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The world in focus: This week’s best photos from around the globe

Olivia Harris
1 min read·February 09, 2024 - 4:55PM
News Corp Australia Network

From Martin Scorsese kissing the Pope to a unique view of our planet, we take a look at this week’s best images.

British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani’s photo of a napping polar bear fast asleep up on an iceberg won this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. Nima snapped the sleepy giant off Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. It took three days for the snapper to get the perfect shot after searching through deep fog to find polar bears.

“It turned and headed to where there was still some sea ice. Here we encountered a younger and an older male (polar bear) and watched the pair over the following eight hours,” he said.“Just before midnight, the young male clambered onto a small iceberg and, using his strong paws, clawed away at it to carve out a bed for himself.”

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Earth's atmospheric glow and a starry sky are captured in this photograph from the International Space Station, at it soared 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Papua New Guinea. Picture: NASA
Earth's atmospheric glow and a starry sky are captured in this photograph from the International Space Station, at it soared 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Papua New Guinea. Picture: NASA

 

Visitors marvel at the icy formations at Ice Castles in New Hampshire, USA. Picture: Joseph Prezioso/AFP
Visitors marvel at the icy formations at Ice Castles in New Hampshire, USA. Picture: Joseph Prezioso/AFP

 

Yoonseo Hur and Riyoung Lee of Korea perform at the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Picture: Adam Pretty/Getty Images
Yoonseo Hur and Riyoung Lee of Korea perform at the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Picture: Adam Pretty/Getty Images

 

A young boy carries empty jerricans in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP
A young boy carries empty jerricans in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP

 

Residents navigate floodwaters with a makeshift raft and motorcycle in Prosperidad, Philippines after heavy rains. Picture: Erwin Mascarinas/AFP
Residents navigate floodwaters with a makeshift raft and motorcycle in Prosperidad, Philippines after heavy rains. Picture: Erwin Mascarinas/AFP

 

Tourists relax on the frozen expanse of Pumoyum Co Lake in Lhoka, Tibet, showcasing its crystal blue ice. Picture: Zhang Zhenqi/Getty Images
Tourists relax on the frozen expanse of Pumoyum Co Lake in Lhoka, Tibet, showcasing its crystal blue ice. Picture: Zhang Zhenqi/Getty Images

 

Miley Cyrus channelled her inner Tina Turner at the Grammy Awards. The singer won best pop solo performance for her song “Flowers”. Picture: John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Miley Cyrus channelled her inner Tina Turner at the Grammy Awards. The singer won best pop solo performance for her song “Flowers”. Picture: John Shearer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

 

An aerial shot captures a forest fire in Viña del Mar, Chile, as the region experiences unprecedented blazes. Picture: Javier Torres/AFP
An aerial shot captures a forest fire in Viña del Mar, Chile, as the region experiences unprecedented blazes. Picture: Javier Torres/AFP

 

A visible shockwave emanates as an Israeli army artillery unit fires toward the Gaza Strip, amid the conflict with Hamas. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP
A visible shockwave emanates as an Israeli army artillery unit fires toward the Gaza Strip, amid the conflict with Hamas. Picture: Jack Guez/AFP

 

Participants wearing carnival costumes sit in the Caffe Florian during the carnival parade at St. Mark Square in Venice. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP
Participants wearing carnival costumes sit in the Caffe Florian during the carnival parade at St. Mark Square in Venice. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP

 

Pope Francis meets with filmmaker Martin Scorsese in Vatican City, where they discussed Scorsese’s new film about Jesus. Picture: Vatican Media/Getty Images
Pope Francis meets with filmmaker Martin Scorsese in Vatican City, where they discussed Scorsese’s new film about Jesus. Picture: Vatican Media/Getty Images

 

Anthony Randello Jahn, founder of Levain Doughnuts, films his popular doughnut making videos from his apartment and has attracted over 600,000 followers on Instagram as @thedonutdaddy. Picture: Jake Nowakowski
Anthony Randello Jahn, founder of Levain Doughnuts, films his popular doughnut making videos from his apartment and has attracted over 600,000 followers on Instagram as @thedonutdaddy. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

 

Former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns in Las Vegas, Nevada, ahead of the state’s Republican presidential caucuses. Picture: David Becker/Getty Images
Former U.S. President Donald Trump campaigns in Las Vegas, Nevada, ahead of the state’s Republican presidential caucuses. Picture: David Becker/Getty Images

 

Koala joey, Gracie, meets Milly the Echidna puggle at Taronga Zoo. Picture: Justin Lloyd
Koala joey, Gracie, meets Milly the Echidna puggle at Taronga Zoo. Picture: Justin Lloyd

