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TOPSHOT - A Senegal's supporter reacts prior to the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2024 group C football match between Senegal and Cameroon at the Stade Charles Konan Banny in Yamoussoukro on January 19, 2024. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

Global perspectives: This week’s best pictures from around the world

Olivia Harris
1 min read·January 27, 2024 - 9:03AM
News Corp Australia Network

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

From the thrilling courts of the Australian Open and onto the runway glamour of Paris Fashion Week’s Haute Couture, we take a look at the week’s best photos from around the world.

Among the amazing images is this touching moment at Prague Zoo where 10-year-old Duni introduced her daughter to the world. Duni and her baby are endangered lowland gorillas.

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Katie Boulter of Great Britain serves against Yue Yuan of China in the first round singles match at the 2024 Australian Open. Picture: Julian Finney/Getty Images
Katie Boulter of Great Britain serves against Yue Yuan of China in the first round singles match at the 2024 Australian Open. Picture: Julian Finney/Getty Images

 

Naomi Campbell struts at Paris Fashion Week, showcasing Balmain Homme’s Fall/Winter 2024-2025 collection. Picture: Kristy Sparow/Getty Images
Naomi Campbell struts at Paris Fashion Week, showcasing Balmain Homme’s Fall/Winter 2024-2025 collection. Picture: Kristy Sparow/Getty Images

 

Dancers perform during the celebration of the "Parachicos" traditional festivity in Chiapa de Corzo in Mexico. Picture: Raúl Vera/AFP
Dancers perform during the celebration of the "Parachicos" traditional festivity in Chiapa de Corzo in Mexico. Picture: Raúl Vera/AFP

 

Rescue teams battle a fierce forest fire in Nemocon, Colombia, amidst a spate of blazes linked to El Niño-driven temperature highs. Picture: Luis Acosta/AFP
Rescue teams battle a fierce forest fire in Nemocon, Colombia, amidst a spate of blazes linked to El Niño-driven temperature highs. Picture: Luis Acosta/AFP

 

Migrants rest under a shrub in Djibouti. US air strikes on Yemen’s Houthis have disrupted the Ethiopian migrant route, as well as key shipping lanes. Picture: Luke Dray/Getty Images
Migrants rest under a shrub in Djibouti. US air strikes on Yemen’s Houthis have disrupted the Ethiopian migrant route, as well as key shipping lanes. Picture: Luke Dray/Getty Images

 

Players from Denmark and the Netherlands clash in the Men’s EURO 2024 EHF Handball Championship in Hamburg, Germany. Picture: Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP
Players from Denmark and the Netherlands clash in the Men’s EURO 2024 EHF Handball Championship in Hamburg, Germany. Picture: Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP

 

Wujal Wujal children Azalea Yougie, 7, and her cousin Kealan Nunn, 1, visit Holloways Beach hub, which provides flood victims with donated meals and essentials. Picture: Brendan Radke
Wujal Wujal children Azalea Yougie, 7, and her cousin Kealan Nunn, 1, visit Holloways Beach hub, which provides flood victims with donated meals and essentials. Picture: Brendan Radke

 

Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira rides a wave during the World Surf League Nazare Big Wave Challenge in Nazare, Portugal. Picture: Miguel Riopa/AFP
Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira rides a wave during the World Surf League Nazare Big Wave Challenge in Nazare, Portugal. Picture: Miguel Riopa/AFP

 

A storm front sweeps over Balladoran farmland near Dubbo, NSW, heralding a change in weather. Picture: Jonathan Ng
A storm front sweeps over Balladoran farmland near Dubbo, NSW, heralding a change in weather. Picture: Jonathan Ng

 

The Wee Hoose, or Broons Hoose, stands out in the snow on Loch Shin, Scotland, as temperatures plummeted to -14C. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
The Wee Hoose, or Broons Hoose, stands out in the snow on Loch Shin, Scotland, as temperatures plummeted to -14C. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

 

A seal sits on an ice floe in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. Picture: Juan Barreto/AFP
A seal sits on an ice floe in the Gerlache Strait, Antarctica. Picture: Juan Barreto/AFP

 

The USA’s Coco Gauff celebrates as she triumphs in quarterfinals against Marta Kostyuk at the 2024 Australian Open. Picture: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images
The USA’s Coco Gauff celebrates as she triumphs in quarterfinals against Marta Kostyuk at the 2024 Australian Open. Picture: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images

 

