Pictures of the week: From a Malachite butterfly in Abu Dhabi to a date harvest in Liwa
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A Malachite butterfly at at the Butterfly Garden in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National -
Palestinians run for cover as smoke and fire rise during an Israeli strike on the the Al-Muttaqin Mosque in Gaza City. AFP -
A displaced Syrian Kurdish woman from the city of Ras al-Ain carries a child on her back as she walks throught the al-Talaeh displacement camp in Hasakeh, northeastern Syria. AFP -
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend the funeral for the late US Senator Lindsey Graham at The Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC. AFP -
Migrants reach Spanish territory after swimming from Morocco to Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa. EPA -
Europe's largest statue of the Virgin Mary, measuring 55. 6 metres, in the village of Konotopie, near Torun, Poland. Reuters -
A crew member directs a wax float as it is driven through the streets on the first day of the Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. EPA -
People swimming near a sunken German warship from World War II, exposed due to low Danube River levels caused by drought and extreme heat, in Prahovo, Serbia. Reuters -
A plum of ashes rises from a crater of the Mount Etna volcano during an eruption. AFP -
Protesters chant as an elderly woman waits for her identity card photo at the Department of Home Affairs offices during a demonstration calling for the removal of undocumented immigrants in Alexandra township, South Africa. AFP -
General view of the demolition of the cooling towers of Endesa's thermal power plant near A Coruna, Spain. EPA -
Canadian bass-baritone Philippe Sly performs during a dress rehearsal for the opera Saint Francois d'Assise at the Salzburg Festival. AFP -
Damage from a landslide on the slopes of Mayuyama mountain after an earthquake struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, in Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Reuters -
Israeli settlers try to extinguish a wildfire near the Ein Samiya spring in the occupied West Bank. AFP -
A man bows as he enters a shrine damaged in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Yatsushiro city, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. Getty Images -
People take shelter at a metro station during a Russian missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine. AFP -
People cool off at a water park in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP -
A model presents a creation by designer Rahul Mishra during the finale of India Couture Week in New Delhi. EPA -
Iranian missiles on display at Azadi Square in Tehran. EPA -
Competitors in the men's 50-metre butterfly final on day six of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. AFP -
Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives on top of a damaged building in Gaza city. Reuters -
A giant puppet on parade during Manchester Day as the UK city celebrates its cultural links with Barcelona in Spain. Reuters -
Dancers mark the 73rd anniversary of the end of the Korean War at the plaza of the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang. AFP -
Traditional arm-held firework performers, hold a tezutsu hanabi, hand-crafted bamboo tube packed with gunpowder that erupts in a towering column of sparks and flame, during a festival in Tatebayashi, Japan. AFP -
Farmers harvest water chestnuts in a pond, in Taizhou, eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP -
South Koreans get into the spirit of the annual Boryeong Mud Festival. Reuters -
An ambulance carries the body of a Palestinian killed in the violence in Tell, near Nablus. Reuters -
A man salutes as the body of Japanese militant Kozo Okamoto is carried through Beirut. AFP -
Clouds of smoke caused by wildfires drift past a beach in Lacanau, south-western France. AFP -
Dates are picked at a farm near Liwa, Abu Dhabi. Antonie Robertson / The National
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