Pictures of the week: From Hurricane Milton to a human tower in Spain

Striking images from around the world

The roof of the Tropicana Field is damaged the morning after Hurricane Milton hit the region, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo / Mike Carlson)

Members of the Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls group form a human tower called a "castell" during the biannual human tower competition in Tarragona, Spain. Reuters

People, mostly Turkish citizens, rest on board a Turkish military ship evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port. AP

A man walks between graves at a cemetery in Hong Kong, during the Chung Yeung Festival, also known as the Double Ninth Festival, where people honour their ancestors. AFP

Matteo Manassero of Italy plays his tee shot on the 10th hole on day two of the FedEx Open de France 2024 at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France. Getty Images

A man plays on a swing made from bamboo during Dashain, the country's biggest religious Hindu festival, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Reuters

Abdullah Almohaimeed of Team Al Nassr performs a snatch during the Youth Weightlifting Men's 67Kg competition on day eigth of the Saudi Games 2024. Getty Images

Ukrainian servicemen of the Azov brigade light flares during the funeral ceremony of fallen comrade Ihor Kusochek, in Travkine, Chernihiv region, Ukraine. AP

Celebrations for the 79th anniversary of the founding of Workers' Party of Korea at the party's Central Cadres Training School in Pyongyang, North Korea. EPA

Bedouin farmer Fares Samamreh at the doorway of the home he built in Shweika, in the occupied West Bank, after being displaced from his home in Zanuta. David Lombeida for The National

The team do a scenario where they have to abseil. Team of women part of Dubai police rescue department. Dubai police transport and rescue department, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

A displaced child sits on a pavement in the centre of the city amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk reacts next to Republican presidential nominee and former U. S. president Donald Trump during a campaign rally, at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Reuters

Hurricane Milton advances towards Florida in a view from Dragon Endeavor docked with the International Space Station. Reuters

An artisan gives a finishing touch to a Durga Puja 'Pandal' (temporary place for worship), where more than 8000 natural plants are used for the decoration to create awareness about mother nature, next to an idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga, as a part of the 'Durga Puja' festival in Kolkata. AFP

Aerial view of a car in the middle of a landslide in the Terra Preta Port on the banks of the Solimoes River in Manacapuru, Amazonas State, northern Brazil. AFP

The aftermath of floods and landslides in the village of Donja Jablanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Reuters

The aftermath of an Israeli air strike in Dahieh, southern Beirut, as violence flares Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. AP

Wedding dresses for sale are displayed on mannequins outside a damaged shop in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters

The aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, illuminate the sky above an old grain elevator in Brant, Alberta, Canada. Reuters

Paramedics from the volunteer medical battalion Hospitallers treat Ukrainian servicemen wounded in fighting in the Donetsk region on a medical evacuation bus heading to a hospital. AFP

Destruction in Gerton, North Carolina, as Hurricane Helene sweeps across the south-eastern US. AFP

The cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas enters the Miraflores Locks in the Panama Canal. Reuters

A sculpture of Poseidon stands in the ocean before the arrival of Hurricane Milton, in Progreso, Yucatan state, Mexico. AP

A polling official holds a sealed electronic voting machine as ballots are counted in the local government election in Indian-controlled Kashmir, on the outskirts of Srinagar. AP

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. EPA

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announces the dissolution of the House of Representatives for a snap election scheduled for October 27. Getty images

Party leaders hold a meeting in Srinagar after the National Conference, led by Omar Abdullah, right, won local assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. AFP

Students take part in a drill ahead the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in which more than 200,000 people in 14 countries were killed, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. AFP

Visitors look at the North Korean side of the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two Koreas, from South Korea's Odusan Unification Observatory in Paju. AFP