 

Children of Mahmoud Al-Durra, displaced to Rafah after their home was destroyed in Gaza, play amidst the ruins. Picture: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
Children of Mahmoud Al-Durra, displaced to Rafah after their home was destroyed in Gaza, play amidst the ruins. Picture: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

 

Aarish Syed, the first customer to purchase the $5400 Apple Vision Pro headset, walks out of the Apple Store in New York City. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP
Aarish Syed, the first customer to purchase the $5400 Apple Vision Pro headset, walks out of the Apple Store in New York City. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP

 

Masked performers celebrate the ancient Ituren and Zubieta carnival in Navarra, Spain, ringing cow bells to ward off evil spirits and herald a prosperous harvest. Picture: Gari Garaialde/Getty Images
Masked performers celebrate the ancient Ituren and Zubieta carnival in Navarra, Spain, ringing cow bells to ward off evil spirits and herald a prosperous harvest. Picture: Gari Garaialde/Getty Images

 

Chef Gilles Reinhardt works beside a portrait of Paul Bocuse at Auberge de Collonges in France, paying homage to Bocuse’s legacy. Picture: Jeff Pachoud/AFP
Chef Gilles Reinhardt works beside a portrait of Paul Bocuse at Auberge de Collonges in France, paying homage to Bocuse’s legacy. Picture: Jeff Pachoud/AFP

 

Participants race in the 44th Marxa Beret, a Nordic ski event, in Spain. Picture: David Ramos/Getty Images
Participants race in the 44th Marxa Beret, a Nordic ski event, in Spain. Picture: David Ramos/Getty Images

 

Beyoncé and Jay-Z attend the Grammy Awards. During Jay-Z’s acceptance speech for the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, he called out the Recording Academy for never giving his wife Album of the Year. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Beyoncé and Jay-Z attend the Grammy Awards. During Jay-Z’s acceptance speech for the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, he called out the Recording Academy for never giving his wife Album of the Year. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

 

Esther, a blue tortie and white British Shorthair, poses in a studio before winning Best In Show at the GCCF Shropshire Cat Show in England. Picture: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage
Esther, a blue tortie and white British Shorthair, poses in a studio before winning Best In Show at the GCCF Shropshire Cat Show in England. Picture: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage

 

USA’s Parker Coffin practices surfing off Pupukea, Hawaii, after the Lexus Pipe Pro event was cancelled due to unexpectedly large and dangerous waves. Picture: Brian Bielmann/AFP
USA’s Parker Coffin practices surfing off Pupukea, Hawaii, after the Lexus Pipe Pro event was cancelled due to unexpectedly large and dangerous waves. Picture: Brian Bielmann/AFP

 

Tourists aboard a boat look at 41 migrants sitting on the pier of Los Cristianos port following their rescue by the Spanish Salvamento Maritimo in Tenerife. Picture: Desiree Martin/AFP
Tourists aboard a boat look at 41 migrants sitting on the pier of Los Cristianos port following their rescue by the Spanish Salvamento Maritimo in Tenerife. Picture: Desiree Martin/AFP

 

A reveller attends the annual block party known as “Ceu na Terra” during a pre-Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Picture: Buda Mendes/Getty Images
A reveller attends the annual block party known as “Ceu na Terra” during a pre-Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Picture: Buda Mendes/Getty Images

 

The International Space Station transits the sun as seen from Kuwait City. Picture: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP
The International Space Station transits the sun as seen from Kuwait City. Picture: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP

 

This image of a polar bear sneaking a snooze on a difting iceberg in Norway has just won this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. Picture: Nima Sarikhani/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
This image of a polar bear sneaking a snooze on a difting iceberg in Norway has just won this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. Picture: Nima Sarikhani/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

 

Megan Schutt of Australia celebrates taking Laura Wolvaardt’s wicket in the second Women’s ODI series game against South Africa. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images
Megan Schutt of Australia celebrates taking Laura Wolvaardt’s wicket in the second Women’s ODI series game against South Africa. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

 

Demonstrators clash with police outside Congress in Buenos Aires during the debate of the “omnibus bill,” which proposes major changes to Argentina’s economy. Picture: Luis Robayo/AFP
Demonstrators clash with police outside Congress in Buenos Aires during the debate of the “omnibus bill,” which proposes major changes to Argentina’s economy. Picture: Luis Robayo/AFP

 

Tracy Chapman sings with Luke Combs at the 66th Grammy Awards. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
Tracy Chapman sings with Luke Combs at the 66th Grammy Awards. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

 

