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, prepares salted fish to be sold at market before Eid Al Fitr. Reuters

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