The best photos of the week: from cartwheel galaxies to Icelandic volcanoes

Striking pictures from around the world

This image provided by NASA shows a large pink, speckled galaxy resembling a wheel with a small, inner oval, with two smaller spiral galaxies about the same size to the left. The image was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. AP

A girl at a camp for Syrians displaced by conflict near the northern city of Raqa in Syria. AFP

Chioma Onyekwere of Team Nigeria competes during the Women's Discus Throw Final, on day five of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England. Getty Images

The 101 mini tapirs art installation by Malaysian artist Nicholas Lim at Publika, in Kuala Lumpur, to raise awareness of the endangered species. EPA

The cargo vessel 'Razoni' sailing en route to Tripoli, Lebanon, along the Bosphorus Strait after being officially inspected. It was carrying the first shipment of grain exported from Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbour on February 24. AFP

A passenger looks out of a bus window during a rain shower in Dnipro, Ukraine. AP Photo

A peacock chick lies in an egg before being released at Palestinian Ghazi Fari's farm, in Araba in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters

Villagers try to pull up the minibus from which 14 bodies were retrieved in the river Nabuyonga, in eastern Uganda. The number of people killed in flash floods in the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale has jumped to 22. AFP

A woman leaves a voting station in Ngor, Dakar. Senegalese voters head to the polls for parliamentary elections that the opposition hopes will force a coalition with President Macky Sall. AFP

US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, before a court hearing in Khimki, Russia. Reuters

A Lebanese Army helicopter releases water over the heavily damaged grain silos at Beirut's port following a partial collapse caused by a continuing fire. AFP

A Palestinian woman fans her daughter with a tray amid a heatwave and lengthy power cuts in Gaza City. Reuters

A jaguar cub is seen between the legs of a zookeeper at the zoo in Havana, Cuba. Reuters

Storm clouds build over a canola field near Cremona, Alberta. AP

A horse grazes in a pasture as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, California. AP Photo

Indian school children wearing tiger costumes and masks participate in the 'Save Our Tiger' awareness campaign on International Tiger Day in Bangalore, India. EPA

A girl flies a kite in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters

A security guard looks through the smoke at the start of a friendly football match between Los Angeles FC and Mexico's Club America at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. AFP

A woman is rescued from flooding by the crew of a US Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter in eastern Kentucky. Reuters

Community service group volunteers sweeping the debris from the heavy rainfall in the northern emirate of Fujairah. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

A helicopter carries a water bucket while battling the McKinney Fire in Klamath National Forest, in California. AP Photo

A young girl holds her dog while waving goodbye to her grandparents from an evacuation train leaving from Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine for a safer part of the country. AP Photo

The Egyptian air force's 'Silver Stars' aerobatic team perform over the pyramids in Giza. EPA

Namibia's Ananias Shikongo in action during his heat in the Para Athletics Men's 100m, at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Reuters

Smoke billowing from a fire in the Amazon forest in Amazonas State, Brazil. The number of wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon increased by 8 per cent on the year in July. AFP

A priest performs a ritual on a newly purchased car to seek blessings from the deities for safety outside a temple in Bangalore. AFP

Farmlands in Suloszowa village, southern Poland. EPA

Chloe Kelly celebrates after scoring England's second goal during the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium. Getty Images

People look at the lava flowing on Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland, which is 32 kilometres south-west of the capital Reykjavik. AP Photo

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