The best photos of the week: from naval plebes to the world's ugliest dog

Striking pictures from around the world

Incoming United States Naval Academy plebes recite the Oath of Office during a ceremony concluding their Induction day at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 29 June 2023. Approximately 1200 candidates arrive at the Academy to become midshipmen, also known as plebes, for their first year in the US Navy. EPA / WILL OLIVER

Police in Nanterre, France, as protests continue after the killing of a teenager by a policeman. AFP

Palestinians on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the second day of Eid Al Adha. AFP

Men and women pull in fish off the coast of Venezuela, where the economic crisis has forced some women into fishing. AP

An aerial view of a band playing on the roof of a high-rise building in Nanchang, in China's central-eastern Jiangxi province. AFP

A visitor views Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's installation You, Me and The Balloons, ahead of the Manchester International Festival in northern England. Reuters

A worshipper at Nizamiye Mosque during Eid Al Adha celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa. EPA

A horse performs at a ceremony inaugurating the new city of Arkadag - named in honour of Turkmenistan's former leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov - 30km outside the capital Ashgabat. AFP

Supporters of the president of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, gather in Freetown to celebrate his re-election. AFP

Players of the French women's 3X3 basketball team take part in exhibition match at the top of the Pic du Midi in La Mongie. AFP

Worshippers perform Eid Al Adha prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. EPA

Sweden's Mikael Ymer during a match at the Rothesay Eastbourne International tennis tournament in southern England. AFP

A man admires a Bengal tiger at the national zoological garden in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AP

Bangladeshi Muslims on an overcrowded ferry as they leave Dhaka to celebrate Eid Al Adha with their families. Reuters

Russian Muslims attend morning prayers to celebrate Eid Al Adha outside the Moscow Cathedral Mosque. EPA

A young boy plays in the water fountain at Yards Park in Washington DC during a heatwave. AFP

Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat talks to journalists after accompanying newly elected House of Representatives members to Parliament in Bangkok. AFP

Pilgrims on Mount Arafat during Hajj. Reuters

A blacksmith sharpens knives at a workshop before the Eid Al Adha holiday in Karachi. AFP

Sacrificial goats at a livestock market in Hyderabad before Eid Al Adha. AFP

Cat pictured during the American Winner Show, the largest cat show in the Americas, taking place in Sao Paulo, Brazil. EPA

Police officers cordon off a polling centre in San Jose del Golfo, Guatemala, as prosecutors and residents try to prevent voting in protest against alleged breaches by the mayor. EPA

Ukrainian mortar operators fire towards Russian positions on the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region. AP

Pilgrims walk through the Grand Mosque in Makkah as Hajj begins. Photo: Hajj Ministry

Seagulls scavenging in the litter left behind after the Glastonbury festival in Pilton, Somerset. AFP

A child chooses a thread spool from a display at a tailor's shop in Kandahar, Afghanistan, ahead of Eid Al Adha. AFP

Devotees covered in banana leaves and mud in a farming village in Bibiclat, in the Philippines, celebrate the feast of Saint John the Baptist. Getty

The Dior Menswear Spring/Summer 2024 fashion collection presented in Paris. AP

Rescue workers in action after an apartment block was damaged by rocket fragments in Kyiv, Ukraine. EPA

Scooter, a seven-year-old Chinese crested dog so named because his hind legs are deformed and he scoots about using only his forelegs, during the 2023 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest Fair in Petaluma, California. Scooter won. EPA

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