Riot police in Baymak, Russia disperse crowds protesting the sentencing of activist Fail Alsynov, jailed for campaigning against Urals gold mining and advocating Bashkir language rights. Picture: Anya Marchenkova/AFP
Riot police in Baymak, Russia disperse crowds protesting the sentencing of activist Fail Alsynov, jailed for campaigning against Urals gold mining and advocating Bashkir language rights. Picture: Anya Marchenkova/AFP

 

A Palestinian woman comforts a boy amid the ruins in Rafah, Gaza, following an Israeli air strike during the conflict with Hamas. Picture: AFP
A Palestinian woman comforts a boy amid the ruins in Rafah, Gaza, following an Israeli air strike during the conflict with Hamas. Picture: AFP

 

Melania Trump, flanked by Donald Trump, leaves the funeral service for her mother, Amalija Knavs, at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. Picture: Giorgio Viera/AFP
Melania Trump, flanked by Donald Trump, leaves the funeral service for her mother, Amalija Knavs, at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. Picture: Giorgio Viera/AFP

 

A model showcases Balmain’s menswear Fall-Winter 2024/2025 collection at Paris Fashion Week. Picture: Alain Jocard/AFP
A model showcases Balmain’s menswear Fall-Winter 2024/2025 collection at Paris Fashion Week. Picture: Alain Jocard/AFP

 

Duni, a western lowland gorilla, cradles her 16-day-old newborn at Prague Zoo. Picture: Michal Cizek/AFP
Duni, a western lowland gorilla, cradles her 16-day-old newborn at Prague Zoo. Picture: Michal Cizek/AFP

 

Jack Wildermuth of Brisbane Heat had his “softest landing ever” after missing a catch in a game of beach cricket against the Helensvale Hawks Juniors. Picture: Glenn Hampson
Jack Wildermuth of Brisbane Heat had his “softest landing ever” after missing a catch in a game of beach cricket against the Helensvale Hawks Juniors. Picture: Glenn Hampson

 

An Orthodox priest plunges into the icy waters of a lake during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday in the village of Orlino, Leningrad. Picture: Olga Maltseva/AFP
An Orthodox priest plunges into the icy waters of a lake during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday in the village of Orlino, Leningrad. Picture: Olga Maltseva/AFP

 

X CEO Elon Musk makes a private visit with his son to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former German Nazi concentration camp in Poland. Following the visit, Musk declared himself “aspirationally Jewish”. Picture: Yoav Dudkevitch/European Jewish Association/AFP
X CEO Elon Musk makes a private visit with his son to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former German Nazi concentration camp in Poland. Following the visit, Musk declared himself “aspirationally Jewish”. Picture: Yoav Dudkevitch/European Jewish Association/AFP

 

Spanish NGO Open Arms rescues 52 men and 5 children from Syria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Egypt, adrift in small boats off Libya’s coast. Picture: Santi Palacios/AFP
Spanish NGO Open Arms rescues 52 men and 5 children from Syria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Egypt, adrift in small boats off Libya’s coast. Picture: Santi Palacios/AFP

 

Visitors at Halls Gap Zoo share a fishy lunch with cheeky Asian small-clawed otters in their new otter encounter exhibit. Picture: Jason Edwards
Visitors at Halls Gap Zoo share a fishy lunch with cheeky Asian small-clawed otters in their new otter encounter exhibit. Picture: Jason Edwards

 

In Nairobi, the self-taught Busaka Team Entertainers dazzle motorists with stunts at a red traffic light, seeking donations amid Kenya’s tough economy. Picture: Tony Karumba/AFP
In Nairobi, the self-taught Busaka Team Entertainers dazzle motorists with stunts at a red traffic light, seeking donations amid Kenya’s tough economy. Picture: Tony Karumba/AFP

 

Novak Djokovic serves in the quarterfinals against Taylor Fritz at the 2024 Australian Open. Picture: Julian Finney/Getty Images
Novak Djokovic serves in the quarterfinals against Taylor Fritz at the 2024 Australian Open. Picture: Julian Finney/Getty Images

 

Mounted Sydney police stand by in Hyde Park, awaiting the commencement of the ‘Stop The Genocide in Gaza Free Palestine’ protest in the CBD. Picture: Jonathan Ng
Mounted Sydney police stand by in Hyde Park, awaiting the commencement of the ‘Stop The Genocide in Gaza Free Palestine’ protest in the CBD. Picture: Jonathan Ng

