The best photos of the week: from Makkah at night to Dubai at sunrise

Striking pictures from around the world

Muslims performing evening prayers on the 29th night of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Reuters

A reveller smeared in vermilion powder celebrates the Bisket Jatra Festival on the outskirts of Kathmandu. AFP

Seattle Mariners fans seek an autograph from baseball player Julio Rodriguez in Washington. Reuters

Floodwater covers a street in the re-emerging Tulare Lake, California. AFP

Tulips bloom at the Oak Park in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. EPA

Ethiopian Orthodox devotees pray in Addis Ababa. AFP

A woman runs past a burning barricade during demonstrations in Paris against pension reform. Getty Images

Sumo wrestlers perform a Shinto ritual during a tournament at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. EPA

Horse-riders photograph the SpaceX Starship on the launch pad near Brownsville, Texas. Reuters

A Malaysian swings a sparkler during the last 10 days of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur. Reuters

Offshore wind turbines dot the seascape as an RAF Typhoon fighter jet is refuelled while flying over the North Sea. Getty Images

Surfers take to the water at Huntington Beach, California. AP

Sweet Mist ridden by Oisin Murphy romps home at Kempton Park in Sunbury, England. Getty Images

Worshippers arrive at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi to attend prayers on Laylat Al Qadr. AFP

Lightning strikes over the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. AP

A baby boy sits on a jetty in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP

Boys dive into the Ganges to cool off on a hot afternoon in Kolkata. EPA

Cars in disarray after a parking garage collapsed in the financial district of New York City. AP

Retired army members and other protesters scuffle with Lebanese security forces at a rally in Beirut. AP

A spiral in the Alaska skies near Fairbanks. It was formed when excess fuel from a SpaceX rocket turned to ice, with the water vapour then reflecting the sunlight. AP

Swallows perch on power lines at sunset in Eldorado dos Carajas, Para state, Brazil. AFP

It's over the line ... this goalkeeper fails to prevent a goal during an annual Ramadan football tournament in Dikirnis, Egypt. Reuters

Smoke is blown across the Khartoum skyline as heavy fighting continues. AFP

A hybrid solar eclipse seen from Metro Manila, the Philippines. Reuters

Worshipers during Eid Al Fitr prayers at Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National

Horses on the clifftops of Rhossili, Swansea, in Wales. Reuters

American air force pilots take part in joint India-US military exercises at Panagarh Air Base, west of Kolkata. EPA

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft explodes after being launched from Boca Chica on an uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas. Reuters

Parmigiano Reggiano cheese stored in the ripening department of the Casearia Castelli, at the Caseificio Tricolore in Reggio Emilia, northern Italy. AFP

Eid prayers at Al Barsha Eid Musalla in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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