The best photos of the week: from a fire-breathing cow to a hairless cat - in pictures
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 house covered in snow after a storm in Mammoth Lakes, California. EPA
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 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
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
Men collect free bread during Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan. AFP
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
