The best photos of the week: From Eid in Albania to Baps Hindu Mandir
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Albanian Muslims attend Eid Al Fitr prayers at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana. Reuters -
A Muslim woman prays at the grave of a relative in Abu Sir, Egypt. AFP -
Heavy rainfall has increased the water level at the Alloz reservoir in Lerate, Spain, mitigating the drought that has affected most regions of the country in recent months. EPA -
Eid fireworks along the Corniche in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa/ The National -
Election officials sort through ballots at a counting station in Seoul, South Korea. AFP -
A visitor poses in an art installation by French artist Camille Walala that forms an outdoor maze at Planet Walala@Harbour City, in Hong Kong. AFP -
A runaway racehorse arrives at a train station in outer Sydney, Australia. AFP -
French skipper Yannick Bestaven sails his Imoca monohull Maitre Coq, off Cascais, Portugal. AFP -
Participants stand on traditional boats during the Taizhou Jiangyan Qintong Boat Festival in Jiangsu province, eastern China. AFP -
Pedestrians cross a wide street in the Shinjuku business and shopping district of Tokyo, Japan. EPA -
Twenty-eight 'Rosie the Riveters', women who joined the US defence workforce during the Second World War, pose for a photo before a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honouring their service in Washington, DC. EPA -
Theo de Meyere prepares to run on a treadmill in a hypoxia tent at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research in Dijon, eastern France. AFP -
Volunteers from Cape Town's NGO Nakhlistan help to prepare more than 180 pots of food for less fortunate families to celebrate the end of Ramadan, in South Africa. Reuters -
Pope Francis meets Italian Red Cross volunteers at the Vatican. Reuters -
Fallen rocks and debris block a road after a landslide cut off residents of Coalcliff in New South Wales when heavy rain lashed eastern Australia, causing flash flooding and emergency warnings up and down the Pacific coast. AFP -
A Ukrainian serviceman prays in a church damaged by a Russian air raid in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine. AP -
A US Secret Service sniper stands watch before President Joe Biden speaks about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in Dundalk, Maryland. AP -
Athletes at the start of Milan's marathon at Piazza Duomo. AFP -
People in Tel Aviv protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. AP -
The eruption area of the Grindavik volcano in Iceland, which erupted in December, January and February. AP -
A monkey clambers along a wall as a haze engulfs Kathmandu Valley in Nepal's capital, one of the world's most air-polluted cities. EPA -
People taking pictures under crabapple blossoms in Hebei province, northern China. AFP -
Fenerbahce's players leave the pitch minutes into the Turkish Super Cup match against Galatasaray. Fenerbahce, who fielded their Under-19 team, staged a protest over various issues with Turkey’s football authorities, forcing the game to be abandoned and forfeited. EPA -
An abundance of cannonball jellyfish off the coast of Chuao, Venezuela. AFP -
People queue for water from tanks drawn by donkeys in Port Sudan. AFP -
An Iraqi man sells dried fish ahead of Eid Al Fitr, in Basra. AFP -
The scene in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam, after six houses collapsed into the Cau river. About 27 people were evacauted to safety, according to local authorities. EPA -
Women dressed in traditional oufits ride motorcycles during a procession to mark Gudi Padwa, or the Maharashtrian New Year, in Mumbai, India. AFP -
French athlete Anouk Garnier scales the Eiffel Tower in a bid to break the world record for rope climbing. AFP -
Visitors at the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi. Pawan Singh / The National
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