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ARLINGTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 23: Dolly Parton performs during halftime in the game between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on November 23, 2023 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Not your 9-5: This week’s best pictures from around the world

In the week that Hamas and Israel agreed to a temporary truce to release prisoners, Australia were crowned winners of the Cricket World Cup and Kim Kardashian was named GQ’s Man of the Year. See the full gallery below.

The SpongeBob SquarePants and Gary balloon captivates spectators during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Picture: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
The SpongeBob SquarePants and Gary balloon captivates spectators during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Picture: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Prince William sits in the front row while posing for a photo with the 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment in his role as Colonel-in-Chief. Picture: Andrew Matthews/AFP
Prince William sits in the front row while posing for a photo with the 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment in his role as Colonel-in-Chief. Picture: Andrew Matthews/AFP

Oscar Piastri practices with the (81) McLaren MCL60 Mercedes ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas. Picture: Clive Mason/Formula 1 via Getty Images
Oscar Piastri practices with the (81) McLaren MCL60 Mercedes ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas. Picture: Clive Mason/Formula 1 via Getty Images

Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, is crowned as Miss Universe 2023 during the 72nd Miss Universe Competition in El Salvador. Picture: Alex Peña/Getty Images
Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, is crowned as Miss Universe 2023 during the 72nd Miss Universe Competition in El Salvador. Picture: Alex Peña/Getty Images

Herdsmen guide goats through flood-hit roads in Kenya. El Niño-fuelled rains have devastated 33 Kenyan counties, displacing thousands and claiming 70 lives. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP
Herdsmen guide goats through flood-hit roads in Kenya. El Niño-fuelled rains have devastated 33 Kenyan counties, displacing thousands and claiming 70 lives. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP

Crowds surround a Red Cross bus in the West Bank carrying 39 Palestinians released from Israeli jails. Under a temporary truce agreement, Israel is releasing prisoners in exchange for hostages released by Hamas. Picture: Fadel Senna/AFP
Crowds surround a Red Cross bus in the West Bank carrying 39 Palestinians released from Israeli jails. Under a temporary truce agreement, Israel is releasing prisoners in exchange for hostages released by Hamas. Picture: Fadel Senna/AFP

Donald Trump signs his 1990 Playboy cover after addressing supporters at the Fort Dodge Senior High School in Iowa. Picture: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images
Donald Trump signs his 1990 Playboy cover after addressing supporters at the Fort Dodge Senior High School in Iowa. Picture: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

Spanish foilboard surfer Matt Etxebarne rides a wave during a huge swell at Jaws in Maui, Hawaii. Picture: Brian Bielmann/AFP
Spanish foilboard surfer Matt Etxebarne rides a wave during a huge swell at Jaws in Maui, Hawaii. Picture: Brian Bielmann/AFP

SpaceX's uncrewed Starship rocket launches during its second test flight in Texas. It failed in space shortly after lifting off. Picture: Timothy A. Clary/AFP
SpaceX's uncrewed Starship rocket launches during its second test flight in Texas. It failed in space shortly after lifting off. Picture: Timothy A. Clary/AFP

Smoke billows during an Israeli bombardment on the northern Palestinian territory. Picture: Fadel Senna/AFP
Smoke billows during an Israeli bombardment on the northern Palestinian territory. Picture: Fadel Senna/AFP

Brazilian fighters Amanda Ribas and Luana Pinheiro compete in a strawweight fight during a UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Picture: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Brazilian fighters Amanda Ribas and Luana Pinheiro compete in a strawweight fight during a UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Picture: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Chris Martin of Coldplay performs live in Perth. The British band will tour in Sydney and Melbourne in spring 2024. Picture: Duncan Barnes
Chris Martin of Coldplay performs live in Perth. The British band will tour in Sydney and Melbourne in spring 2024. Picture: Duncan Barnes

Houses teeter on the edge of a landslide in Guatemala City. Picture: Bomberos Voluntarios/AFP
Houses teeter on the edge of a landslide in Guatemala City. Picture: Bomberos Voluntarios/AFP

