Pictures of the week: From Egyptian dancing to the Paralympics Opening Ceremony
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An Egyptian dancer performs the Tanoura outside a coffee shop in the old Islamic quarter of Cairo. AFP -
Oasis fans photograph a new mural depicting Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis in Manchester, England. Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, estranged for over 15 years, have announced they are due to reunite their band Oasis for a series of concerts next summer. Getty Images -
People surround the hearse carrying the remains of football player Juan Izquierdo after a wake was held in Montevideo, Uruguay. AP -
Fire dancers perform at a beach on the Thai island of Koh Samui. AFP -
Nico Konecny from team USA in action during the Cross Country training session at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra. EPA -
A vehicle that fell into a sinkhole is seen on a street in Seoul, South Korea. AP -
A bee approaches a sunflower on a field on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany. AP -
A man waves a Palestinian flag as an Israeli armoured vehicle moves on a street during a military operation in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, Tulkarem. AP -
A wounded Ukrainian serviceman visits a designated area for commemorating fallen Ukrainian soldiers at the Independence Square in Kyiv during the Remembrance Day of Defenders of Ukraine. AFP -
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is seen through the window of a door before speaking at a campaign event at a restaurant in Las Vegas. AP Photo -
Lightning forks through the sky above the churches of Suzdal Kremlin in central Russia. Reuters -
Williams driver Logan Sargeant jumps out of his car after a crash during the final practice before the Dutch Formula 1 Grand Prix in Zandvoort. AP -
A child wearing a lifejacket swims through floodwaters after collecting food aid in Feni, south-eastern Bangladesh. Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis took refuge in emergency shelters after deadly floods engulfed vast areas of the country. AFP -
A Palestinian child walks toward a water distribution point in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. AFP -
A Hezbollah drone is intercepted by Israeli aircraft over northern Israel. AFP -
Pilgrims take part in a mourning ceremony during the Shiite ritual of Arbaeen in the city of Karbala, Iraq. Reuters -
A 'mas' or masquerade costume is built before the parade start during the 51st annual Caribbean American Carnival Association of Boston’s parade in Boston, Massachusetts. AFP -
A reveller at the Notting Hill Carnival in London. Getty Images -
A house destroyed by a fire in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. AFP -
People take shelter in Teatralna metro station during a Russian air attack, in Kyiv. AFP -
Cranleigh Abu Dhabi welcomes pupils back to school. Victor Besa / The National -
Workers and researchers used a crane to remove a dead Bryde's whale that washed up on a beach in Imbituba, Brazil. AFP -
Rescue teams at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier after an ice cave partially collapsed, in south-east Iceland. AP -
People form human pyramids to reach an overhanging earthen pot while celebrating the Hindu festival Janmashtami, in Mumbai, India. AP -
Aid and people on an excavator after devastating floods, in Port Sudan. Reuters -
Israeli soldiers patrolling Nur Shams camp for Palestinian refugees near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank. AFP -
Men bathe horses in the Mediterranean Sea off a beach in Libya's western coastal city of Misrata. AFP -
England cricketers, among them Dan Lawrence and Matthew Potts, ahead of a nets session at Lord's, London. PA -
Ships take shelter at a port in Busan, South Korea, as Typhoon Shanshan moves north-west towards Japan. EPA -
Athletes Charles-Antoine Kouakou, Nantenin Keita, Fabien Lamirault, Alexis Hanquinquant and Elodie Lorandi light the cauldron during the Opening Ceremony for the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. AP
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