The best photos from around the world this week
Sergei Kulagin's Samurai Alien, New York's Hispanic Culture Parade, Vladimir Putin in Belgrade, Kiev Fashion Week, Vilnius Light Show - check out these and many more photos in our selection of the best photos from the past week.
(Total 20 photos)
1. Hundreds of illegal migrants are trying to get from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Melilla, located in North Africa. Several people, at least five, were still able to take advantage of the darkness and hide from the Spanish authorities. (© Reuters)
2. 32-year-old mechanic and welder Sergei Kulagin tests the "Alien Samurai" - an electromechanical mobile robot made from scrap metal, in front of a garage in Divnogorsk, near Krasnoyarsk. (© Ilya Naimushin / Reuters)
3. Indian police throw stones during a clash with residents of Kashmir, a region affected by floods. People protest against state power in Srinagar, India. More than 450 people died as a result of the disaster. (© AFP)
4. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic take part in the review of the military parade in Belgrade, timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Serbian capital from Nazi troops. (© Reuters)
5. Queen Elizabeth II walks through a field of ceramic red poppies in the Tower of London. This unusual art installation is a tribute to the memory of the British soldiers who died during the First World War. (© AP)
6. Models present creations by Ukrainian designer Victoria Gres during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kyiv. (© Reuters / Gleb Garanich)
7. Japanese legislators follow a Shinto priest during a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine. (© AFP / Getty Images)
8. Blind ballerina Marina Guimaraes prepares backstage for a performance during Brazil's Children's Day celebrations at the Italo Theater in Sao Paulo. (© Reuters/Nacho Doce)
9. Parade in honor of the day of Hispanic culture in New York. (© Reuters / Eduardo Munoz)
10. Israeli and Palestinian gesture to each other during a protest by Palestinian women against Jewish tourists in the area known among Muslims as the "Noble Sanctuary" and among Israelis as the "Temple Mount" in the Old City of Jerusalem. (© Reuters)
11. A member of the Venezuelan state system of musical education "El Sistema" plays the harp next to a newborn baby in the hospital in Caracas. (© Reuters)
12. Boys play with toy guns in the village of Sartana, on the outskirts of the city of Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine. (© AP Photo / Dmitry Lovetsky)
13. Clashes near the parliament building in Kyiv. (© Reuters)
14. A man jumped into the water to save a woman who was washed away by large waves on the shores of the Bay of Bengal in Gopalpur, India. (©AP Photo)
15. Serbian national team defender Stefan Mitrovic rips off the flag of the Albanian nationalists during the Euro 2016 qualifying match with Albania in Belgrade. (© Reuters / Marko Djurica)
16. A couple kisses during the Beepositive International Light Show Festival in Vilnius. (© AFP / Getty Images)
17. The Rosetta spacecraft took a selfie against the background of the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet at a distance of only 16 kilometers using the Fila lander. The Philae module will land on the surface of the comet on November 12 for further study. (© ESA)
18. Ring on Arnold Schwarzenegger's hand in Burbank, USA. (© Reuters)
19. Indonesian students walk along a street covered with volcanic ash in the village of Sukandebi, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. (© EPA)
20. The Yoburg Ballet soloist performs at an elementary school in Soweto, South Africa. (© AFP / Getty Images)
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