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EMBARGO 6AM SATURDAY 6TH APRIL ** WARNING DO NOT USE EMBARGO CONTACT SARAH MATRAY HS PIC DESK IF ANY QUESTIONS** Free climber Tom Perkins swings out on Feeling the Ceiling, a grade 21 climb near the summit of Mount Arapiles at first light. With over two thousand climbs in such a concentrated area of rock this collection of cliffs and gullies is internationally renowned for its quality of climbs and rock, with people traveling from all over to climb here. With climbing bans over large areas already in place due to cultural heritage concerns and more likely to follow, the climbing community are struggling to push back against Parks Victorias broad approach. Picture: Jason Edwards

Global snapshot: The week’s best photos from around the world

Olivia Harris
1 min read·April 12, 2024 - 10:07AM
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An ultramarathon triumph, Jason Donovan’s comeback, a total eclipse and the beginning of Eid al-Fitr - have a look at this week’s best photos from around the world.

 

Muslim worshippers gather to pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca. Picture: Abdel Ghani Bashir/AFP
Muslim worshippers gather to pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca. Picture: Abdel Ghani Bashir/AFP

 

William Eklund of the San Jose Sharks enters the ice before a game against the Los Angeles Kings. Picture: Panayiota Good/NHLI via Getty Images
William Eklund of the San Jose Sharks enters the ice before a game against the Los Angeles Kings. Picture: Panayiota Good/NHLI via Getty Images

 

Scientists dive to observe hundreds of cannonball jellyfish off the coast of Chuao in Venezuela. Picture: Juan Barreto/AFP
Scientists dive to observe hundreds of cannonball jellyfish off the coast of Chuao in Venezuela. Picture: Juan Barreto/AFP

 

A person walks by a damaged building in Hualien, Taiwan, following the region’s 7.5 earthquake. Picture: Annabelle Chih/Getty Images
A person walks by a damaged building in Hualien, Taiwan, following the region’s 7.5 earthquake. Picture: Annabelle Chih/Getty Images

 

Jason Donovan plays Frank N Furter in the 50th Anniversary Tour of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which will play at Theatre Royal Sydney for six weeks. Picture: Richard Dobson
Jason Donovan plays Frank N Furter in the 50th Anniversary Tour of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which will play at Theatre Royal Sydney for six weeks. Picture: Richard Dobson

 

Donald Trump meets with people during a campaign visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. Picture: Megan Varner/Getty Images
Donald Trump meets with people during a campaign visit to a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. Picture: Megan Varner/Getty Images

 

Climate activists in Lausanne spray a Porsche sales centre with orange paint, protesting Switzerland’s climate inaction. Picture: Liberate and Renovate Switwerland/AFP
Climate activists in Lausanne spray a Porsche sales centre with orange paint, protesting Switzerland’s climate inaction. Picture: Liberate and Renovate Switwerland/AFP

 

Chelsea’s Head Coach Mauricio Pochettino celebrates a goal with Enzo Fernandez during their Premier League match against Manchester United. Picture: Marc Atkins/Getty Images
Chelsea’s Head Coach Mauricio Pochettino celebrates a goal with Enzo Fernandez during their Premier League match against Manchester United. Picture: Marc Atkins/Getty Images

 

Ukrainian infantry soldiers of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade gather as they wait to head toward the frontline. Picture: Roman Pilipey/AFP
Ukrainian infantry soldiers of the 23rd Mechanized Brigade gather as they wait to head toward the frontline. Picture: Roman Pilipey/AFP

 

Jeremy Allen White and Tom Hiddleston attend a cocktail reception to celebrate the official launch of Hulu on Disney+. Picture: Brian Bowen Smith/Disney/Getty Images
Jeremy Allen White and Tom Hiddleston attend a cocktail reception to celebrate the official launch of Hulu on Disney+. Picture: Brian Bowen Smith/Disney/Getty Images

 

Five-week-old German Shepherd puppies pose at The Lost Dogs Home in Melbourne, who say they have experienced a 125% increase in the number of puppies at their shelter in the last two years. Picture: Mark Stewart
Five-week-old German Shepherd puppies pose at The Lost Dogs Home in Melbourne, who say they have experienced a 125% increase in the number of puppies at their shelter in the last two years. Picture: Mark Stewart

 

Firefighters rest after battling a fire that broke out at a nightclub in Istanbul, killing more than 25 people. Picture: Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images
Firefighters rest after battling a fire that broke out at a nightclub in Istanbul, killing more than 25 people. Picture: Mehmet Kacmaz/Getty Images

 

A Belgian Armed Forces member stands before a building marked by battle, honouring the 10 Belgian peacekeepers killed in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, at Camp Kigali’s 30th-anniversary memorial. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP
A Belgian Armed Forces member stands before a building marked by battle, honouring the 10 Belgian peacekeepers killed in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, at Camp Kigali’s 30th-anniversary memorial. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP

