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Israel, cricket and wombats: This week’s best photos

Olivia Harris
1 min read·October 12, 2023 - 2:13PM
News Corp Australia Network

In the week that Israel suffered one of the bloodiest attacks in its history, elsewhere thermal images captured secret migrants in Texas, England mourned the felling of a 300-year-old tree and Paris Hilton caused controversy at Paris Fashion Week. Here are this week’s best images from around the world.

China’s Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni hug at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. This image was banned on Chinese social media due to the inadvertent reference (64) to the Tiananmen Square massacre, which took place on June 4 1989. Picture: Jiang Han/Xinhua via AFP
China’s Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni hug at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. This image was banned on Chinese social media due to the inadvertent reference (64) to the Tiananmen Square massacre, which took place on June 4 1989. Picture: Jiang Han/Xinhua via AFP

 

As seen with a thermal camera, a family wades through the strong current of the Rio Grande while crossing from Mexico into the USA in Eagle Pass, Texas. Picture: John Moore/Getty Images
As seen with a thermal camera, a family wades through the strong current of the Rio Grande while crossing from Mexico into the USA in Eagle Pass, Texas. Picture: John Moore/Getty Images

 

Orphaned baby wombat Wilbur is thriving in care after being handed in to staff at The Australian Reptile Park. He serves as a reminder of road safety as school holiday traffic saturated highways. Picture: Australian Reptile Park
Orphaned baby wombat Wilbur is thriving in care after being handed in to staff at The Australian Reptile Park. He serves as a reminder of road safety as school holiday traffic saturated highways. Picture: Australian Reptile Park

 

90 delegates from the Central Land Council, each elected from their communities across Central Australia, are asking Australians to vote Yes in the Voice referendum. Picture: Supplied
90 delegates from the Central Land Council, each elected from their communities across Central Australia, are asking Australians to vote Yes in the Voice referendum. Picture: Supplied

 

Steve Smith dives for the ball during an Australian training session at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India. Picture: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
Steve Smith dives for the ball during an Australian training session at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India. Picture: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

 

A candlelit vigil is held for Elianne Andam, a 15-year-old girl who was stabbed to death on her way to school, in Croydon, London. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
A candlelit vigil is held for Elianne Andam, a 15-year-old girl who was stabbed to death on her way to school, in Croydon, London. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

 

People take part in the Procession of Animals before the Blessing of the Animals during the St. Francis Day Service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Picture: Leonardo Munoz/AFP
People take part in the Procession of Animals before the Blessing of the Animals during the St. Francis Day Service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Picture: Leonardo Munoz/AFP

 

Former US President Donald Trump sits inside the courtroom for the third day of his civil fraud trial in New York. Picture: Spencer Platt/AFP
Former US President Donald Trump sits inside the courtroom for the third day of his civil fraud trial in New York. Picture: Spencer Platt/AFP

 

Cortnee Vine ties up her football boots as she talks to Stellar about the moment she became a national hero in the Women’s World Cup penalty shootout. Picture: Steven Chee for Stellar
Cortnee Vine ties up her football boots as she talks to Stellar about the moment she became a national hero in the Women’s World Cup penalty shootout. Picture: Steven Chee for Stellar

 

The 300-year-old tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall, England now lies on the ground after an illegal felling left nothing but a stump. The tree was one of the UK's most photographed and appeared in the 1991 Kevin Costner film "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves." Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
The 300-year-old tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall, England now lies on the ground after an illegal felling left nothing but a stump. The tree was one of the UK's most photographed and appeared in the 1991 Kevin Costner film "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves." Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

 

Women wear traditional dresses to perform at a Garba dance rehearsal ahead of the Hindu festival 'Navratri' in India. Picture: Sam Panthaky/AFP
Women wear traditional dresses to perform at a Garba dance rehearsal ahead of the Hindu festival 'Navratri' in India. Picture: Sam Panthaky/AFP

 

Six-month-old Palestinian baby Sama Alwadia is rescued from under rubble after an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Six-month-old Palestinian baby Sama Alwadia is rescued from under rubble after an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip. Picture: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

 

Lightning cracks the night sky over Brighton’s jetty in Adelaide. Picture: Rick Beal
Lightning cracks the night sky over Brighton’s jetty in Adelaide. Picture: Rick Beal

 

Japan's Mei Tsuruta competes in the rhythmic gymnastics final event during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Picture: Philip Fong/AFP
Japan's Mei Tsuruta competes in the rhythmic gymnastics final event during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Picture: Philip Fong/AFP

 

Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are evacuated. Armenian separatists, who controlled the region for three decades, have agreed to dissolve their government and reintegrate with Baku following an Azerbaijani offensive. Picture: Diego Herrera Carcedo/AFP
Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are evacuated. Armenian separatists, who controlled the region for three decades, have agreed to dissolve their government and reintegrate with Baku following an Azerbaijani offensive. Picture: Diego Herrera Carcedo/AFP

