7 striking images from around the world

Updated / Friday, 10 Jan 2025 07:48
Donald and Melania Trump pay their respects in front of the flag-draped casket of former US President Jimmy Carter at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington
Donald and Melania Trump pay their respects in front of the flag-draped casket of former US President Jimmy Carter at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington

Some of our favourite photographs from around the world this week.

Tourists are helped into the basket of a hot air balloon before flying above the west bank of the Nile river in Egypt's southern city of Luxor
Tourists are helped into the basket of a hot air balloon before flying above the west bank of the Nile river in Egypt's southern city of Luxor
A couple surveys the ruins of their business, the Rancho Bar, destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California - they also lost their nearby home in the fire
A couple surveys the ruins of their business, the Rancho Bar, destroyed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California - they also lost their nearby home in the fire
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters during a protest on the eve of the presidential inauguration
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters during a protest on the eve of the presidential inauguration
A Kokou initiate, a warrior god in the traditional religion of Benin, dances in the sacred forest in Ouidah during the first day of the Voodoo Festival
A Kokou initiate, a warrior god in the traditional religion of Benin, dances in the sacred forest in Ouidah during the first day of the Voodoo Festival
Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims attend the annual procession of the Black Nazarene in Manila
Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims attend the annual procession of the Black Nazarene in Manila
A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waves a South Korean flag as she wears a US flag on a pedestrian bridge near the president's residence in Seoul
A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waves a South Korean flag as she wears a US flag on a pedestrian bridge near the president's residence in Seoul

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