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TOPSHOT - Hong Kong's Cheung Ka Long competes against Japan's Takahiro Shikine (R) in the individual semifinal of the men's Foil fencing event during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 24, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)

P-plate disaster and puppies on parade: This week’s best pictures from around the world

Olivia Harris
1 min read·September 28, 2023 - 11:26AM
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Fashion week SS24 moves from Milan to Paris as protests kick off in Armenia. Meanwhile, Victoria lost its premier and Elvis fever grips a small Welsh town. Dive into our selection of this week’s best photography.

China’s Yu Yiting competes in the heats of women's 200m Individual medley event during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Picture: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP
China’s Yu Yiting competes in the heats of women's 200m Individual medley event during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Picture: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP

 

Reece Walsh of the Broncos celebrates with his daughter Leila after winning the NRL Preliminary Final match between the Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors. Picture: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
Reece Walsh of the Broncos celebrates with his daughter Leila after winning the NRL Preliminary Final match between the Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors. Picture: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

 

A car flipped over the wall at Sydney’s Balmoral Beach after a P-plater reportedly panicked while parallel parking and mistook the accelerator for the brake. Picture: Tim Pascoe
A car flipped over the wall at Sydney’s Balmoral Beach after a P-plater reportedly panicked while parallel parking and mistook the accelerator for the brake. Picture: Tim Pascoe

 

Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour cracks a rare smile next to model Kendall Jenner as they attend the Gucci fashion show during Milan Fashion Week SS24. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP
Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour cracks a rare smile next to model Kendall Jenner as they attend the Gucci fashion show during Milan Fashion Week SS24. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP

 

A friend of 25-year-old Palestinian Yousef Radwan, who was killed the previous day amid clashes following anti-Israel protests by the Gaza Strip's eastern border fence, cries during his funeral. Picture: Said Khatib/AFP
A friend of 25-year-old Palestinian Yousef Radwan, who was killed the previous day amid clashes following anti-Israel protests by the Gaza Strip's eastern border fence, cries during his funeral. Picture: Said Khatib/AFP

 

RB Leipzig's Austrian midfielder Xaver Schlager scores his team's third goal during the UEFA Champions League Group G football match between Young Boys and Leipzig. Picture: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
RB Leipzig's Austrian midfielder Xaver Schlager scores his team's third goal during the UEFA Champions League Group G football match between Young Boys and Leipzig. Picture: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

 

Canada's B-Boy Phil Wizard competes during the 2023 World Breaking Championship in Belgium. Picture: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP
Canada's B-Boy Phil Wizard competes during the 2023 World Breaking Championship in Belgium. Picture: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP

 

A woman confronts Armenian police officers during a demonstration following Azerbaijani military operations against Armenian separatist forces in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists from the disputed territory held their first peace talks this week after Baku claimed to have regained control. Picture: Alain Jocard/AFP
A woman confronts Armenian police officers during a demonstration following Azerbaijani military operations against Armenian separatist forces in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists from the disputed territory held their first peace talks this week after Baku claimed to have regained control. Picture: Alain Jocard/AFP

 

Proud puppies in the Chilean police K9 Unit take part in the annual military parade as part of the Independence Day holidays. Picture: Javier Torres/AFP
Proud puppies in the Chilean police K9 Unit take part in the annual military parade as part of the Independence Day holidays. Picture: Javier Torres/AFP

 

Pope Francis, aged 86, waves to the crowd during a holy mass at the packed out Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France. Picture: Vatican Media/AFP
Pope Francis, aged 86, waves to the crowd during a holy mass at the packed out Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France. Picture: Vatican Media/AFP

 

A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end this week when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in Utah, USA, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected. Scientists hope the asteroid sample aboard the spacecraft will provide humanity with a better understanding on the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable. Picture: Keegan Barber/NASA/AFP
A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end this week when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in Utah, USA, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected. Scientists hope the asteroid sample aboard the spacecraft will provide humanity with a better understanding on the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable. Picture: Keegan Barber/NASA/AFP

 

Elvis tribute artist Bal Johal, a driving instructor from Derby, poses during a portrait session at 'The Elvies' festival in Porthcawl, Wales. The three-day event runs every September and is expected to draw in 40,000 Elvis fans and tribute artists. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
Elvis tribute artist Bal Johal, a driving instructor from Derby, poses during a portrait session at 'The Elvies' festival in Porthcawl, Wales. The three-day event runs every September and is expected to draw in 40,000 Elvis fans and tribute artists. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

 

Taylor Swift attends a game between the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs, further fuelling rumours that she is dating Chiefs star Travis Kelce. It’s surely coincidence that she’s sat next to Kelce’s mother, Donna. Picture: Jason Hanna/Getty Images
Taylor Swift attends a game between the Chicago Bears and the Kansas City Chiefs, further fuelling rumours that she is dating Chiefs star Travis Kelce. It’s surely coincidence that she’s sat next to Kelce’s mother, Donna. Picture: Jason Hanna/Getty Images

 

