Week in pictures: 9-15 March 2024
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A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Muslims offer night prayers marking the start of Islam's holy month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Residents of Pumula East township in Bulawayo walk home after fetching water from a well, as temperatures soar during a heatwave and drought affecting a large part of Zimbabwe.
A new recruit of Ukraine's 1st Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion takes part in a military exercise during Russia's continuing invasion.
French President Emmanuel Macron prepares to welcome Lithuania's president and his wife at the Élysée Presidential Palace prior to their meeting in Paris.
A British Airways Concorde jet is transported across the Hudson River to the Intrepid Museum in New York after undergoing a seven-month restoration. The aircraft, which was retired in 2003, was known for its supersonic speed of flying from New York to London in less than three hours.
Racegoers celebrate Ballyburn's win in the Gallagher Novices' Hurdle Race on day two of the Cheltenham Festival, England. This year organisers of the festival have decided to rename the traditional Ladies Day, calling it Style Wednesday instead.
The cap of Pope Francis is blown off his head by a gust of wind as he holds his weekly audience in St Peter's Square in Vatican City.
Balinese people take part in Mebuug-buugan, a mud bathing ritual that is believed to purify and neutralise spiritual negativity. This tradition is practised by members of the Kedonganan village community.
A family from Colorado sunbathes as SpaceX's next-generation Starship is prepared for a third test launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad near Brownsville, Texas. The rocket is part of Nasa's Artemis programme to put astronauts back on the Moon for the first time in 50 years.
Naomi Campbell attends a photocall to publicise the V&A's forthcoming NAOMI exhibition, celebrating her 40 years in fashion, at the Dorchester hotel in Park Lane, London.
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