Kent Price horses train in the surf at Keast Park, Seaford. Picture: Jason Edwards
Kent Price horses train in the surf at Keast Park, Seaford. Picture: Jason Edwards

 

Sarah Jessica Parker bows at the curtain call during the gala performance of "Plaza Suite" at The Savoy Theatre in London. Picture: Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty Images
Sarah Jessica Parker bows at the curtain call during the gala performance of "Plaza Suite" at The Savoy Theatre in London. Picture: Hoda Davaine/Dave Benett/Getty Images

 

England’s Fraser Dingwall tackles Italy’s Monty Ioane in the Six Nations match at Stadio Olimpico, Rome. Picture: Andreas Solaro/AFP
England’s Fraser Dingwall tackles Italy’s Monty Ioane in the Six Nations match at Stadio Olimpico, Rome. Picture: Andreas Solaro/AFP

 

Rob Mallett, who plays the lead in “Elvis: A Musical Revolution,” poses at Sydney’s State Theatre before the musical’s opening on 9th February. Picture: Richard Dobson
Rob Mallett, who plays the lead in “Elvis: A Musical Revolution,” poses at Sydney’s State Theatre before the musical’s opening on 9th February. Picture: Richard Dobson

 

Pro-democracy protester “Granny Wong” shouts slogans outside a court in Hong Kong, after four men were convicted of rioting from the 2019 movement. Picture: Peter Parks/AFP
Pro-democracy protester “Granny Wong” shouts slogans outside a court in Hong Kong, after four men were convicted of rioting from the 2019 movement. Picture: Peter Parks/AFP

 

Madeleine West, a former ‘Neighbours’ actor, was part of a group that helped convict their abuser, Peter White, for childhood sexual abuse. Picture: Richard Dobson
Madeleine West, a former ‘Neighbours’ actor, was part of a group that helped convict their abuser, Peter White, for childhood sexual abuse. Picture: Richard Dobson

 

King Charles III and Queen Camilla depart Clarence House in London, as Prince Harry returns following the King’s early-stage cancer diagnosis. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP
King Charles III and Queen Camilla depart Clarence House in London, as Prince Harry returns following the King’s early-stage cancer diagnosis. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP

 

Muslim devotees depart on an overcrowded train after the Akheri Munajat, an annual Muslim gathering in Tongi. Picture: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP
Muslim devotees depart on an overcrowded train after the Akheri Munajat, an annual Muslim gathering in Tongi. Picture: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP

 

A woman surveys the remains of her Hollywood Hills home, which was destroyed by a landslide after a storm unleashed a month’s rain in a single day. Picture: David McNew/AFP
A woman surveys the remains of her Hollywood Hills home, which was destroyed by a landslide after a storm unleashed a month’s rain in a single day. Picture: David McNew/AFP

 

Farmers block the AP-7 highway in Girona, Spain, protesting against EU and government agricultural policies amid a sector-wide crisis. Picture: Adri Salido/Getty Images
Farmers block the AP-7 highway in Girona, Spain, protesting against EU and government agricultural policies amid a sector-wide crisis. Picture: Adri Salido/Getty Images

 

Maori warriors welcome NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at Te Whare Rūnanga for Waitangi Day, which marks the 1840 treaty signing between Maori chiefs and the British Crown. Picture: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
Maori warriors welcome NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at Te Whare Rūnanga for Waitangi Day, which marks the 1840 treaty signing between Maori chiefs and the British Crown. Picture: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

 

Selena Gomez and Nicola Peltz Beckham arrive for the premiere of the movie "Lola" in Los Angeles. Picture: Lisa O’Connor/AFP
Selena Gomez and Nicola Peltz Beckham arrive for the premiere of the movie "Lola" in Los Angeles. Picture: Lisa O’Connor/AFP

 

A model walks the runway at the Olivia Ballard Fashion show as part of Berlin Fashion Week AW24. Picture: Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images
A model walks the runway at the Olivia Ballard Fashion show as part of Berlin Fashion Week AW24. Picture: Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images

 

In Bournemouth, UK, clothing symbolises the 11,500 Palestinian and 36 Israeli children killed in Gaza in a memorial by Led by Donkeys, urging an end to military support. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
In Bournemouth, UK, clothing symbolises the 11,500 Palestinian and 36 Israeli children killed in Gaza in a memorial by Led by Donkeys, urging an end to military support. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

 

Kristof Rasovszky of Team Hungary competes in the Men’s Open Water 10km at the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Picture: Adam Pretty/Getty Images
Kristof Rasovszky of Team Hungary competes in the Men’s Open Water 10km at the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Picture: Adam Pretty/Getty Images

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