Pictures of the week: From a stilt walker at Dubai World Cup to Artemis II
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A stilt walker entertains crowds at the 30th Dubai World Cup held at Meydan Racecourse. Antonie Robertson / The National -
More from the Dubai World Cup in Meydan, as well-dressed men take part in the Style Stakes Competition. Antonie Robertson / The National -
Demonstrators gather for a so-called No Kings protest against US President Donald Trump's policies, in Boston, Massachusetts. Reuters -
Parishioners at St Joseph's Cathedral, during a ritual Easter service featuring washing of the feet. Victor Besa / The National -
Men compete in a race organised by the UAE-based foundation Al Faris Al Shahm at the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip. AFP -
A man aims a rifle during basic military training in Havana, Cuba. AFP -
Residents look on as rescue workers search for bodies following an air strike in Tehran. Getty Images -
People hold fronds before Palm Sunday Mass, commemorating Jesus Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, at Balide Church in Dili, East Timor. AFP -
Israeli security and rescue personnel get to work following Iranian missile barrages near Eshtaol, Israel. Reuters -
Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Charlene and Pope Leo XIV arrive at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Monaco. Reuters -
Visitors watch a catwalk show during China Fashion Week in Beijing. EPA -
A kitesurfer soars into the air above the sea as the sun sets in Marseille, south-eastern France. AFP -
Danish jockey Laura Jurs rides Shaheen to victory in the closing event of this year’s Female Camel Racing Series C1 Championship Carnival, near Dubai. EPA -
A Bedouin boy in a cave he has turned into a makeshift bomb shelter, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in a village near Arad, southern Israel. Reuters -
Winter gnats perform a courtship ritual in the sunshine in Northamptonshire, England. PA -
A child stands inside her family tent at a displacement camp in Beirut. Reuters -
Penitents of the Work and Light brotherhood take part in a procession, as part of Holy Week celebrations, in Granada, Spain. AFP -
Members of the Tamang community visit the Boudhanath Stupa to observe the Temal festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA -
A man surveys the scene of an Israeli strike in Beirut. Reuters -
A ball of fire rises from the site of an Israeli strike on a building next to the motorway that leads to Beirut airport. AFP -
Rula Daloul teaches displaced Palestinian children music and singing among tents at a camp in Gaza city. AFP -
Action from the World Cup qualifying playoff in which Iraq beat Bolivia 2-1 at the BBVA Stadium in Guadalupe, Mexico. AFP -
Soldiers from the Defence Sikh Network and British Army take part in Holla Mohalla, the annual Sikh military festival, at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, UK. AFP -
Hindus bathe as part of the full moon festival Balaju Purnima, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA -
The funeral in Sidon of a man killed in an overnight Israeli air strike in Beirut. Getty Images -
A member of the Druze community in a building that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in the northern Israeli city of Shefa-Amr. AFP -
A road washed away by a flood in Chaman, in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Reuters -
Syrian Christians celebrate the Akitu festival in Qamishli. Reuters -
A crowd at a park in Titusville watches the take off of the Artemis II crewed lunar mission from Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP -
The four Artemis II crew members as they head to orbit the Moon for the first such mission in more than half a century. Photo: Nasa
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