• Picture made available by "All About Lapland" on March 24, 2023 and taken on on late March 23, 2023 shows colourful northern lights (Aurora borealis) appearing around the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland. - The northern lights appeared right after dawn, and they continued all the way through the night. (Photo by Alexander KUZNETSOV / ALL ABOUT LAPLAND / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ALL ABOUT LAPLAND / Alexander Kuznetsov" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
    Picture made available by "All About Lapland" on March 24, 2023 and taken on on late March 23, 2023 shows colourful northern lights (Aurora borealis) appearing around the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland. - The northern lights appeared right after dawn, and they continued all the way through the night. (Photo by Alexander KUZNETSOV / ALL ABOUT LAPLAND / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ALL ABOUT LAPLAND / Alexander Kuznetsov" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
  • Youths hold out their pots and containers to receive soup on the second day of Ramadan in Gaza city. AFP
    Youths hold out their pots and containers to receive soup on the second day of Ramadan in Gaza city. AFP
  • French police officers during a demonstration against water storage 'basins' in Sainte-Soline. Reuters
    French police officers during a demonstration against water storage 'basins' in Sainte-Soline. Reuters
  • Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • A young girl in a damaged house set on fire by Israeli settlers in Sinjel, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. EPA
    A young girl in a damaged house set on fire by Israeli settlers in Sinjel, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. EPA
  • The remains of destroyed house and car after a tornado in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. AFP
    The remains of destroyed house and car after a tornado in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. AFP
  • Ngwiza Khumbulani Moyo, a collector of vintage items, holds an old radio set outside his home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. AP
    Ngwiza Khumbulani Moyo, a collector of vintage items, holds an old radio set outside his home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. AP
  • Dubai World Cup ends with the annual fireworks display. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Dubai World Cup ends with the annual fireworks display. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Police detain a supporter of India's main opposition Congress party during a protest after its leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from parliament, in New Delhi. Reuters
    Police detain a supporter of India's main opposition Congress party during a protest after its leader Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from parliament, in New Delhi. Reuters
  • A reflection of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in the US capital. Reuters
    A reflection of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in the US capital. Reuters
  • Afghan children attend class at an open-air school in Fayzabad district, Badakhshan province. AFP
    Afghan children attend class at an open-air school in Fayzabad district, Badakhshan province. AFP
  • Kenyan opposition coalition leader Raila Odinga speaks out against what he described as police brutality at a rally in Nairobi last week. AFP
    Kenyan opposition coalition leader Raila Odinga speaks out against what he described as police brutality at a rally in Nairobi last week. AFP
  • About 4,000 people end their fast daily at the Kuwait Mosque in Deira. They are served kanji, a special broth that is popular in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Antonie Robertson / The National
    About 4,000 people end their fast daily at the Kuwait Mosque in Deira. They are served kanji, a special broth that is popular in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Muslim women pray during Ramadan at a mosque in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir. EPA
    Muslim women pray during Ramadan at a mosque in Srinagar, Indian Kashmir. EPA
  • US senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman Martin J Gruenberg before a committee hearing on the recent bank failures, Washington. Reuters
    US senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman Martin J Gruenberg before a committee hearing on the recent bank failures, Washington. Reuters
  • Israeli military veterans wave national flags during a rally against the government's judicial reform bill, near Netanya. AFP
    Israeli military veterans wave national flags during a rally against the government's judicial reform bill, near Netanya. AFP
  • An aerial view of the zone affected by a landslide in Alausi, Ecuador, in which at least seven people were killed. AFP
    An aerial view of the zone affected by a landslide in Alausi, Ecuador, in which at least seven people were killed. AFP
  • A nun in St Peter’s Square, the Vatican, after Pope Francis was taken to hospital for treatment for a respiratory infection. Reuters
    A nun in St Peter’s Square, the Vatican, after Pope Francis was taken to hospital for treatment for a respiratory infection. Reuters
  • Visitors celebrate Ramadan at Global Village, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Visitors celebrate Ramadan at Global Village, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • A visitor admires the grandeur of Mahar Myat Muni pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar. AFP
    A visitor admires the grandeur of Mahar Myat Muni pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar. AFP
  • Floodwater fills the Tulare Lake bed after days of heavy rain in Corcoran, California. Reuters
    Floodwater fills the Tulare Lake bed after days of heavy rain in Corcoran, California. Reuters
  • An Angolan lion at the Planete Sauvage zoo in Port-Saomt-Pere, outside Nantes, western France. AFP
    An Angolan lion at the Planete Sauvage zoo in Port-Saomt-Pere, outside Nantes, western France. AFP
  • Christ the Redeemer towers over another sunrise in Rio de Janeiro. AFP
    Christ the Redeemer towers over another sunrise in Rio de Janeiro. AFP
  • Runners at the Dubai World Cup at the Dubai World Cup, Meydan Racecourse. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Runners at the Dubai World Cup at the Dubai World Cup, Meydan Racecourse. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • All the Flowers are For Me by Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha at Kew Gardens, London. EPA
    All the Flowers are For Me by Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha at Kew Gardens, London. EPA
  • Fishing tanks burned during protests by French fishermen in Brest. AFP
    Fishing tanks burned during protests by French fishermen in Brest. AFP
  • Gwyneth Paltrow speaks to Terry Sanderson after he lost his court claim against her in Utah, US. He sued her following a ski slope collision in 2016. EPA
    Gwyneth Paltrow speaks to Terry Sanderson after he lost his court claim against her in Utah, US. He sued her following a ski slope collision in 2016. EPA
  • Workers protect themselves from gusty winds at the Al Raha creek area in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Workers protect themselves from gusty winds at the Al Raha creek area in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • Migrants walk near the wall after crossing the Rio Grande near the US-Mexico border. Reuters
    Migrants walk near the wall after crossing the Rio Grande near the US-Mexico border. Reuters
  • An artist’s impression of a black hole drifting through the Milky Way, after an ultra-massive black hole about 33 billion times the mass of the Sun was discovered by UK astronomers. PA
    An artist’s impression of a black hole drifting through the Milky Way, after an ultra-massive black hole about 33 billion times the mass of the Sun was discovered by UK astronomers. PA

