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Pictures of the week: from Cop27 to Remembrance Day
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The sails of the Sydney Opera House illuminated with poppies at dawn to mark Remembrance Day in Australia. Reuters -
A medic prepares a patient from Gaza to receive dialysis treatment at Al Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem. The UAE has signed a $25 million agreement to support the hospital, which provides health services to the Palestinian community. Corinna Kern for The National -
Cyclists on Sheikh Zayed Road for the Dubai Ride, part of the Dubai Fitness Challenge. Ruel Pableo for The National -
Members of environmental organisations during the protest action 'SOS for the climate' at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. Milieudefensie, Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace, among others, joined the protest. EPA -
Mirrors reflect people visiting the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, China. EPA -
Gerard Pique waves to fans after playing his last home game for FC Barcelona. Reuters -
Japan Air Self-Defence Force's aerobatic flight team Blue Impulse performs during an International Fleet Review to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force, at Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo. Reuters -
Protesters confront police during a march calling for the resignation or removal of the president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru. EPA -
Sham Bakour of Syria with her first-place trophy at the Arabic Reading competition ceremony at Dubai Opera. Ruel Pableo for The National -
An Egyptian traditional dancer performs the 'Tanoura' dance during a street performance in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. EPA -
Guests at the launch of International Development Bank at the Four Seasons Resort Jumeirah in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National -
A flooded St Mark's Square during seasonal high water in Venice, Italy. Reuters -
A voter during early voting ahead of the midterm election in Lansing, Michigan. Reuters -
Wave watching in the early morning next to Eduardo Chillida's 'El Peine del Viento' sculpture in San Sebastian, Spain. EPA -
The migrant processing centre in Manston, Britain. Reuters -
A motorcyclist passes debris piled up from a home destroyed by Hurricane Ian on Matlacha Island in Florida on the eve of the midterm elections. AFP -
Protesting farmers throw an ear of rice at police during a rally against the government's agricultural policy near the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea. Farmers are calling for measures to stabilise rice prices. EPA -
The full moon rises at Manly Beach before a total lunar eclipse in Sydney, Australia. Australians experienced the first visible total lunar eclipse of the year on Tuesday, with the eclipse also being visible from New Zealand. Getty Images -
Macaws on the balcony of a house in Caracas, Venezuela. Reuters -
A worker passes a mural in Doha ahead of the Qatar 2022 Fifa World Cup football tournament. AFP -
Kyiv during a blackout after a military strike partially damaged the electricity infrastructure. AFP -
A salt evaporation pond at Las Coloradas, on the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The water gets its pink tint from red-coloured algae, plankton and brine shrimp. AFP -
Police block Islami Andolan Bangladesh activists marching during a protest demanding compulsory Islamic education in the national education curriculum in Dhaka. AFP -
Eucharistic ministers gave holy communion for the early morning papal mass at Bahrain National Stadium, Bahrain. Khushnum Bhandari / The National -
Graffiti on a wall of a damaged building in Borodyanka in Kyiv region, Ukraine. Borodyanka was hit particularly hard by Russian air strikes in the first few weeks of the conflict. Getty Images -
Schoolgirls in Baidoa, Somalia. After four consecutive failed rainy seasons, Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are in the middle of the worst period of drought for 40 years. About seven million Somalis, nearly half the population, is at risk of famine. AFP -
Poppy crosses fill the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London. remembering all those who died serving their country. EPA -
The start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race, off the coast of Saint-Malo, western France. The race takes boats from Saint-Malo to Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe. AFP -
Huts made of branches and cloth provide shelter to Somalis displaced by drought on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia. The African continent needs to adapt to climate change, but it needs funds to do so. This is one of the main priorities for the African Group of Negotiators at the United Nations climate summit, Cop27, under way in Egypt. AP Photo -
An installation at the Green Zone during the Cop27 climate summit at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre in Egypt. AFP
