The best photos of the week: from naval plebes to the worlds ugliest dog - in pictures
US Naval Academy midshipmen take the oath of office during a ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland. EPA
Police in Nanterre, France, as protests continue after the killing of a teenager by a policeman. AFP
Palestinians on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the second day of Eid Al Adha. AFP
Men and women pull in fish off the coast of Venezuela, where the economic crisis has forced some women into fishing. AP
An aerial view of a band playing on the roof of a high-rise building in Nanchang, in China's central-eastern Jiangxi province. AFP
A visitor views Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's installation You, Me and The Balloons, ahead of the Manchester International Festival in northern England. Reuters
A worshipper at Nizamiye Mosque during Eid Al Adha celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa. EPA
A horse performs at a ceremony inaugurating the new city of Arkadag - named in honour of Turkmenistan's former leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov - 30km outside the capital Ashgabat. AFP
Supporters of the president of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, gather in Freetown to celebrate his re-election. AFP
Players of the French women's 3X3 basketball team take part in exhibition match at the top of the Pic du Midi in La Mongie. AFP
Worshippers perform Eid Al Adha prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. EPA
Sweden's Mikael Ymer during a match at the Rothesay Eastbourne International tennis tournament in southern England. AFP
A man admires a Bengal tiger at the national zoological garden in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AP
Bangladeshi Muslims on an overcrowded ferry as they leave Dhaka to celebrate Eid Al Adha with their families. Reuters
Russian Muslims attend morning prayers to celebrate Eid Al Adha outside the Moscow Cathedral Mosque. EPA
A young boy plays in the water fountain at Yards Park in Washington DC during a heatwave. AFP
Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat talks to journalists after accompanying newly elected House of Representatives members to Parliament in Bangkok. AFP
Pilgrims on Mount Arafat during Hajj. Reuters
A blacksmith sharpens knives at a workshop before the Eid Al Adha holiday in Karachi. AFP
Sacrificial goats at a livestock market in Hyderabad before Eid Al Adha. AFP
Cat pictured during the American Winner Show, the largest cat show in the Americas, taking place in Sao Paulo, Brazil. EPA
Police officers cordon off a polling centre in San Jose del Golfo, Guatemala, as prosecutors and residents try to prevent voting in protest against alleged breaches by the mayor. EPA
Ukrainian mortar operators fire towards Russian positions on the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region. AP
Pilgrims walk through the Grand Mosque in Makkah as Hajj begins. Photo: Hajj Ministry
Seagulls scavenging in the litter left behind after the Glastonbury festival in Pilton, Somerset. AFP
A child chooses a thread spool from a display at a tailor's shop in Kandahar, Afghanistan, ahead of Eid Al Adha. AFP
Devotees covered in banana leaves and mud in a farming village in Bibiclat, in the Philippines, celebrate the feast of Saint John the Baptist. Getty
The Dior Menswear Spring/Summer 2024 fashion collection presented in Paris. AP
Rescue workers in action after an apartment block was damaged by rocket fragments in Kyiv, Ukraine. EPA
Scooter, a seven-year-old Chinese crested dog so named because his hind legs are deformed and he scoots about using only his forelegs, during the 2023 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest Fair in Petaluma, California. Scooter won. EPA
