Pictures of the Week: From flooded Iraqi marshes to a humpback whale rescue in Germany
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A fishing boat takes to the Hawizeh Marshes in Maysan province, southern Iraq, where water has returned due to a spell of rain after prolonged drought. AFP -
Sabastian Sawe of Team Kenya celebrates winning the London Marathon with a World Record time of 1:59:30. Getty Images -
Law enforcement personnel detain Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Reuters -
French emergency services and firefighters work as a bus with passengers fell into the River Seine in Juvisy-sur-Orge, near Paris. Reuters -
PFL fighter Mohammad Yahya trains for his upcoming fight against Mehdi Saadi in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman. Reuters -
Ceramic vase and scent, part of the Skin of Dreams exhibition at the Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National -
Farmers harvest lotuses in a field in Kandal province, Cambodia. AFP -
French matador Carlos Olsina takes part in a training session at a bullring in the southern city of Beziers. AFP -
Lightning flashes across the sky during a thunderstorm in Lalitpur, Nepal. Reuters -
A Humboldt penguin is given its debut at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City. AFP -
Boats pass the Banc d'Arguin nature reserve, sandbank affected by erosion, in south-western France. AFP -
Atif Najib, former head of political security in Deraa during Bashar Al Assad's rule of Syria, faces trial in Damascus, charged with committing war crimes. Reuters -
A displaced girl calls her sister from inside a tent at a makeshift camp during a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Beirut. Reuters -
School pupils take part in early childhood Hajj pilgrimage education in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA -
An Afghan parkour athlete performs a stunt at a sandy mountainside in Reg-e-Rawan, Kapisa province. AFP -
Farmers and vendors wait for customers at a wholesale market in Lahore, Pakistan. AFP -
Sri Lankan monks are taken to a detention centre in Colombo after a court hearing in Negombo. The 22 monks returned from Thailand allegedly carrying 110kg of cannabis. AFP -
Chinese and Cambodian citizens believed to be Huione Pay creditors clash with police during a protest near the National Bank of Cambodia headquarters in Phnom Penh. AFP -
Children cool off at Gorai Beach in Mumbai, India, where a weather warning is in place due to a heatwave. EPA -
Britain's King Charles III and US President Donald Trump meet for tea at the White House in Washington. Reuters -
Mask II, part of an exhibition by the Australian sculptor Ron Mueck at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. Getty Images -
Police assess the mangled wreckage of one of two trains involved in a fatal crash in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. Reuters -
A rickshaw driver ploughs through a flooded street during heavy rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA -
Ethiopian migrants take a breather in a remote desert area during their journey along the so-called Eastern Route, returning from a failed attempt to cross into Yemen. AFP -
Displaced Palestinians attend the funeral of four people who were killed by an Israeli strike on a vehicle in Gaza city. AFP -
Specialists abseil down Happisburgh Lighthouse in Norfolk to carry out a structural survey inspecting cracks and damage to the landmark. PA -
Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG crosses the finish line to win the first stage of the Tour of Romandie in Martigny, Switzerland. AFP -
A wildfire rages in the village of 't Harde in the Netherlands. EPA -
The rescued humpback whale in a special barge along the Danish coastline enroute back to the North Sea after it beached on a sandbank near the city of Luebeck, in late March. AFP
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