Yoni Asher is reunited with his children Aviv, 2.5 years old, her sister Raz, 4.5 years old, and his wife Doron, after they were released by Hamas in a hostage-prisoner exchange deal. Picture: Schneider Hospital/AFP
Yoni Asher is reunited with his children Aviv, 2.5 years old, her sister Raz, 4.5 years old, and his wife Doron, after they were released by Hamas in a hostage-prisoner exchange deal. Picture: Schneider Hospital/AFP

Lawyers arrive to get admitted to the Bar at the Supreme Court of Kenya. Picture: Simon Maina/AFP
Lawyers arrive to get admitted to the Bar at the Supreme Court of Kenya. Picture: Simon Maina/AFP

Princess Kate raises royal eyebrows as she emerges from her car to welcome the President of South Korea to London. Picture: Tim Rooke/Shutterstock
Princess Kate raises royal eyebrows as she emerges from her car to welcome the President of South Korea to London. Picture: Tim Rooke/Shutterstock

Ben Halloran of Adelaide United celebrates scoring a goal during the match between Western United and Adelaide United in Ballarat. Picture: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images
Ben Halloran of Adelaide United celebrates scoring a goal during the match between Western United and Adelaide United in Ballarat. Picture: Morgan Hancock/Getty Images

A man rows a boat amid dense fog in the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India. Picture: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP
A man rows a boat amid dense fog in the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India. Picture: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP

A soldier stands in what the Israeli army claims is a tunnel dug by Hamas militants inside the Al-Shifa hospital complex in Gaza City. Picture: Ahikam Seri/AFP
A soldier stands in what the Israeli army claims is a tunnel dug by Hamas militants inside the Al-Shifa hospital complex in Gaza City. Picture: Ahikam Seri/AFP

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter pose with scientists after launching a reconnaissance satellite, reportedly aided by Russia according to South Korea’s spy agency. Picture: KCNA/KNS/AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter pose with scientists after launching a reconnaissance satellite, reportedly aided by Russia according to South Korea’s spy agency. Picture: KCNA/KNS/AFP

Andrew Urlaub of the USA competes during the FIS World Cup Ski Jumping in Ruka, Finland. Picture: Federico Modica/NordicFocus/Getty Images
Andrew Urlaub of the USA competes during the FIS World Cup Ski Jumping in Ruka, Finland. Picture: Federico Modica/NordicFocus/Getty Images

Rich Paul and Adele attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks in California. Adele recently confirmed their marriage at an Alan Carr show. Picture: Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images
Rich Paul and Adele attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks in California. Adele recently confirmed their marriage at an Alan Carr show. Picture: Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images

Hindu devotees offer prayers to the Sun God as part of Chhath Puja festival in Jalandhar, India. Picture: Shammi Mehra/AFP
Hindu devotees offer prayers to the Sun God as part of Chhath Puja festival in Jalandhar, India. Picture: Shammi Mehra/AFP

After Israeli bombardment, a relative salvages items from the home of the Sheikh el-Eed family, where the mother and two children lost their lives. Picture: Said Khatib/AFP
After Israeli bombardment, a relative salvages items from the home of the Sheikh el-Eed family, where the mother and two children lost their lives. Picture: Said Khatib/AFP

Edrick Menjivar of Honduras battles for the ball against Johan Vasquez of Mexico during the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals. Picture: Hector Vivas/Getty Images
Edrick Menjivar of Honduras battles for the ball against Johan Vasquez of Mexico during the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals. Picture: Hector Vivas/Getty Images

An Israeli soldier takes a moment to celebrate his return from the Gaza Strip. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
An Israeli soldier takes a moment to celebrate his return from the Gaza Strip. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Actress Lupita Nyong'o attends the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas. Picture: Mario Renzi/Formula 1 via Getty Images
Actress Lupita Nyong'o attends the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas. Picture: Mario Renzi/Formula 1 via Getty Images

