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Pop stars, a devastating earthquake and a flustered princess: This week's top photos from around the world

Olivia Harris
1 min read·September 21, 2023 - 9:49AM
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Walks for Yes, Fashion Week SS24 migrates to London and we can’t get Kylie out of our head. Scroll through this week’s photography highlights from around the globe.

Kylie Minogue made her first return to the UK stage in four years, performing at BBC Radio 2 In The Park 2023 at Victoria Park in Leicester. The appearance coincides with the release of her new album, Tension, later this week. The 56-year-old popstar is also set to kick off a three-month residency in Las Vegas in 2024. Picture: Cameron Smith/Getty Images
Kylie Minogue made her first return to the UK stage in four years, performing at BBC Radio 2 In The Park 2023 at Victoria Park in Leicester. The appearance coincides with the release of her new album, Tension, later this week. The 56-year-old popstar is also set to kick off a three-month residency in Las Vegas in 2024. Picture: Cameron Smith/Getty Images

 

A Yes supporter pictured amongst the crowd in Melbourne’s Walk for Yes. Yes23 organisers said between 150,000-200,000 Australians were estimated to have attended 40 Walks for Yes events in capital cities and regional towns around the country last weekend. Picture: William West/AFP
A Yes supporter pictured amongst the crowd in Melbourne’s Walk for Yes. Yes23 organisers said between 150,000-200,000 Australians were estimated to have attended 40 Walks for Yes events in capital cities and regional towns around the country last weekend. Picture: William West/AFP

 

People search in the rubble of a building in a flash flood-damaged area in Derna, Libya. A global aid effort gathered pace this week after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 11,000 people, with thousands more missing. The UN has blamed the death toll in part on the legacy of years of war and chaos. Picture: Abdullah Doma/AFP
People search in the rubble of a building in a flash flood-damaged area in Derna, Libya. A global aid effort gathered pace this week after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 11,000 people, with thousands more missing. The UN has blamed the death toll in part on the legacy of years of war and chaos. Picture: Abdullah Doma/AFP

 

Islamic junior high school students take part in a Quran recitation and make special prayers for the victims of the earthquake in Morocco and the flash flood in Libya, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Picture: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP
Islamic junior high school students take part in a Quran recitation and make special prayers for the victims of the earthquake in Morocco and the flash flood in Libya, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Picture: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP

 

Players of Trapiales rugby team take part in a rugby training session at La Pintana commune in Santiago, Chile. The Trapiales club took its name from the Mapuche culture; "Trapial" means "puma" in Mapudungun, and among the players there are several Mapuche descendants. They are determined to prevent the sport from being a discipline only for the elite from the poorest neighborhood of Santiago. Picture: Martin Bernetti/AFP
Players of Trapiales rugby team take part in a rugby training session at La Pintana commune in Santiago, Chile. The Trapiales club took its name from the Mapuche culture; "Trapial" means "puma" in Mapudungun, and among the players there are several Mapuche descendants. They are determined to prevent the sport from being a discipline only for the elite from the poorest neighborhood of Santiago. Picture: Martin Bernetti/AFP

 

Ismail Aitbilla salvages items in the ruins of his home in Ardouz, Morocco. A huge earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit central Morocco on September 8, with almost 3000 people confirmed dead and many still missing as rescue operations struggle to reach the most affected areas. Whilst the epicentre was in a sparsely populated area of the High Atlas Mountains, its effects have been felt 71km away in Marrakesh. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images
Ismail Aitbilla salvages items in the ruins of his home in Ardouz, Morocco. A huge earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit central Morocco on September 8, with almost 3000 people confirmed dead and many still missing as rescue operations struggle to reach the most affected areas. Whilst the epicentre was in a sparsely populated area of the High Atlas Mountains, its effects have been felt 71km away in Marrakesh. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

 

A model poses backstage ahead of the Fashion Crossover London Presents: Bright Young Things show during London Fashion Week September 2023. Picture: Shane Anthony Sinclair/BFC/Getty Images
A model poses backstage ahead of the Fashion Crossover London Presents: Bright Young Things show during London Fashion Week September 2023. Picture: Shane Anthony Sinclair/BFC/Getty Images

 

A firefighter reacts as they attempt to extinguish a wildfire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. Hundreds of hectares of land have burned over the past two days, worsening the air quality in the city of Palembang. Picture: Ai Zulkifli/AFP
A firefighter reacts as they attempt to extinguish a wildfire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra. Hundreds of hectares of land have burned over the past two days, worsening the air quality in the city of Palembang. Picture: Ai Zulkifli/AFP

 

Parachutists are dropped above the Ginkelse Heide during the international parachuting exercise Falcon Leap in Ede, the Netherlands. Picture: Jeroen Jumelet/AFP
Parachutists are dropped above the Ginkelse Heide during the international parachuting exercise Falcon Leap in Ede, the Netherlands. Picture: Jeroen Jumelet/AFP

 