Palestinians set tires on fire and throw gas bombs during the demonstration that has been going on for a week against Israeli forces’ violations towards Al-Aqsa Mosque in Gaza Strip. Picture: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Palestinians set tires on fire and throw gas bombs during the demonstration that has been going on for a week against Israeli forces’ violations towards Al-Aqsa Mosque in Gaza Strip. Picture: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

Galapagos National Park technicians examining a fregata bird on Genovesa Island. The first three cases of avian influenza were detected in the Galapagos Islands, which have an endemic fauna and are part of the natural heritage of humanity. Picture: Parque Nacional Galapagos/AFP
Galapagos National Park technicians examining a fregata bird on Genovesa Island. The first three cases of avian influenza were detected in the Galapagos Islands, which have an endemic fauna and are part of the natural heritage of humanity. Picture: Parque Nacional Galapagos/AFP

 

Wales' right wing Louis Rees-Zammit (C) collides with Australia's prop Angus Bell during the Rugby World Cup 2023 match between Wales and Australia. Picture: Sebastien Bozon/AFP
Wales' right wing Louis Rees-Zammit (C) collides with Australia's prop Angus Bell during the Rugby World Cup 2023 match between Wales and Australia. Picture: Sebastien Bozon/AFP

 

Little Winnie, an extremely rare albino kangaroo, was rescued after her mum was fatally hit by a car in South Australia’s Murraylands. She is now thriving after doting care from the Adelaide Hills Kangaroos Rescue centre. Picture: Supplied
Little Winnie, an extremely rare albino kangaroo, was rescued after her mum was fatally hit by a car in South Australia’s Murraylands. She is now thriving after doting care from the Adelaide Hills Kangaroos Rescue centre. Picture: Supplied

 

Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather around a water pool containing fish in the predominantly-Orthodox Jewish central Israeli city of Bnei Brak. They perform the
Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather around a water pool containing fish in the predominantly-Orthodox Jewish central Israeli city of Bnei Brak. They perform the "Tashlich" ritual during which "sins are cast into the water to the fish", ahead of Yom Kippur, the most important day in the Jewish religious calendar. Picture: Menahem Kahana/AFP

 

Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in China's eastern Zhejiang province. Picture: Jung Yeon-je/AFP
Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in China's eastern Zhejiang province. Picture: Jung Yeon-je/AFP

 

‘Hope’ by Oliver Cain from New Zealand makes a bold and cheerful appearance in the Open Section of Wellington’s annual World of WearableArt. See our full gallery
‘Hope’ by Oliver Cain from New Zealand makes a bold and cheerful appearance in the Open Section of Wellington’s annual World of WearableArt. See our full gallery

here. Picture: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images for World of WearableArt

 

Women protest as they demand restoration of peace in India's northeastern state of Manipur after ethnic violence. Picture: AFP
Women protest as they demand restoration of peace in India's northeastern state of Manipur after ethnic violence. Picture: AFP

 

US President Joe Biden becomes the first US president to join a picket line as he addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers union in Michigan. Around 5,600 members of the UAW walked out of 38 parts and distribution centres at General Motors and Stellantis, adding to last week's dramatic US worker walkout. Picture: Jim Watson/AFP
US President Joe Biden becomes the first US president to join a picket line as he addresses striking members of the United Auto Workers union in Michigan. Around 5,600 members of the UAW walked out of 38 parts and distribution centres at General Motors and Stellantis, adding to last week's dramatic US worker walkout. Picture: Jim Watson/AFP

 

An aerial photo shows a beach covered with the plant Suaeda salsa, also known as seepweed or sea-blite, which can turn red in autumn in Yingkou, in China's northeastern Liaoning province. Picture: AFP
An aerial photo shows a beach covered with the plant Suaeda salsa, also known as seepweed or sea-blite, which can turn red in autumn in Yingkou, in China's northeastern Liaoning province. Picture: AFP

 

A model walks the runway in front of the Eiffel Tower during the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week. Picture: Stephane Cardinale/Getty Images
A model walks the runway in front of the Eiffel Tower during the Saint Laurent Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week. Picture: Stephane Cardinale/Getty Images

 

Daniel Andrews was filmed smoking a sneaky cigarette this week, which came shortly before his resignation announcement. It comes after the Victorian Premier spent nearly nine years in office. Read the full story
Daniel Andrews was filmed smoking a sneaky cigarette this week, which came shortly before his resignation announcement. It comes after the Victorian Premier spent nearly nine years in office. Read the full story

here. Picture: Supplied

 

US rapper Snoop Dogg performs on stage during a concert in Rotterdam as part of his autumn tour through Europe. Picture: Marcel Krijgsman/ANP/AFP
US rapper Snoop Dogg performs on stage during a concert in Rotterdam as part of his autumn tour through Europe. Picture: Marcel Krijgsman/ANP/AFP

 

This aerial picture shows a family holding on as they try to navigate swift currents in the Rio Grand river as they cross the US-Mexico border to Eagle Pass, Texas. Picture: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP
This aerial picture shows a family holding on as they try to navigate swift currents in the Rio Grand river as they cross the US-Mexico border to Eagle Pass, Texas. Picture: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

