• A water buffalo in a field near the Nahr bin Omar oil field near Basra, in southern Iraq. AFP
    A water buffalo in a field near the Nahr bin Omar oil field near Basra, in southern Iraq. AFP
  • A member of the Honour Guard at a flag-raising ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters
    A member of the Honour Guard at a flag-raising ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters
  • A house covered in snow after a storm in Mammoth Lakes, California. EPA
    A house covered in snow after a storm in Mammoth Lakes, California. EPA
  • Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, at sunrise. Victor Besa / The National
    Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, at sunrise. Victor Besa / The National
  • A derailed train near Quinn's Hot Springs Resort west of St Regis, Montana. AP
    A derailed train near Quinn's Hot Springs Resort west of St Regis, Montana. AP
  • A pupil during mounted archery practice at the Islamic Al Fatah Temboro boarding school in Magetan, Indonesia. Getty Images
    A pupil during mounted archery practice at the Islamic Al Fatah Temboro boarding school in Magetan, Indonesia. Getty Images
  • Headlights on a road in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, as the Moon sets. AP Photo
    Headlights on a road in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, as the Moon sets. AP Photo
  • A boy flies a kite in the San Agustin neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela. AP Photo
    A boy flies a kite in the San Agustin neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela. AP Photo
  • Young Everton fans play football outside Goodison Park before their team plays Tottenham. Reuters
    Young Everton fans play football outside Goodison Park before their team plays Tottenham. Reuters
  • Men collect free bread during Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan. AFP
    Men collect free bread during Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan. AFP
  • Firefighters extinguish a blaze at the Bangabazar Market in Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA
    Firefighters extinguish a blaze at the Bangabazar Market in Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA
  • Officers of the Senegalese Armed Forces prepare to take part in celebrations for Senegal’s 63rd Independence Day in Dakar. AFP
    Officers of the Senegalese Armed Forces prepare to take part in celebrations for Senegal’s 63rd Independence Day in Dakar. AFP
  • Band members practise prior to a procession at the Veracruz church in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain. AP
    Band members practise prior to a procession at the Veracruz church in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain. AP
  • Schoolgirls get ready to take part in celebrations for Senegal’s 63rd Independence Day in Dakar. AFP
    Schoolgirls get ready to take part in celebrations for Senegal’s 63rd Independence Day in Dakar. AFP
  • A Palestinian woman in Al Aqsa Mosque compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
    A Palestinian woman in Al Aqsa Mosque compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
  • Tourists outside Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
    Tourists outside Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
  • Outgoing New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern gives her valedictory speech in parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. AFP
    Outgoing New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern gives her valedictory speech in parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. AFP
  • Palestinian flags shrouded in smoke from burning tyres during a demonstration near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City. AFP
    Palestinian flags shrouded in smoke from burning tyres during a demonstration near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City. AFP
  • Young Buddhist monks play between prayers at the Tawang monastery in the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. AFP
    Young Buddhist monks play between prayers at the Tawang monastery in the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. AFP
  • Villagers gather round a sperm whale washed up on Yeh Malet beach in Klungkung, Indonesia. AFP
    Villagers gather round a sperm whale washed up on Yeh Malet beach in Klungkung, Indonesia. AFP
  • Yusufeli town is submerged by an artificial lake caused by a dam retaining the flow of the Coruh river in north-eastern Turkey. AFP
    Yusufeli town is submerged by an artificial lake caused by a dam retaining the flow of the Coruh river in north-eastern Turkey. AFP
  • Israeli border police near Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
    Israeli border police near Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
  • Guards keep a curtain closed before a meeting between France's President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AP
    Guards keep a curtain closed before a meeting between France's President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AP
  • Ramadan lights in The Springs, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Ramadan lights in The Springs, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Smoke rises as rockets fired from Lebanon strike Bezet in northern Israel, after an attack on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by Israeli forces. AP
    Smoke rises as rockets fired from Lebanon strike Bezet in northern Israel, after an attack on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by Israeli forces. AP
  • The concrete fence at the entrance to the Israeli village of Shtula on the Israel-Lebanon border. Reuters
    The concrete fence at the entrance to the Israeli village of Shtula on the Israel-Lebanon border. Reuters
  • Lorries unload snow removed from roads to a permitted area on the edge of town in Mammoth Lakes, California. AFP
    Lorries unload snow removed from roads to a permitted area on the edge of town in Mammoth Lakes, California. AFP
  • Smoke rises as Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupts. AFP
    Smoke rises as Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupts. AFP
  • East Timorese Christians during a Good Friday procession in Dili, East Timor. EPA
    East Timorese Christians during a Good Friday procession in Dili, East Timor. EPA
  • A Sphynx cat at the WCF International Cat Show in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA
    A Sphynx cat at the WCF International Cat Show in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA

Weekend

The best photos of the week: from a fire-breathing cow to a hairless cat

Striking pictures from around the world

Tim Knowles
Tim Knowles

April 07, 2023

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Updated: April 07, 2023, 6:01 PM
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