An Italian police officer sprays a migrant with fresh water after he has crossed the fence to exit the operational center called ‘Hotspot’ on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The number of migrants arriving in Italy after crossing on boats from North Africa has surged this year, at almost 124,000 since January - up from 65,500 during the same period in 2022. The Italian Red Cross, which has run the hotspot since June, said more than 100 landings within a few hours left it hosting more than 6,000 people in a facility built for fewer than 400. Picture: Alessandro Serrano/AFP
An Italian police officer sprays a migrant with fresh water after he has crossed the fence to exit the operational center called ‘Hotspot’ on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The number of migrants arriving in Italy after crossing on boats from North Africa has surged this year, at almost 124,000 since January - up from 65,500 during the same period in 2022. The Italian Red Cross, which has run the hotspot since June, said more than 100 landings within a few hours left it hosting more than 6,000 people in a facility built for fewer than 400. Picture: Alessandro Serrano/AFP

 

Greenpeace France activists scrawl the words 'Gas Kills' on the side of the TotalEnergies Cape Ann LNG terminal, anchored off the northern French port city of Le Havre, in the English Channel. Picture: Lou Benoist/AFP
Greenpeace France activists scrawl the words 'Gas Kills' on the side of the TotalEnergies Cape Ann LNG terminal, anchored off the northern French port city of Le Havre, in the English Channel. Picture: Lou Benoist/AFP

 

Sienna Miller attends Vogue World: London 2023 at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England. Vogue World describes itself as ‘a fashion spectacle, from the red carpet to the theatrical ode to British culture’. Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage
Sienna Miller attends Vogue World: London 2023 at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, England. Vogue World describes itself as ‘a fashion spectacle, from the red carpet to the theatrical ode to British culture’. Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage

 

Kahleah Copper, #2 of the Chicago Sky, drives into Chelsea Gray, #12 of the Las Vegas Aces, in the first quarter of Game One of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs first round. Gray was called for a foul on the play. Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Kahleah Copper, #2 of the Chicago Sky, drives into Chelsea Gray, #12 of the Las Vegas Aces, in the first quarter of Game One of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs first round. Gray was called for a foul on the play. Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images

 

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is seen in red ahead of a catwalk presentation for Erdem's Spring/Summer 2024 collection, at London Fashion Week. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP
Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour is seen in red ahead of a catwalk presentation for Erdem's Spring/Summer 2024 collection, at London Fashion Week. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP

 

Meet Albert, the smallest joey ever raised by the Australian Reptile Park. Rescued last month after his mother became unwell, Albert weighed just 190g. He is now absolutely thriving under their care and now weighs a much healthier 312g. He’s eating eucalyptus leaf for the first time and is hitting all his development indicators. His mother, Elsa, is recovering well and the park hopes to reunite the pair in the coming months. Picture: Australian Reptile Park
Meet Albert, the smallest joey ever raised by the Australian Reptile Park. Rescued last month after his mother became unwell, Albert weighed just 190g. He is now absolutely thriving under their care and now weighs a much healthier 312g. He’s eating eucalyptus leaf for the first time and is hitting all his development indicators. His mother, Elsa, is recovering well and the park hopes to reunite the pair in the coming months. Picture: Australian Reptile Park

 

Competitors run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the 2023 Sydney Marathon. This year’s women’s title was won by the USA’s Betsy Saina with a time of 2:26:47, and the men’s champion was Morocco’s Othmane El Goumri with a winning time of 2:08:20. Picture: Jenny Evans/Getty Images
Competitors run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the 2023 Sydney Marathon. This year’s women’s title was won by the USA’s Betsy Saina with a time of 2:26:47, and the men’s champion was Morocco’s Othmane El Goumri with a winning time of 2:08:20. Picture: Jenny Evans/Getty Images

 

Steam engine driver Bob Corrie (L) speaks with growers Andy Dawson (C) and Paul Proud (R) as they do a victory lap with their large vegetables - a marrow and cabbage respectively - that won their categories in the giant vegetable competition on the first day of the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show in northern England. Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP
Steam engine driver Bob Corrie (L) speaks with growers Andy Dawson (C) and Paul Proud (R) as they do a victory lap with their large vegetables - a marrow and cabbage respectively - that won their categories in the giant vegetable competition on the first day of the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show in northern England. Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP

 

Hasidic Jewish pilgrims perform music in a yard of a house ahead of the Jewish new year of ‘Rosh Hashanah’ in Uman, central Ukraine. Over 20,000 Jewish pilgrims have arrived in Ukraine for the celebration, despite warnings from Kyiv not to travel for the religious holiday due to the Russian invasion. Thousands of Orthodox Jews come to Uman from Israel and other parts of the world every year to celebrate the holiday in the central Ukrainian city, one of the birthplaces of the Hasidic movement. Picture: Genya Savilov/AFP
Hasidic Jewish pilgrims perform music in a yard of a house ahead of the Jewish new year of ‘Rosh Hashanah’ in Uman, central Ukraine. Over 20,000 Jewish pilgrims have arrived in Ukraine for the celebration, despite warnings from Kyiv not to travel for the religious holiday due to the Russian invasion. Thousands of Orthodox Jews come to Uman from Israel and other parts of the world every year to celebrate the holiday in the central Ukrainian city, one of the birthplaces of the Hasidic movement. Picture: Genya Savilov/AFP