A man gives a banana to a newly-arrived Rohingya refugee resting on a beach in Sabang Island, Indonesia. Picture: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP
A man gives a banana to a newly-arrived Rohingya refugee resting on a beach in Sabang Island, Indonesia. Picture: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP

A robot croupier deals playing cards at the Macau Gaming Show in China. Picture: Eduardo Leal/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A robot croupier deals playing cards at the Macau Gaming Show in China. Picture: Eduardo Leal/Bloomberg via Getty Images

James McDonald riding Joliestar reacts after winning the Schweppes Thousand Guineas during Melbourne Racing at Caulfield Racecourse. Picture: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images
James McDonald riding Joliestar reacts after winning the Schweppes Thousand Guineas during Melbourne Racing at Caulfield Racecourse. Picture: Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images

Egyptian medics stand by with incubators to receive twenty-nine premature Palestinian babies evacuated from Gaza on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing. Picture: AFP
Egyptian medics stand by with incubators to receive twenty-nine premature Palestinian babies evacuated from Gaza on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing. Picture: AFP

Interactive artwork "Bubble Universe" goes on display at the teamLab Borderless Digital Art Museum in Tokyo. Picture: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP
Interactive artwork "Bubble Universe" goes on display at the teamLab Borderless Digital Art Museum in Tokyo. Picture: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP

King Charles III presents the members of the K-Pop band Blackpink with Honorary MBEs during a special investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Picture: Victoria Jones/Getty Images
King Charles III presents the members of the K-Pop band Blackpink with Honorary MBEs during a special investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Picture: Victoria Jones/Getty Images

Driver Mayo Flores is helped by a fan to get out of his overturned car during the Baja 1000 2023 in La Paz, Mexico. Picture: Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images
Driver Mayo Flores is helped by a fan to get out of his overturned car during the Baja 1000 2023 in La Paz, Mexico. Picture: Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images

US President Joe Biden pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, Liberty, at the White House. Picture: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP
US President Joe Biden pardons the national Thanksgiving turkey, Liberty, at the White House. Picture: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

Aylool gently caresses mother Fatima's cheek after her release from an Israeli prison as part of a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas. Picture: Hazem Bader/AFP
Aylool gently caresses mother Fatima's cheek after her release from an Israeli prison as part of a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas. Picture: Hazem Bader/AFP

Host Jimmy Fallon and actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson during filming of The Tonight Show. Picture: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
Host Jimmy Fallon and actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson during filming of The Tonight Show. Picture: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images

IMOCA sailing yacht “For People" approaches the finish line to win the Transat Jacques Vabre race from Le Havre to the French overseas island of Martinique. Picture: Loic Venance/AFP
IMOCA sailing yacht “For People" approaches the finish line to win the Transat Jacques Vabre race from Le Havre to the French overseas island of Martinique. Picture: Loic Venance/AFP

Kim Kardashian poses on the red carpet at the 2023 GQ Men of the Year event after being crowned the winner. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Kim Kardashian poses on the red carpet at the 2023 GQ Men of the Year event after being crowned the winner. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Pat Cummins lifts the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Trophy after Australia’s victory over India. Picture: Alex Davidson/ICC via Getty Images
Pat Cummins lifts the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Trophy after Australia’s victory over India. Picture: Alex Davidson/ICC via Getty Images

A medic carries a baby as Palestinians injured in air strikes arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Picture: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
A medic carries a baby as Palestinians injured in air strikes arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Picture: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

A man jumps over black water pouring out along Hann Bay in Dakar. Once West Africa’s scenic gem, it has been transformed into one of Dakar’s most polluted areas. Picture: John Wessels/AFP
A man jumps over black water pouring out along Hann Bay in Dakar. Once West Africa’s scenic gem, it has been transformed into one of Dakar’s most polluted areas. Picture: John Wessels/AFP

Dolly Parton, 77, performs during halftime in the NFL game between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. Picture: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images
Dolly Parton, 77, performs during halftime in the NFL game between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. Picture: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

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