• **** EMBARGO 17. 00 PARIS TIME **** A handout artist impression released by NSF's NOIRLab on May 3, 2023, shows a star devouring one of its planets as astronomers, using the Gemini South telescope in Chile, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have observed the first compelling evidence of a dying Sun-like star engulfing an exoplanet. - The “smoking gun” of this event was seen in a long and low-energy outburst from the star — the telltale signature of a planet skimming along a star’s surface. This never-before-seen process may herald the ultimate fate of Earth when our own Sun nears the end of its life in about five billion years. (Photo by Handout / NSF's NOIRLab / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NSF'S NOIRLab " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
    **** EMBARGO 17. 00 PARIS TIME **** A handout artist impression released by NSF's NOIRLab on May 3, 2023, shows a star devouring one of its planets as astronomers, using the Gemini South telescope in Chile, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have observed the first compelling evidence of a dying Sun-like star engulfing an exoplanet. - The “smoking gun” of this event was seen in a long and low-energy outburst from the star — the telltale signature of a planet skimming along a star’s surface. This never-before-seen process may herald the ultimate fate of Earth when our own Sun nears the end of its life in about five billion years. (Photo by Handout / NSF's NOIRLab / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NSF'S NOIRLab " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
  • An Egyptian guard prepares to lock the 3,200-year-old Abu Simbel temple in Egypt at the end of the day. Reuters
    An Egyptian guard prepares to lock the 3,200-year-old Abu Simbel temple in Egypt at the end of the day. Reuters
  • Baltimore Orioles right fielder Anthony Santander runs into a fence as he unsuccessfully tries to catch a two-run home run by Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez during a baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri. AP
    Baltimore Orioles right fielder Anthony Santander runs into a fence as he unsuccessfully tries to catch a two-run home run by Kansas City Royals' Salvador Perez during a baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri. AP
  • Visitors climb a staircase at the Great Wall of China as they visit on the May Labour Day holiday in Beijing. Getty
    Visitors climb a staircase at the Great Wall of China as they visit on the May Labour Day holiday in Beijing. Getty
  • Yeomen of the Guard prepare to board a coach in London on their way to the coronation of the UK's King Charles III. Getty
    Yeomen of the Guard prepare to board a coach in London on their way to the coronation of the UK's King Charles III. Getty
  • British singer Ed Sheeran leaves the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York, after a US jury ruled he did not plagiarise Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On when composing his 2014 hit Thinking Out Loud. AFP
    British singer Ed Sheeran leaves the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York, after a US jury ruled he did not plagiarise Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On when composing his 2014 hit Thinking Out Loud. AFP
  • The flooded Italian village of Borgo di Villanova. At least two people died after 48 hours of almost continuous rain caused flooding in the north of the country, officials said. AFP
    The flooded Italian village of Borgo di Villanova. At least two people died after 48 hours of almost continuous rain caused flooding in the north of the country, officials said. AFP
  • Members of the Hexham Morrismen, founded in 1977, perform at sunrise to mark May Day in Henshaw, Northumberland, England. Reuters
    Members of the Hexham Morrismen, founded in 1977, perform at sunrise to mark May Day in Henshaw, Northumberland, England. Reuters
  • Russian troops rehearse for the annual military parade, part of Victory Day celebrations, in Moscow. Russia is preparing to mark on May 9 the 78th anniversary of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender in the Second World War. EPA
    Russian troops rehearse for the annual military parade, part of Victory Day celebrations, in Moscow. Russia is preparing to mark on May 9 the 78th anniversary of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender in the Second World War. EPA
  • British town crier Tony Appleton, dressed in his costume, travels on the metro to central London, to meet and entertain in an unofficial capacity the people waiting to see the coronation. AFP
    British town crier Tony Appleton, dressed in his costume, travels on the metro to central London, to meet and entertain in an unofficial capacity the people waiting to see the coronation. AFP
  • Red flowers are blooming in the Sahel Al-Rouj countryside, Idlib, north-west Syria. Moawia Atrash for The National
    Red flowers are blooming in the Sahel Al-Rouj countryside, Idlib, north-west Syria. Moawia Atrash for The National
  • A swan roosts in the reeds, on an islet of Lake Velence, in western Hungary. EPA
    A swan roosts in the reeds, on an islet of Lake Velence, in western Hungary. EPA