 

Women protesters shout slogans during a 48-hour general strike in Imphal, India, as they demand restoration of peace in the northeastern state of Manipur after ethnic violence. Picture: AFP
Women protesters shout slogans during a 48-hour general strike in Imphal, India, as they demand restoration of peace in the northeastern state of Manipur after ethnic violence. Picture: AFP

 

Shania Twain performs during her Queen of Me Tour at The O2 Arena in London, England. The European leg of the tour follows her Las Vegas residency, and is set to conclude in Vancouver in November. Picture: Jim Dyson/Getty Images
Shania Twain performs during her Queen of Me Tour at The O2 Arena in London, England. The European leg of the tour follows her Las Vegas residency, and is set to conclude in Vancouver in November. Picture: Jim Dyson/Getty Images

 

Traditional dancers, so called Morisken-Taenzer, participate in the riflemen's parade on the second day of the 2023 Munich Oktoberfest in Germany. This year's Oktoberfest will run until October 3 and is expected to draw millions of visitors. Picture: Johannes Simon/Getty Images
Traditional dancers, so called Morisken-Taenzer, participate in the riflemen's parade on the second day of the 2023 Munich Oktoberfest in Germany. This year's Oktoberfest will run until October 3 and is expected to draw millions of visitors. Picture: Johannes Simon/Getty Images

 

Australian Ballet dancers perform a scene from Swan Lake at the Melbourne Arts Centre. The production runs from 19-30 September in the State Theatre. Picture: David Caird
Australian Ballet dancers perform a scene from Swan Lake at the Melbourne Arts Centre. The production runs from 19-30 September in the State Theatre. Picture: David Caird

 

A schoolgirl attends a lesson to learn how to handle a Kalashnikov AK47 rifle, equipped with an electronic sight, during a lesson at the military-patriotic center in Lviv, Ukraine. Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP
A schoolgirl attends a lesson to learn how to handle a Kalashnikov AK47 rifle, equipped with an electronic sight, during a lesson at the military-patriotic center in Lviv, Ukraine. Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP

 

A dancer from the French group ‘Compagnie L’Oublié(e)’ performs a show on the roof of Palais-Royal, as part of the European Heritage Days and the Cultural Olympiad in Paris. Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP
A dancer from the French group ‘Compagnie L’Oublié(e)’ performs a show on the roof of Palais-Royal, as part of the European Heritage Days and the Cultural Olympiad in Paris. Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP

 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. The North Korean leader left Russia this week after a rare six-day visit that appeared to solidify his country’s ties with Putin, fanning Western fears that Pyongyang could provide Moscow with weapons for its assault on Ukraine. Picture: Vladimir Smirnov/AFP
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. The North Korean leader left Russia this week after a rare six-day visit that appeared to solidify his country’s ties with Putin, fanning Western fears that Pyongyang could provide Moscow with weapons for its assault on Ukraine. Picture: Vladimir Smirnov/AFP

 

Amabutho (Zulu Regiments) pose with their shields and sticks ahead of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s funeral proceedings in Ulundi, South Africa. The Zulu prince and veteran politician was commemorated with a state funeral, despite being a controversial figure during the apartheid liberation due to his rivalry with the African National Congress. Picture: Marco Longari/AFP
Amabutho (Zulu Regiments) pose with their shields and sticks ahead of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s funeral proceedings in Ulundi, South Africa. The Zulu prince and veteran politician was commemorated with a state funeral, despite being a controversial figure during the apartheid liberation due to his rivalry with the African National Congress. Picture: Marco Longari/AFP

 

Members of The Marquis of Winchester Regiment take a break after a re-enactment of the 1645 English Civil War, at Old Basing House in the south-east of England. After the defeat of King Charles I's army in June 1645, Oliver Cromwell led part of the New Model Army to “mop up” remaining royalist bases in Wiltshire and Hampshire. He appeared before Basing House around October 8, determined to capture the major royalist stronghold. He subjected the place to heavy bombardment and on October 14, succeeded in capturing the base. Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP
Members of The Marquis of Winchester Regiment take a break after a re-enactment of the 1645 English Civil War, at Old Basing House in the south-east of England. After the defeat of King Charles I's army in June 1645, Oliver Cromwell led part of the New Model Army to “mop up” remaining royalist bases in Wiltshire and Hampshire. He appeared before Basing House around October 8, determined to capture the major royalist stronghold. He subjected the place to heavy bombardment and on October 14, succeeded in capturing the base. Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP

 

Catherine, Princess of Wales appears somewhat flustered as she inflates an emergency life jacket whilst conducting a training exercise with Royal Navy Survival Equipment Technicians during a visit to Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton in Yeovil, England. The Princess of Wales is visiting the airbase following her recent appointment by King Charles III as Commodore-in-Chief, Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Picture: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
Catherine, Princess of Wales appears somewhat flustered as she inflates an emergency life jacket whilst conducting a training exercise with Royal Navy Survival Equipment Technicians during a visit to Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton in Yeovil, England. The Princess of Wales is visiting the airbase following her recent appointment by King Charles III as Commodore-in-Chief, Fleet Air Arm (FAA). Picture: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images

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