Fashion, fire and water: Photos of the week
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Image source, Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Image caption, Children play among giant hat-shaped bamboo cones in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. The cones protect freshly-collected rice from rain and fog, after the removal of moisture.
Image source, EVA MANEZ/REUTERS
Image caption, Firefighters at the scene of a fire at an apartment building in Valencia, Spain. They were seen rescuing people from balconies, using cranes to reach those trapped on high floors.
Image source, ALESSANDRO GAROFALO/Reuters
Image caption, A model presents a creation from the Emporio Armani Fall/Winter 2024/2025 collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy.
Image source, JUNG YEON-JE/AFP
Image caption, American-French actor Timothee Chalamet meets fans during a red carpet event in Seoul, South Korea, for the film, Dune: Part Two.
Image source, Danny Lawson/PA Media
Image caption, Daniel Arsham’s Unearthed, Bronze Eroded Melpomene, went on display at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
Image source, YARA NARDI/Reuters
Image caption, Scaffolding is erected around a baroque sculpted bronze canopy by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, over the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, in preparation for its restoration at the Vatican in Rome.
Image source, ESA ALEXANDER/Reuters
Image caption, Squatters remove their belongings from makeshift shelters, after a fire broke out following their eviction from a piece of land known as Tent City, which they had been occupying in Cape Town, South Africa.
Image source, KIRAN RIDLEY/AFP
Image caption, The Eiffel Tower in Paris closed to the public because of a strike by staff. Employees are protesting about the way the Tower is being managed, France’s powerful CGT union said.
Image source, PHILIP FONG/AFP
Image caption, Men carry lanterns as they walk to the Yamauchigawa river to cleanse their bodies in the cold water, and pray for a good harvest, during the Somin-sai Festival at Kokuseki-ji Temple in Oshu, Japan.
Image source, THE WHITE HOUSE via Reuters
Image caption, US President Joe Biden embraces Yulia Navalnaya. Mr Biden held a private meeting in California with the widow and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in an Arctic prison last week.
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