Pictures of the week: From floods in Spain to a Scottish fire festival

Striking images from around the world

VALENCIA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 30: Cars are piled in the street with other debris after flash floods hit the region on October 30, 2024 in the Sedaví area of Valencia, Spain. Spanish authorities said on Wednesday that at least 62 people had died in the Valencia region overnight after flash-flooding followed heavy rain. Spain's meteorological agency had issued its highest alert for the region due to extreme rainfall. (Photo by David Ramos / Getty Images)

Flag Day celebrations at the British International School Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National

People prepare to take part in the Walk of the Souls, as part of the Day of the Dead festival in Merida, Mexico. AFP

First-time US voter Kayria Hildebran fills out her ballot in Cincinnati, with early voting under way for the presidential election. AP

Indian soldiers dance to celebrate Diwali, in Akhnoor, about 65km from Jammu. AP

People protest against the extension of power cuts to 14 hours a day, in Quito, Ecuador. AFP

Soldiers prepare to launch an operation to arrest gang members in San Marcos, El Salvador. AFP

Submerged tombs at the Holy Spirit Memorial Park in the Philippines, after tropical storm Trami brought heavy rain. AP

A brass band performs at the launch of the British Royal Legion Poppy Appeal, at Waterloo Station in London. EPA

A derailed tram was driven into a building on a busy street in the centre of Oslo, Norway. AFP

Thai Red Cross staff wearing Halloween costumes pose as people queue to donate blood, at the National Blood Centre in Bangkok. Reuters

A Sri Lankan Hindu devotee lights oil lamps to mark Diwali, in Colombo. EPA

Helen, founder of the Hello Kitty SoCal Babes fan club, poses with her collection in Riverside County, California, ahead of Hello Kitty's 50th anniversary on November 1. AFP

A man looks out from a container restaurant near an art sculpture depicting a sleeping Chinese astronaut in the Songzhuang art district in eastern Beijing. AP

A skydiver parachutes at the site of the Giza Pyramids, on the outskirts of Cairo. AP

Morocco's King Mohammed VI and France's President Emmanuel Macron greet the crowds as they drive down a road in the capital Rabat. AFP

A woman drinks coffee next to her home after it was damaged by a Russian missile strike. Reuters

Ilia Topuria knocks out Max Holloway with a left hook during the featherweight title bout at UFC 308 in Etihad Arena, Yas Island. Photo: Chris Whiteoak / The National

A drone image shows sand dunes and palm trees partially covered by floodwaters in Merzouga, Morocco, after rare rainfall hit the area last September. Reuters

An installation by Indian artist Shilo Shiv Suleman at the Forever Is Now contemporary art exhibition, at the Giza Pyramids, near Cairo. AFP

Recruits of the Indian Border Security Force take part in a pass-out parade in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. EPA

A woman mourns during the funeral in Beirut of Ghassan Najjar, a cameraman for Lebanese news channel Al Mayadeen, who was killed in an Israeli strike along with two other journalists in the southern Lebanese town of Hasbaya. Reuters

Participants row towards the finish line during the boat races in Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. AP

Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon. Reuters

Thai oarsmen row during the Royal Barge Procession along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. AFP

South Korean veterans of the Vietnam War protest in Seoul against North Korea's involvement in Russia's war in Ukraine. EPA

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. AFP

Children show their marked fingers after they received polio vaccine drops in Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA

Participants in a Halloween stand up paddle tour on the Rackevei-Duna river in Szigetszentmiklos, Hungary. Reuters

A performer takes part in a procession as part of the Samhuinn Fire Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Getty Images