The best photos of the week: from a Swiss adventurer to yogis in Times Square

The most striking pictures from around the world

A protester flees after hearing gunshots at Secunderabad railroad station in Hyderabad, India. Thousands of youths burnt train coaches and blocked tracks and roads with boulders as demonstrations continued for a second straight day against a new government recruitment plan for the military, June 17, 2022. AP

Firefighters battle a blaze in Pumarejo de Tera near Zamora in northern Spain. Firefighters continue to fight several fires in Spain on the last day of an extreme heat wave, June 18, 2022. AFP

Philadelphia police and firefighters line up to honour colleague Lt Sean Williamson, who was killed in an early morning building collapse, June 18, 2022. AP

A boy cools off in the Shatt Al-Arab waterway at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in Iraq's southern city of Basra, June 18, 2022. AFP

A displaced Syrian child plays with a doll in the damaged building where she lives, in Syria's northern city of Raqa, June 18, 2022. AFP

Swiss freeride snowboarder, base jumper and wingsuit pilot Geraldine Fasnacht prepares to jump out of SolarStratos, a solar powered aircraft prototype, above the Alpine resort of Verbier, June 18, 2022. AP

A girl carries her brother as she wades through a flooded road after heavy rains on the outskirts of Agartala, India, June 18, 2022. Reuters

New Colombian President Gustavo Petro gives a victory speech alongside running mate Francia Marquez at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, after winning the election. The former guerrilla becomes the country's first left-wing president after beating rival Rodolfo Hernandez at the polls, on June 19, 2022. AFP

The Red Arrows, the British RAF's aerobatic team, in formation at the Danish Air Show at Karup Airport, June 19, 2022. EPA

South Korea's second home-produced rocket, Nuri, is prepared for launch at Naro Space Centre in Goheung. The event was rescheduled after aerospace engineers replaced a malfunctioning part, June 20, 2022. EPA

Activists from the Communist Party of Nepal protest against the government's decision to increase fuel prices, in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 20, 2022. EPA

Biologist Gabriela Santos shows seahorses in a jar as she collects them from the water off Urca beach as part of the Rio de Janeiro seahorse project run by Brazil's Santa Ursula University, June 20, 2022. AP

A Ukrainian service member and a dog in the industrial area of Severodonetsk, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, June 20, 2022. Reuters

Farm manager Martyn van Adrichem with Elsa at the Donkey Dairy Farm in Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Chinese traditional medicine's demand for a gelatin made from donkey skins has led to a fall in the donkey population in South Africa. AFP

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a yoga lesson to celebrate International Day of Yoga, in front of the Mysore Palace in Mysore, southern India, June 21, 2022. AFP

US President Joe Biden holds a baby as he visits a Covid-19 vaccination clinic at the Church of the Holy Communion in Washington, June 21, 2022. AP

Yogis take part in the 'Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga' event marking the summer solstice, in New York on June 21, 2022. AFP

An aerial view of the Tigris river and the western side of Iraq's northern city of Mosul during a dust storm, June 21, 2022. AFP

Locals wait to receive humanitarian aid near a residential building in Borodyanka, Ukraine, damaged during a Russian attack, June 21, 2022. EPA

Revellers celebrate the summer solstice as the Sun rises for the longest day of the year at Stonehenge, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, southern England, June 21, 2022. AFP

Sunset at the Glastonbury Festival, June 22, 2022. EPA

Japan competes in the preliminaries for the women's team free combination artistic swimming event at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, June 22, 2022. AFP

Swiss artists Frank and Patrik Riklin pose on the bed in the anti-idyllic suite of the Null-Stern-Hotel (Zero-Star-Hotel), which offers guests a choice of four open-air rooms in Saillon, Switzerland. Reuters

A member of staff holds the painting 'Cloud Study' by John Constable, against the backdrop of 'Study for Clouds' by Gerhard Richter at Sotheby's in London, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. The piece has an estimated price of £100,000 to £150,000, while 'Study for Clouds' is £6 million to £8 million and will go to auction on June 29. AP

A woman outside a temporary shelter after the devastating earthquake in Paktia province, Afghanistan. Authorities say the 1,000-plus death toll is likely to rise, June 23, 2022. EPA

A Taliban helicopter takes off after taking aid to the site of an earthquake in Gayan, Afghanistan, June 23, 2022. Reuters

US actor Sean Penn, centre, attends the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, on June 23, 2022. AFP

A horse rears above the crowd during the 'Caragol des Born', a mass gathering of horses and people during the traditional Saint John festival in Ciutadella, Minorca, on June 23, 2022. AFP

Demonstrators clash with police in Arbolito Park in Quito, amid indigenous-led protests against the Ecuadorean government, on June 23, 2022. AFP

A rescuer helps a cat after a flash flood triggered by heavy rains in Purasari village in Bogor, Indonesia, on June 24, 2022. AFP

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