 

Marom (R) and Eliora (L) from the Bardelas battalion, show the changing face of the Israeli military forces. Picture: Menahem Kahana/AFP
Marom (R) and Eliora (L) from the Bardelas battalion, show the changing face of the Israeli military forces. Picture: Menahem Kahana/AFP

 

Iran’s Mehdi Taremi celebrates with Sardar Azmoun and Ali Gholizadeh after scoring in the AFC Asian Cup match against UAE in al-Rayyan. Picture: Karim Jaafar/AFP
Iran’s Mehdi Taremi celebrates with Sardar Azmoun and Ali Gholizadeh after scoring in the AFC Asian Cup match against UAE in al-Rayyan. Picture: Karim Jaafar/AFP

 

A model walks the runway during the Schiaparelli Haute Couture SS 2024, showcasing a look made with tech waste from a pre-iPhone era. Picture: Estrop/Getty Images
A model walks the runway during the Schiaparelli Haute Couture SS 2024, showcasing a look made with tech waste from a pre-iPhone era. Picture: Estrop/Getty Images

 

Acehuche, Spain, celebrates Las Carantoñas, honouring patron saint San Sebastián with a vibrant procession. Picture: Carlos Gil Andreu/Getty Images
Acehuche, Spain, celebrates Las Carantoñas, honouring patron saint San Sebastián with a vibrant procession. Picture: Carlos Gil Andreu/Getty Images

 

A model displays Bluemarble’s Fall-Winter 2024/2025 menswear at Paris Fashion Week. Picture: Alain Jocard/AFP
A model displays Bluemarble’s Fall-Winter 2024/2025 menswear at Paris Fashion Week. Picture: Alain Jocard/AFP

 

A man talks on the phone while walking past bodies of people lying on the ground, killed as a result of a missile strike, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Picture: AFP
A man talks on the phone while walking past bodies of people lying on the ground, killed as a result of a missile strike, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Picture: AFP

 

A woman dries a baby in a towel inside a tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP
A woman dries a baby in a towel inside a tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP

 

Dillyn Leyds of La Rochelle tackles Gus Warr in the Champions Cup match against Sale Sharks in Salford, England. Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP
Dillyn Leyds of La Rochelle tackles Gus Warr in the Champions Cup match against Sale Sharks in Salford, England. Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP

 

Cattle take a stroll along downtown Park Street on their way back to their ranch from winter pasture in Montana. Picture: William Campbell/Getty Images
Cattle take a stroll along downtown Park Street on their way back to their ranch from winter pasture in Montana. Picture: William Campbell/Getty Images

 

Dancers of GöteborgsOperans perform ‘Skid’ on a 32-degree slope at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. Picture: Don Arnold/WireImage
Dancers of GöteborgsOperans perform ‘Skid’ on a 32-degree slope at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. Picture: Don Arnold/WireImage

 

Staff and volunteers help to dry the court after a rain shower at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Picture: Paul Crock/AFP
Staff and volunteers help to dry the court after a rain shower at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Picture: Paul Crock/AFP

 

Models wait backstage prior to presenting creations by Pilar Vera during the International Flamenco Fashion Week in Seville. Picture: Cristina Quicler/AFP
Models wait backstage prior to presenting creations by Pilar Vera during the International Flamenco Fashion Week in Seville. Picture: Cristina Quicler/AFP

 

Displaced Palestinians using eSIM cards attempt to get a signal in order to contact their loved ones on a hill in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP
Displaced Palestinians using eSIM cards attempt to get a signal in order to contact their loved ones on a hill in Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP

 

Students in Ahmedabad partake in a traditional ‘Magh Snan’, embracing spiritual cleansing through a sacred bath. Picture: Sam Panthanky/AFP
Students in Ahmedabad partake in a traditional ‘Magh Snan’, embracing spiritual cleansing through a sacred bath. Picture: Sam Panthanky/AFP

 

Olivia Butler, 1, has a ball with a giant pumpkin grown by her grandma for the Summerland Festival. Picture: Adam Head
Olivia Butler, 1, has a ball with a giant pumpkin grown by her grandma for the Summerland Festival. Picture: Adam Head

 

A Senegal supporter reacts prior to the Africa Cup of Nations football match between Senegal and Cameroon. Picture: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP
A Senegal supporter reacts prior to the Africa Cup of Nations football match between Senegal and Cameroon. Picture: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP

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