The best photos of the week: from a fire-breathing cow to a hairless cat

Striking pictures from around the world

A water buffalo in a field near the Nahr bin Omar oil field near Basra, in southern Iraq. AFP

A member of the Honour Guard at a flag-raising ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, near Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters

A house covered in snow after a storm in Mammoth Lakes, California. EPA

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, at sunrise. Victor Besa / The National

A derailed train near Quinn's Hot Springs Resort west of St Regis, Montana. AP

A pupil during mounted archery practice at the Islamic Al Fatah Temboro boarding school in Magetan, Indonesia. Getty Images

Headlights on a road in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, as the Moon sets. AP Photo

A boy flies a kite in the San Agustin neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela. AP Photo

Young Everton fans play football outside Goodison Park before their team plays Tottenham. Reuters

Men collect free bread during Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan. AFP

Firefighters extinguish a blaze at the Bangabazar Market in Dhaka, Bangladesh. EPA

Officers of the Senegalese Armed Forces prepare to take part in celebrations for Senegal’s 63rd Independence Day in Dakar. AFP

Band members practise prior to a procession at the Veracruz church in Aguilar de la Frontera, southern Spain. AP

Schoolgirls get ready to take part in celebrations for Senegal’s 63rd Independence Day in Dakar. AFP

A Palestinian woman in Al Aqsa Mosque compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters

Tourists outside Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

Outgoing New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern gives her valedictory speech in parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. AFP

Palestinian flags shrouded in smoke from burning tyres during a demonstration near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City. AFP

Young Buddhist monks play between prayers at the Tawang monastery in the north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. AFP

Villagers gather round a sperm whale washed up on Yeh Malet beach in Klungkung, Indonesia. AFP

Yusufeli town is submerged by an artificial lake caused by a dam retaining the flow of the Coruh river in north-eastern Turkey. AFP

Israeli border police near Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters

Guards keep a curtain closed before a meeting between France's President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AP

Ramadan lights in The Springs, Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National

Smoke rises as rockets fired from Lebanon strike Bezet in northern Israel, after an attack on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by Israeli forces. AP

The concrete fence at the entrance to the Israeli village of Shtula on the Israel-Lebanon border. Reuters

Lorries unload snow removed from roads to a permitted area on the edge of town in Mammoth Lakes, California. AFP

Smoke rises as Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupts. AFP

East Timorese Christians during a Good Friday procession in Dili, East Timor. EPA

A Sphynx cat at the WCF International Cat Show in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA

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Friday's best photos: from Ramadan to Good Friday

Thursday's best photos: from a protest in Gaza to Macron in China

Wednesday's best photos: from Jacinda Ardern's valedictory speech to a water buffalo in Basra

Tuesday's best photos: from a bald eagle to archery on horseback

Monday's best photos: from a train derailment in Montana to Fukushima blossoms

Sunday's best photos: from Pope Francis on Palm Sunday to heavy snow in California