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The best photos of the week: From the northern lights to a black hole

Striking pictures from around the world

Tim Knowles
Tim Knowles

March 31, 2023

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More from The National:

Friday's best photos: From an Indonesian volcano to Gwyneth Paltrow

Thursday's best photos: From Christ the Redeemer to a Kansas City sunset

Wednesday's best photos: From a black hole to a mammoth meatball

Tuesday's best photos: From a T-rex skeleton in Switzerland to Messi's statue in Paraguay

Monday's best photos: From lightning in Kuwait to a vintage radio collector in Zimbabwe

Sunday's best photos: From a tornado in Mississippi to 10,000 taekwondo participants

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The specs: 2018 BMW R nineT Scrambler

Price, base / as tested Dh57,000

Engine 1,170cc air/oil-cooled flat twin four-stroke engine

Transmission Six-speed gearbox

Power 110hp) @ 7,750rpm

Torque 116Nm @ 6,000rpm

Fuel economy, combined 5.3L / 100km

The past Palme d'Or winners

2018 Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda

2017 The Square, Ruben Ostlund

2016 I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach

2015 Dheepan, Jacques Audiard

2014 Winter Sleep (Kış Uykusu), Nuri Bilge Ceylan

2013 Blue is the Warmest Colour (La Vie d'Adèle: Chapitres 1 et 2), Abdellatif Kechiche, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux

2012 Amour, Michael Haneke

2011 The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick

2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat), Apichatpong Weerasethakul

2009 The White Ribbon (Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte), Michael Haneke

2008 The Class (Entre les murs), Laurent Cantet

Updated: March 31, 2023, 6:01 PM
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