 

Residents observe damage to their home in Montbard, France, after heavy rains caused flooding throughout the region of Burgundy. Picture: Arnaud Finistre/AFP
Residents observe damage to their home in Montbard, France, after heavy rains caused flooding throughout the region of Burgundy. Picture: Arnaud Finistre/AFP

 

Alvin Ailey II dancers rehearse "Luminous" at Joyce Theater in New York City. Picture: Donna Ward/Getty Images
Alvin Ailey II dancers rehearse "Luminous" at Joyce Theater in New York City. Picture: Donna Ward/Getty Images

 

French President Emmanuel Macron watches a synchronised artistic swimming performance during the inauguration of the Olympic aquatics centre in Paris. Picture: Gonzalo Fuentes/AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron watches a synchronised artistic swimming performance during the inauguration of the Olympic aquatics centre in Paris. Picture: Gonzalo Fuentes/AFP

 

A bride and groom view the solar eclipse amid a mass wedding at the Total Eclipse of the Heart festival in Russellville, Arkansas. Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images
A bride and groom view the solar eclipse amid a mass wedding at the Total Eclipse of the Heart festival in Russellville, Arkansas. Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images

 

Muslim faithful gather as the wait for the special morning prayer to start the Eid al-Fitr festival in Rwanda. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP
Muslim faithful gather as the wait for the special morning prayer to start the Eid al-Fitr festival in Rwanda. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP

 

US actor Zendaya poses during a photo session for the "Challengers" movie at the Maison de L'Amerique Latine in Paris. Picture: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP
US actor Zendaya poses during a photo session for the "Challengers" movie at the Maison de L'Amerique Latine in Paris. Picture: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP

 

Workers dressed as Spider-Man greet hospitalised children in Milan, Italy. Picture: Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images
Workers dressed as Spider-Man greet hospitalised children in Milan, Italy. Picture: Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images

 

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stands in ring at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Picture: WWE/Getty Images
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stands in ring at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Picture: WWE/Getty Images

 

Palestinian father Ashraf cries as he holds the body of one of his two daughters after they were both killed in an overnight Israeli air strike in Rafah. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP
Palestinian father Ashraf cries as he holds the body of one of his two daughters after they were both killed in an overnight Israeli air strike in Rafah. Picture: Mohammed Abed/AFP

 

Participants stand with flags on their traditional boats during the Taizhou Jiangyan Qintong Boat Festival in China. Picture: AFP
Participants stand with flags on their traditional boats during the Taizhou Jiangyan Qintong Boat Festival in China. Picture: AFP

 

A worker tests the depths of floodwater at the Friendship Bridge in Windsor, Sydney, to see if vehicles can safely cross the road. Picture: Rohan Kelly
A worker tests the depths of floodwater at the Friendship Bridge in Windsor, Sydney, to see if vehicles can safely cross the road. Picture: Rohan Kelly

 

Marisa Abela and Jack O'Connell attend the world premiere of "Back To Black" in London. The film about the life of Amy Winehouse has received a backlash on social media of Abela’s depiction of the troubled singer. Picture: John Phillips/Getty Images
Marisa Abela and Jack O'Connell attend the world premiere of "Back To Black" in London. The film about the life of Amy Winehouse has received a backlash on social media of Abela’s depiction of the troubled singer. Picture: John Phillips/Getty Images

 

Young Rwandans take part in a vigil to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide, at BK Arena, Kigali, remembering the 800,000 lives lost. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP
Young Rwandans take part in a vigil to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide, at BK Arena, Kigali, remembering the 800,000 lives lost. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP

 

A Muslim devotee with her hands decorated with henna paste, offers morning prayers to start the Eid al-Fitr festival in Lahore. Picture: Arif Ali/AFP
A Muslim devotee with her hands decorated with henna paste, offers morning prayers to start the Eid al-Fitr festival in Lahore. Picture: Arif Ali/AFP

 

An Israeli Air Force fighter jet fires flares as it flies over the border area with south Lebanon. Picture: Jalaa Marey/AFP
An Israeli Air Force fighter jet fires flares as it flies over the border area with south Lebanon. Picture: Jalaa Marey/AFP

 

Barry Miley, 87, and Milly Rhodes, 12, represent North Burleigh Surf Club as the oldest and youngest competitors in the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships. Picture: Nigel Hallett
Barry Miley, 87, and Milly Rhodes, 12, represent North Burleigh Surf Club as the oldest and youngest competitors in the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships. Picture: Nigel Hallett

 

An aerial photo shows people taking pictures under crabapple blossoms in Handan, in northern China. Picture: AFP
An aerial photo shows people taking pictures under crabapple blossoms in Handan, in northern China. Picture: AFP

 

