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Pictures of the week: From low-hanging clouds to high-flying Al Forsan
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The top of the Feldberg mountain is surrounded by fog and clouds near Frankfurt, Germany. AP -
Schoolgirls look out at the Indian Ocean at Galle Face beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP -
Hot-air balloons are displayed at an international transport exhibition, in Caracas, Venezuela. EPA -
A Hindu woman offers prayers after feeding pigeons in Hyderabad, India. AP -
Waiters serve dessert during the royal banquet in honour of the laureates of the Nobel Prize 2022, following the awards ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. AFP -
England's Jude Bellingham remonstrates with referee Wilton Sampaio during the side's World Cup defeat to France. Reuters -
Fuego volcano erupts 65km south-west of Guatemala City. AFP -
Pilgrims sleep next to images of the Virgin of Guadalupe outside a basilica in Mexico City. AFP -
An old-fashioned wholesale market in Jalandhar, in Punjab, India. AFP -
Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou's son, Isaac, plays on the pitch after the country's World Cup win against Portugal. Reuters -
Nasa's Orion capsule is retrieved by the USS Portland after it splashed down following a successful uncrewed Moon mission, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Reuters -
A labourer works at a factory that produces handicrafts made of salt in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA -
A street scene in Kitshanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP -
Protestors opposed to Peruvian President Dina Boluarte take over an airport in Arequipa, Peru. AFP -
The original mechatronic E. T. character from Steven Spielberg's 1982 film of the same name, on display in Beverly Hills, California. AFP -
Submerged statues on a flooded street in Alges, Portugal. Reuters -
AYA, an 'entertainment experiential park' in Wafi Mall. Antonie Robertson / The National -
The sun rises over the frozen trees of the Taunus region near Frankfurt. AP -
Buenos Aires basks in the glory of reaching the World Cup final, after Argentina knocked out Croatia in the semis. AFP -
A man collects plastic from the polluted Citarum river in West Bandung, Indonesia. AFP -
Ukrainian civilians take shelter inside a metro station during an air raid alert in the centre of Kyiv. AFP -
A snow leopard, whose numbers are slowly bouncing back, looks into a remote camera in Kyrgyzstan. Reuters -
Workers remove containers at Tiendita bridge in Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, where the land border will reopen on January 1. AFP -
Carp swim at Bay Bon pond in the Mekong river, which had been affected by sediment, Can Tho, Vietnam. Reuters -
The Aerobics Marathon with live salsa music in Cali, Colombia. AFP -
Miss New York, Taryn Delanie Smith, centre left, and Miss Wisconsin, Grace Stanke, centre right, celebrate after the latter was announced as Miss America 2023, in Connecticut. AP -
A choreographed beach exhibition before the International Martial Arts Championship in Kenya. AFP -
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and husband Paul Pelosi during the unveiling of a portrait of Ms Pelosi at the US Capitol in Washington. EPA -
Korey Miller, 23, looks for valuables and family heirlooms in her grandmother's home in Gretna, Louisiana, after the entire roof was blown away by a tornado. AP -
Al Fursan aerobatic team puts on a display near the Adnoc Events Village in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
