• Janus, a two-headed Greek tortoise, is washed with a toothbrush a day before his 25th birthday at the Natural History Museum in Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters
    Janus, a two-headed Greek tortoise, is washed with a toothbrush a day before his 25th birthday at the Natural History Museum in Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters
  • Austria's Viktoria Wolffhardt competes in the 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Finals in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. Getty
    Austria's Viktoria Wolffhardt competes in the 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Finals in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. Getty
  • Commandos perform during the 156th Sri Lanka Police Day celebrations in Colombo. AFP
    Commandos perform during the 156th Sri Lanka Police Day celebrations in Colombo. AFP
  • Selfies at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo. AFP
    Selfies at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo. AFP
  • A Colombian navy patrol off Buenaventura, most of which is controlled by gangs. AFP
    A Colombian navy patrol off Buenaventura, most of which is controlled by gangs. AFP
  • Canines on paw patrol as part of Sri Lanka Police Day celebrations in Colombo. AFP
    Canines on paw patrol as part of Sri Lanka Police Day celebrations in Colombo. AFP
  • Lightning strikes over Ostia, Italy. EPA
    Lightning strikes over Ostia, Italy. EPA
  • Skateboarders ride down the Maryhill Loops Road during the Maryhill Ratz Freeride in Washington. The event attracts riders from all over the country. AFP
    Skateboarders ride down the Maryhill Loops Road during the Maryhill Ratz Freeride in Washington. The event attracts riders from all over the country. AFP
  • This aerial photograph shows makeshift tents for Pakistanis displaced by the floods after heavy monsoon rains at Sohbatpur in the Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province. AFP
    This aerial photograph shows makeshift tents for Pakistanis displaced by the floods after heavy monsoon rains at Sohbatpur in the Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province. AFP
  • Italian ballet dancer Roberto Bolle (unseen) dances with 1,500 students of dance schools at Piazza Duomo at the OnDance dance festival, in Milan, Italy. EPA
    Italian ballet dancer Roberto Bolle (unseen) dances with 1,500 students of dance schools at Piazza Duomo at the OnDance dance festival, in Milan, Italy. EPA
  • People listen to the broadcast of the Supreme Court of Kenya's judgment on the outcome of the general election on their smart phones in Nairobi. AFP
    People listen to the broadcast of the Supreme Court of Kenya's judgment on the outcome of the general election on their smart phones in Nairobi. AFP
  • A B-52H Stratofortress – an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber – flying over Kuwait City. The US Air Force flew the mission amid tensions with Iran as negotiations over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers hangs in the balance. AP
    A B-52H Stratofortress – an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber – flying over Kuwait City. The US Air Force flew the mission amid tensions with Iran as negotiations over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers hangs in the balance. AP
  • Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London before heading to Balmoral in Scotland, where he announced his resignation as the UK's prime minister to Queen Elizabeth II. AP
    Boris Johnson speaks outside Downing Street in London before heading to Balmoral in Scotland, where he announced his resignation as the UK's prime minister to Queen Elizabeth II. AP
  • Palestinians inspect the remains of the house of Raed Hazem, who killed three Israelis in an attack in Tel Aviv in April, after it was demolished by Israeli forces in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Palestinians inspect the remains of the house of Raed Hazem, who killed three Israelis in an attack in Tel Aviv in April, after it was demolished by Israeli forces in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • Construction workers pass a mural in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. AFP
    Construction workers pass a mural in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. AFP
  • Smoke billows from the Venezuelan ship 'Taurus 1' in Buenaventura Bay, Colombia. Twenty-nine people were rescued after a fire broke out because of a short-circuit, the Colombian Navy said. AFP
    Smoke billows from the Venezuelan ship 'Taurus 1' in Buenaventura Bay, Colombia. Twenty-nine people were rescued after a fire broke out because of a short-circuit, the Colombian Navy said. AFP
  • Rescue workers assist residents at the site of a landslide near the town of Moxi after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province, China. Reuters
    Rescue workers assist residents at the site of a landslide near the town of Moxi after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province, China. Reuters
  • The financial district of Lujiazui during sunrise in Shanghai. AFP
    The financial district of Lujiazui during sunrise in Shanghai. AFP
  • Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss, partially obscured, with members of her new Cabinet. AFP
    Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss, partially obscured, with members of her new Cabinet. AFP
  • Queen Elizabeth II waiting in the drawing room before receiving Liz Truss for an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become prime minister and form a new government. PA
    Queen Elizabeth II waiting in the drawing room before receiving Liz Truss for an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become prime minister and form a new government. PA
  • A car damaged by Typhoon Hinnamnor in Pohang, South Korea. EPA
    A car damaged by Typhoon Hinnamnor in Pohang, South Korea. EPA
  • Wind whips embers from a burning tree during a wildfire near Hemet, California. AP
    Wind whips embers from a burning tree during a wildfire near Hemet, California. AP
  • From left, Adela Llusco, Senobia Llusco, Cecilia Llusco and Camila Tarqui Llusco, Aymara indigenous women members of the Climbing Cholitas at the summit of Huayna Potosi. AFP
    From left, Adela Llusco, Senobia Llusco, Cecilia Llusco and Camila Tarqui Llusco, Aymara indigenous women members of the Climbing Cholitas at the summit of Huayna Potosi. AFP
  • Former US president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama attend the unveiling of their official White House portraits, painted by Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, respectively, at the White House. Reuters
    Former US president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama attend the unveiling of their official White House portraits, painted by Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, respectively, at the White House. Reuters
  • Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, a former teacher at Egypt's Al-Azhar university, reads in his basement home which contains about 15,000 books collected in the course of his life in the hope of offering young people in his village in the Nile Delta books to read for free. Reuters
    Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, a former teacher at Egypt's Al-Azhar university, reads in his basement home which contains about 15,000 books collected in the course of his life in the hope of offering young people in his village in the Nile Delta books to read for free. Reuters
  • A girl displaced by monsoon flooding at a temporary tent housing camp for flood victims organised by the Chinese government, in Sukkur, Pakistan. AP
    A girl displaced by monsoon flooding at a temporary tent housing camp for flood victims organised by the Chinese government, in Sukkur, Pakistan. AP
  • A tornado over the Veronese part of Lake Garda, northern Italy. Although such tornados occur mostly in tropical and subtropical areas they are also possible under certain weather conditions over larger lakes and standing waters in Europe and other parts of the globe. EPA
    A tornado over the Veronese part of Lake Garda, northern Italy. Although such tornados occur mostly in tropical and subtropical areas they are also possible under certain weather conditions over larger lakes and standing waters in Europe and other parts of the globe. EPA
  • Pakistani boys attend a class on International Literacy Day in Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA
    Pakistani boys attend a class on International Literacy Day in Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA
  • Tunisia's Ons Jabeur celebrates after winning her semi-final match against France's Caroline Garcia at the US Open. Reuters
    Tunisia's Ons Jabeur celebrates after winning her semi-final match against France's Caroline Garcia at the US Open. Reuters
  • People outside Buckingham Palace in London as a double rainbow appears in the sky after Queen Elizabeth II was placed under medical supervision because doctors were concerned for her health. AP
    People outside Buckingham Palace in London as a double rainbow appears in the sky after Queen Elizabeth II was placed under medical supervision because doctors were concerned for her health. AP

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The best photos of the week: from a double-headed tortoise to a double rainbow

Striking pictures from around the world

Charlotte Mayhew

September 09, 2022

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