 

Maria Argentina, 32, from Honduras, cries after being reunited with her daughter after crossing the Rio Grande river without her wheelchair. Dozens of migrants arrived at the US-Mexico border this week, as US border forces report 1.8 million encounters with migrants in the last 12 months. Picture: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP
Maria Argentina, 32, from Honduras, cries after being reunited with her daughter after crossing the Rio Grande river without her wheelchair. Dozens of migrants arrived at the US-Mexico border this week, as US border forces report 1.8 million encounters with migrants in the last 12 months. Picture: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

 

A model wearing a veil walks the runway of the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show during Milan Fashion Week SS24. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP
A model wearing a veil walks the runway of the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show during Milan Fashion Week SS24. Picture: Gabriel Bouys/AFP

 

According to the Space Research Institute, the number of fires detected in the state of Amazonas is already above the historical average for September, even before the month is over. As of September 21, 5330 outbreaks of fire had been recorded in the Amazonas state. Picture: Michael Dantas/AFP
According to the Space Research Institute, the number of fires detected in the state of Amazonas is already above the historical average for September, even before the month is over. As of September 21, 5330 outbreaks of fire had been recorded in the Amazonas state. Picture: Michael Dantas/AFP

 

A Venezuelan migrant is helped by a member of Panama's Border Service as he floats using plastic bottles to cross the Turquesa River with an injured knee. More than 390,000 migrants have entered Panama through this jungle so far this year, far more than in all of 2022, when there were 248,000. Picture: Luis Acosta/AFP
A Venezuelan migrant is helped by a member of Panama's Border Service as he floats using plastic bottles to cross the Turquesa River with an injured knee. More than 390,000 migrants have entered Panama through this jungle so far this year, far more than in all of 2022, when there were 248,000. Picture: Luis Acosta/AFP

 

Lachie Neale of the Lions and wife Julie pose for portraits after he was awarded the Brownlow Medal. Picture: Albert Perez/AFL Photos/Getty Images
Lachie Neale of the Lions and wife Julie pose for portraits after he was awarded the Brownlow Medal. Picture: Albert Perez/AFL Photos/Getty Images

 

Queen Camilla plays table tennis next to King Charles III and French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte, during a state visit to Paris, home of the Rugby World Cup village, national stadium and venue for next year's Olympic Games. Picture: Hannah McKay/AFP
Queen Camilla plays table tennis next to King Charles III and French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte, during a state visit to Paris, home of the Rugby World Cup village, national stadium and venue for next year's Olympic Games. Picture: Hannah McKay/AFP

 

Mike Moustakas of the Los Angels Angels hits a broken-bat single against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Picture: Nick Wosika/Getty Images
Mike Moustakas of the Los Angels Angels hits a broken-bat single against the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Picture: Nick Wosika/Getty Images

 

Taiwan's Guan Yi Lin competes on the parallel bars during the men's artistic gymnastics event at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Picture: William West/AFP
Taiwan's Guan Yi Lin competes on the parallel bars during the men's artistic gymnastics event at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Picture: William West/AFP

 

Kids have fun together at the Melbourne Royal Show. The country festival takes place until October 1 and is expected to attract up to half a million people. Picture: Jason Edwards
Kids have fun together at the Melbourne Royal Show. The country festival takes place until October 1 and is expected to attract up to half a million people. Picture: Jason Edwards

 

Volunteers bring the bodies of the victims of the recent Libyan flooding disaster to be buried at a mass grave. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams and destroyed entire neighbourhoods, killing 3,351 people, with thousands more missing. Picture: Ricardo Garcia Vilanova/AFP
Volunteers bring the bodies of the victims of the recent Libyan flooding disaster to be buried at a mass grave. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing river dams and destroyed entire neighbourhoods, killing 3,351 people, with thousands more missing. Picture: Ricardo Garcia Vilanova/AFP

 

Model Winnie Harlow snaps a selfie as she leaves after the Fendi fashion show during Milan Fashion Week SS24. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP
Model Winnie Harlow snaps a selfie as she leaves after the Fendi fashion show during Milan Fashion Week SS24. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP

 

Capybaras munch on the bank of the Pinheiros River in Brazil’s Sao Paulo, which, until recently, was unsuitable for animal life. After three years of work to reduce water pollution, the state says it has achieved its goals. Picture: Nelson Almeida/AFP
Capybaras munch on the bank of the Pinheiros River in Brazil’s Sao Paulo, which, until recently, was unsuitable for animal life. After three years of work to reduce water pollution, the state says it has achieved its goals. Picture: Nelson Almeida/AFP

 

Hong Kong's Cheung Ka Long competes against Japan's Takahiro Shikine in the semi-final of the men's foil fencing during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Picture: Wang Zhao/AFP
Hong Kong's Cheung Ka Long competes against Japan's Takahiro Shikine in the semi-final of the men's foil fencing during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Picture: Wang Zhao/AFP

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