Pictures of the week: From the Stand Of Loyalty parade in the UAE to a Sahara camel caravan
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A military plane takes part in a display at the Stand of Loyalty parade, marking the 10th anniversary of the UAE's National Service Programme, in Al Samee. Victor Besa / The National -
The restored Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris is illuminated ahead of its reopening. AFP -
A fisherman casts his line in the Shatt al Arab river, formed at the confluence of the Tigris and the Euphrates, in Iraq's southern city of Basra. AFP -
A Syrian Kurdish woman, fleeing the fighting north of Aleppo, leans on a bullet-riddled wall after arriving in Tabqa, on the western outskirts of Raqqa, Syria. AFP -
US first lady Jill Biden visits Qasr Al Hosn in Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
The aftermath of a motorcycle bomb attack on a toll point in Pamplonita, Norte de Santander province, Colombia. AFP -
Christmas trees are felled at the Stockeld Park plantation in Yorkshire, northern England. PA -
Livio Hiltbrand of Switzerland competes in the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Downhill Training at Beaver Creek Resort in Colorado, US. AFP -
Eid Al Etihad fireworks at Dubai Festival City Mall. Pawan Singh / The National -
A tower at Abu Dhabi Plaza pokes out of a thick blanket of fog above Astana in Kazakhstan. Reuters -
Displaced Palestinians stand amid the damage after Israeli air strikes hit makeshift shelters near the Abu Hmayseh school in Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza. AFP -
Filipino protesters demanding higher wages face police during a rally to mark the 161th anniversary of the birth of revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio in Manila. EPA -
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris to start the countdown to its re-opening and a weekend of ceremonies, five years after the devastating fire that toppled its spire. AFP -
British Mercedes driver George Russell on the track during qualifying ahead of the Qatar Formula One Grand Prix at Lusail International Circuit. Getty Images -
Mourners pay their respects to Ukrainian officer Pavlo Vedybida, also known as 'Obolonchik', in Independence Square, Kyiv. AP -
Japan's Kokone Kondo competes in the women's Freeski Big Air during the FIS Snowboard & Freeski Big Air World Cup in Beijing. AFP -
People gather to commemorate Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at the site where he was killed, in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of southern Beirut. EPA -
A Spider-Man balloon passes through a street during a Christmas festival in Santiago, Chile. AP -
Fishermen empty their nets on a beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. AFP -
Anti-regime fighters pose for a picture with an army helicopter at the Nayrab military airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. AFP -
Some of the 2,500 panda sculptures displayed at Hong Kong International Airport for the Panda Go! exhibition. AP -
Thai royal guards at the 72nd birthday celebration for King Maha Vajiralongkorn at Dusit Palace in Bangkok. AFP -
Winter clouds cast shadows over Al Qudra desert, in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National -
An Israeli soldier holds a rifle near a hospital in Tubas, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters -
Police detain a supporter of farmers' unions during a sit-in protest at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Noida, India. AFP -
A man walks past a home damaged by floodwater in Tumpat, Malaysia. AFP -
A militant on seized Syrian army military equipment that was abandoned on the motorway to Damascus. AFP -
Anti-government protesters launch fireworks towards police during a sixth consecutive day of mass demonstrations against the government's postponement of EU accession talks, in central Tbilisi. AFP -
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung looks on as people hold placards that read 'Step down President Yoon Suk Yeol' and 'Investigate his act of rebellion immediately'. Reuters -
A camel caravan moves across the Erg Chebbi sand dunes in the Sahara desert outside Merzouga, Morocco. Reuters
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