 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese drops a catch during Fitzy and Wippa's backyard charity cricket match at Kirribilli House. Picture: Justin Lloyd
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese drops a catch during Fitzy and Wippa's backyard charity cricket match at Kirribilli House. Picture: Justin Lloyd

 

Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Taylor Swift watch the Kansas City Chiefs take on the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Picture: Instagram
Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Taylor Swift watch the Kansas City Chiefs take on the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Picture: Instagram

 

A soldier from the North-West Mobile Force participates in a training exercise in Darwin. The regiment includes some 1,300 soldiers from Indigenous communities who bring skills such as hunting and tracking passed down through generations. Picture: David Gray/AFP
A soldier from the North-West Mobile Force participates in a training exercise in Darwin. The regiment includes some 1,300 soldiers from Indigenous communities who bring skills such as hunting and tracking passed down through generations. Picture: David Gray/AFP

 

Greta Thunberg holds a banner as she and other climate activists attend a climate protest in the centre of Stockholm. Picture: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP
Greta Thunberg holds a banner as she and other climate activists attend a climate protest in the centre of Stockholm. Picture: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP

 

An aerial view of floating houses in a drought-hit harbour in Amazonas, Brazil. The state of Amazonas remains in emergency due to severe droughts caused by climate change, heat and El Niño. Picture: Bruno Zanardo/Getty Images
An aerial view of floating houses in a drought-hit harbour in Amazonas, Brazil. The state of Amazonas remains in emergency due to severe droughts caused by climate change, heat and El Niño. Picture: Bruno Zanardo/Getty Images

 

Aymara peasants make offerings on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Peru, with the intention to please the spirits and end the drought that has caused abnormally-low water levels. Picture: Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP
Aymara peasants make offerings on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Peru, with the intention to please the spirits and end the drought that has caused abnormally-low water levels. Picture: Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP

 

Paris Hilton presents a creation for the Mugler fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week. Hilton copped a huge amount of criticism on social media for the style of her walk. Picture: Julien De Rosa/AFP
Paris Hilton presents a creation for the Mugler fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week. Hilton copped a huge amount of criticism on social media for the style of her walk. Picture: Julien De Rosa/AFP

 

Players of Team Europe and their partners pose for a photograph with the Ryder Cup trophy following their victory in Rome. Picture: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images
Players of Team Europe and their partners pose for a photograph with the Ryder Cup trophy following their victory in Rome. Picture: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

 

Kevin McCarthy is surrounded by staff, security and journalists before becoming the first Speaker of the House in US history to be ousted. Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
Kevin McCarthy is surrounded by staff, security and journalists before becoming the first Speaker of the House in US history to be ousted. Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP

 

A young surfer carries a surfboard in Robertsport, Liberia. The Robertsport Surf Club - together with the aid of NGO, Provide The Slide, have managed to provide surfboards and help send the children to school. Picture: John Wessels/AFP
A young surfer carries a surfboard in Robertsport, Liberia. The Robertsport Surf Club - together with the aid of NGO, Provide The Slide, have managed to provide surfboards and help send the children to school. Picture: John Wessels/AFP

 

Lloyd Stein of the University of Bristol Surf Club catches a wave during the English Interclub Surfing Championships at The Wave, a world-first inland surfing complex near Bristol. Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP
Lloyd Stein of the University of Bristol Surf Club catches a wave during the English Interclub Surfing Championships at The Wave, a world-first inland surfing complex near Bristol. Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP

 

Part of a group of 496 migrants sit on the pier following their arrival at the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Spain. Picture: Desiree Martin/AFP
Part of a group of 496 migrants sit on the pier following their arrival at the Port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Spain. Picture: Desiree Martin/AFP

 

Devotees of Our Lady of Nazare take part in a procession during the Christian Cirio de Nazare religious festival in Brazil. It is considered to be the largest Christian event in the world, bringing together more than 2 million people. Picture: Anderson Barbosa/AFP
Devotees of Our Lady of Nazare take part in a procession during the Christian Cirio de Nazare religious festival in Brazil. It is considered to be the largest Christian event in the world, bringing together more than 2 million people. Picture: Anderson Barbosa/AFP

 

A brass musician plays his instrument during the last day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany. Picture: Christof Stache/AFP
A brass musician plays his instrument during the last day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany. Picture: Christof Stache/AFP

 

British actor Helen Mirren presents a creation for L'Oreal Paris during a show as part of the Paris Fashion Week. Picture: Julien De Rosa/AFP
British actor Helen Mirren presents a creation for L'Oreal Paris during a show as part of the Paris Fashion Week. Picture: Julien De Rosa/AFP

 

A man cruises in a modified boat ‘Jetcar’ in the bay in Miami, Florida. Picture: Chandan Khanna/AFP
A man cruises in a modified boat ‘Jetcar’ in the bay in Miami, Florida. Picture: Chandan Khanna/AFP

 

A model presents a creation for COMME des GARCONS during Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024. Picture: Julien De Rosa/AFP
A model presents a creation for COMME des GARCONS during Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024. Picture: Julien De Rosa/AFP

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