  • Flames rise from a burning fuel tank at a depot in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol. AP
    Flames rise from a burning fuel tank at a depot in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol. AP
  • A firefighter aims a water cannon at a blazing heap of used car tyres and other parts at a scrapyard in Budapest, Hungary. EPA
    A firefighter aims a water cannon at a blazing heap of used car tyres and other parts at a scrapyard in Budapest, Hungary. EPA
  • Pope Francis watches dancers at the Laszlo Papp Budapest Sports Arena in the Hungarian capital. AP
    Pope Francis watches dancers at the Laszlo Papp Budapest Sports Arena in the Hungarian capital. AP
  • RB Leipzig's Christopher Nkunku inflates a balloon as he celebrates scoring against Hoffenheim in a Bundesliga match in Leipzig, Germany. AP
    RB Leipzig's Christopher Nkunku inflates a balloon as he celebrates scoring against Hoffenheim in a Bundesliga match in Leipzig, Germany. AP
  • US President Joe Biden puts on sunglasses after making a joke about becoming the 'Dark Brandon' persona during the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington. AP
    US President Joe Biden puts on sunglasses after making a joke about becoming the 'Dark Brandon' persona during the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington. AP
  • Kayakers paddle along River Drive where sand barriers are protecting Davenport from the rising Mississippi, in Iowa. AP
    Kayakers paddle along River Drive where sand barriers are protecting Davenport from the rising Mississippi, in Iowa. AP
  • USA surfer Ivan Florence rides a wave as a big swell hits Teahupoo, Tahiti. AFP
    USA surfer Ivan Florence rides a wave as a big swell hits Teahupoo, Tahiti. AFP
  • Miners pose for a pictures on International Workers' Day at a coal mine in Quetta, Pakistan. EPA
    Miners pose for a pictures on International Workers' Day at a coal mine in Quetta, Pakistan. EPA
  • Actor Jared Leto, dressed as the late designer Karl Lagerfeld's cat Choupette, poses at the Met Gala in New York. Reuters
    Actor Jared Leto, dressed as the late designer Karl Lagerfeld's cat Choupette, poses at the Met Gala in New York. Reuters
  • A Colombian soldier watches a volcano emit a cloud of ash at Nevado del Ruiz, Caldas department. AFP
    A Colombian soldier watches a volcano emit a cloud of ash at Nevado del Ruiz, Caldas department. AFP
  • A woman embraces a child following a shooting at a school in Belgrade, Serbia. AFP
    A woman embraces a child following a shooting at a school in Belgrade, Serbia. AFP
  • A police officer narrowly escapes a high-speed crash in Fairfax County, Virginia. Reuters
    A police officer narrowly escapes a high-speed crash in Fairfax County, Virginia. Reuters
  • A man's loved ones celebrate his release from prison in Yangon, Myanmar, after the junta pardoned 2,153 prisoners held under a law criminalising encouraging dissent against the military. AFP
    A man's loved ones celebrate his release from prison in Yangon, Myanmar, after the junta pardoned 2,153 prisoners held under a law criminalising encouraging dissent against the military. AFP
  • Backpacks representing victims of school shootings allegedly caused by the lack of regulation of social media stand in front of the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil. AFP
    Backpacks representing victims of school shootings allegedly caused by the lack of regulation of social media stand in front of the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil. AFP
  • Evacuees waiting at immigration after the flight from Sudan landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport, Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
    Evacuees waiting at immigration after the flight from Sudan landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport, Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
  • Traditional cannons are fired in Bogor, West Java, during the Kuluwung festival, which follows Eid Al Fitr in Indonesia. AFP
    Traditional cannons are fired in Bogor, West Java, during the Kuluwung festival, which follows Eid Al Fitr in Indonesia. AFP
  • A giant panda reacts to visitors at the zoo on the last day of the May Day holidays in Beijing, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)
    A giant panda reacts to visitors at the zoo on the last day of the May Day holidays in Beijing, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)
  • UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi captured a stunning image of the Eye of Sahara - a unique geological structure made up of ancient rocks - from the International Space Station on May 4, 2023. Photo: Sultan Al Neyadi / Twitter
    UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi captured a stunning image of the Eye of Sahara - a unique geological structure made up of ancient rocks - from the International Space Station on May 4, 2023. Photo: Sultan Al Neyadi / Twitter

Weekend

The best photos of the week: from a star swallowing a planet to the Eye of the Sahara

Striking pictures from around the world

Add as a preferred source on Google
  • Play/Pause English
  • Play/Pause Arabic
Bookmark
Updated: May 08, 2023, 5:07 AM
WeekendPhotography