NGV conservator Raye Collins examines an uncovered Balson and Crowley geometric painting behind another composition, which has been concealed since WWII. Picture: Jason Edwards
NGV conservator Raye Collins examines an uncovered Balson and Crowley geometric painting behind another composition, which has been concealed since WWII. Picture: Jason Edwards

 

In Naples, Italy, protesters and police clashed during a demonstration against NATO and the conflict in Palestine. Picture: Ivan Romano/Getty Images
In Naples, Italy, protesters and police clashed during a demonstration against NATO and the conflict in Palestine. Picture: Ivan Romano/Getty Images

 

Michael McCarron of the Nashville Predators collides with Semyon Varlamov of the New York Islanders. Picture: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Michael McCarron of the Nashville Predators collides with Semyon Varlamov of the New York Islanders. Picture: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

 

A pregnant Lea Michelle attends the AFTD Hope Rising Benefit alongside Anna Wintour in New York City. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for AFTD
A pregnant Lea Michelle attends the AFTD Hope Rising Benefit alongside Anna Wintour in New York City. Picture: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for AFTD

 

A vibrant new Dolce & Gabbana exhibition goes on display at Palazzo Reale in Milan. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP
A vibrant new Dolce & Gabbana exhibition goes on display at Palazzo Reale in Milan. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP

 

A Muslim woman helps her friend down the stairs as they attend morning prayer in Rwanda. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP
A Muslim woman helps her friend down the stairs as they attend morning prayer in Rwanda. Picture: Luis Tato/AFP

 

Coastal erosion has endangered an 18th Century farmhouse in north Norfolk, with the cliffs at Trimingham rapidly shrinking over the past decade due to significant coastal erosion. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images
Coastal erosion has endangered an 18th Century farmhouse in north Norfolk, with the cliffs at Trimingham rapidly shrinking over the past decade due to significant coastal erosion. Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images

 

Hassan Diarra of the Connecticut Huskies flips over Trey Kaufman-Renn of the Purdue Boilermakers in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship in Arizona. Picture: Jamie Squire/Getty Images
Hassan Diarra of the Connecticut Huskies flips over Trey Kaufman-Renn of the Purdue Boilermakers in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship in Arizona. Picture: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

 

A newborn female Sumatran elephant, weighing 75kg, stands by her 20-year-old mother, Puja, at an elephant conservation centre in Indonesia. Picture: Wahyudi/AFP
A newborn female Sumatran elephant, weighing 75kg, stands by her 20-year-old mother, Puja, at an elephant conservation centre in Indonesia. Picture: Wahyudi/AFP

 

British runner Russ Cook, aka “Hardest Geezer”, celebrates after completing his charity ultra-marathon from the southernmost tip of Africa to its northernmost point. He ran a total of 16,300km across 16 countries in 352 days. Picture: Fethi Belaid/AFP
British runner Russ Cook, aka “Hardest Geezer”, celebrates after completing his charity ultra-marathon from the southernmost tip of Africa to its northernmost point. He ran a total of 16,300km across 16 countries in 352 days. Picture: Fethi Belaid/AFP

 

An Afghan woman carries her child for vaccination in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, amid a program combating malnutrition worsened by the Taliban’s 2021 rise to power. Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP
An Afghan woman carries her child for vaccination in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, amid a program combating malnutrition worsened by the Taliban’s 2021 rise to power. Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP

 

Olivia Rodrigo performs onstage during her world tour at Madison Square Garden. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation
Olivia Rodrigo performs onstage during her world tour at Madison Square Garden. Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation

 

Rhea Ripley enters the ring during Night One of WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia. Picture: WWE/Getty Images
Rhea Ripley enters the ring during Night One of WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia. Picture: WWE/Getty Images

 

The first foal from legendary race mare Winx sells for a world record $10 million at auction. Picture: Richard Dobson
The first foal from legendary race mare Winx sells for a world record $10 million at auction. Picture: Richard Dobson

 

Sparks from molten iron being splash at the Zhuang Song Festival in southwestern China. Picture: AFP
Sparks from molten iron being splash at the Zhuang Song Festival in southwestern China. Picture: AFP

 

French artist JR poses in front of his installation "La Nascita" at Milan’s central train station. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP
French artist JR poses in front of his installation "La Nascita" at Milan’s central train station. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP

 

A Palestinian man walks through building rubble in a devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital. Picture: AFP
A Palestinian man walks through building rubble in a devastated area around Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital. Picture: AFP

 

MIKA performs at the Eventim Apollo in London, England. Picture: Katja Ogrin/Redferns
MIKA performs at the Eventim Apollo in London, England. Picture: Katja Ogrin/Redferns

 

Free climber Tom Perkins swings out on Feeling the Ceiling, a grade 21 climb near the summit of Mount Arapiles. Picture: Jason Edwards
Free climber Tom Perkins swings out on Feeling the Ceiling, a grade 21 climb near the summit of Mount Arapiles. Picture: Jason Edwards

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