The best photos from around the world this week
Light installation "Initiation in Light" in New York, flooding in India, snowfall in Canada, supermoon, the legendary ship of the Franklin expedition - see these and many other photos in our selection of the best photos from the last week.
(Total 25 photos)
1. A light installation called "Initiation in the Light", which consists of 88 projectors directed upwards, in New York. The United States commemorates the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. (© AP)
2. Farms in the north of Saudi Arabia. (© AFP/Pool)
3. In the photo taken on Thursday from an Indian Air Force helicopter, the completely flooded city of Srinagar. The floods in Pakistan and India have killed about 450 people. (© AFP)
4. A local resident removes snow from tree branches in Calgary, Canada. As a result of heavy snowfall, the roads were blocked by fallen trees. More than 30,000 people were left without electricity. (© Reuters)
5. Palestinian students hold photographs of colleagues killed in the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, at the graduation ceremony at the University of Applied Sciences in Gaza. (© Ibrahim Abu Mustafa / Reuters)
6. Chinese people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar. (© Reuters/Stringer)
7. The plane flies against the backdrop of the moon before landing at Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania, USA. (© Matt Rourke / AP)
8. Member of the gay parade in the Chilean city of Valparaiso. (© Reuters)
9. A soldier of the guard of honor of the Russian Presidential Regiment tosses a rifle during the final day of the Spasskaya Tower military music festival on Red Square in Moscow. (© Maxim Zmeev / Reuters)
10. A Palestinian plays with his child on the beach in Gaza City. (© AFP / Getty Images)
11. Acrobats perform during the International Fair in Thessaloniki. (© AFP / Getty Images)
12. Light installation "Dedication in Light" in Lower Manhattan, on the site of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the September 11 tragedy. New York, USA. (© Reuters)
13. Relatives ask to return a 12-year-old boy sitting outside the window of an apartment on the 11th floor in Yibin, Sichuan province, China. He did this out of fear of being punished for not doing his homework. After two hours of persuasion by the police and relatives, the boy returned to the apartment. (© Reuters/Stringer)
14. Supermoon near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (© Reuters)
15. British singer and actress of Albanian origin Rita Ora grabs a dancer during a performance at Fashion Rocks - 2014 at the Barclays Center in New York. (© Reuters)
16. People dance and throw straw during a traditional festival in the village of Ozertso, 10 km from Minsk, Belarus. (© AFP / Getty Images)
17. Women sunbathe on the lake in Slavyansk, north of Donetsk. (© AFP / Getty Images)
18. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemiev looks out from the capsule of the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft after landing in Kazakhstan on September 11, 2014. (© AFP / Getty Images)
19. A fashionista in sunglasses smiles at Lincoln Center during New York Fashion Week. (© Reuters)
20. Workers lay cable on power pylons in Tonglin, an urban district in Anhui Province, China. (© Reuters / China Daily)
21. Two Australian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft patrol the airspace over the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge during a mass event. (© Reuters)
22. A man in a trance pierces his chest with short daggers during a sacred ritual in Karangasem district, Bali province, Indonesia. (© Getty Images)
23. The legendary ship of the Franklin expedition was found in the Arctic. This is one of two British ships of the Franklin expedition that went missing in the Arctic more than 160 years ago. (© Reuters)
24. An American border guard tries to catch an illegal immigrant near Folferrias, Texas. He missed him, but the illegal was later detained by another border guard. (© John Moore / Getty Images)
25. Artists perform at the premiere of the show "Magic Circle" at the National Circus of Ukraine in Kyiv. (© Tatyana Zenkovich / EPA)
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