The best photos of the week: from wandering racoons to Korean dancers

Striking pictures from around the world

Racoons on a regional railroad near Frankfurt, Germany. AP

Kate Bush fans dance to the singer's hit song 'Wuthering Heights' at Sydney Park in Sydney, Australia. EPA

Girls make a heart shape with their hands as the sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea coastline in Beirut, Lebanon. AP

A member of an anti-animal cruelty group rescues a dog from a slaughterhouse after Indonesia ended the killing of pets at an animal market on the island of Sulawesi. AP

A rodeo participant after being bucked off a bull during the Calgary Stampede in Canada. AP

Smoke billows from a raging wildfire on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain. Reuters

Participants at the international kites festival in Bantul, Yogyakarta. AFP

A diver at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Reuters

Burning olive groves in Lagonisi, Greece, where wildfires have taken hold. EPA

People sunbathing on the shores of Lake Garda, Italy. Reuters

Deliveryman Miguel Pereira and his dog Ruby at work donating food to stray dogs on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters

A swan being measured and checked during the annual 'swan upping', a census of the birds, on the Thames in Staines, west of London. AFP

The flooded banks of the Yamuna river beside the Taj Mahal in Agra. AFP

Damage to buildings in Lyman, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. AFP

Princess Diana's beloved black sheep jumper goes on display alongside Buckingham Palace letters at Sotheby's auction house in London. Getty Images

Mexican fishermen with Bella, rescued from the Pacific Ocean along with her owner, Australian sailor Tim Shaddock, upon arrival at the port of Manzanillo. AFP

Villagers carry buckets of water from a crowdfunded well in Ourou Amady Bagga, Senegal. Reuters

The aftermath of heavy rain in Mathura, India. Reuters

A police officer flees a group of anti-government protesters throwing stones in Nairobi. AFP

Young dancers compete at the Highland Games at Inveraray Castle in Scotland. Getty Images

Palestinians cool off in Al Oja springs near Jericho during a heatwave in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters

A bird of prey takes off from a straw bale on the outskirts of Frankfurt. AP

Boys herd buffalo towards the Euphrates River in the village of Umm Khashm, on the outskirts of Najaf, Iraq. Reuters

Australia's Ellie Carpenter, centre, and Ireland's Ruesha Littlejohn, bottom, during the Women's World Cup in Sydney. AFP

An indigenous woman from the Uru Chipaya people on a salt flat where Bolivia confirmed a lithium reserve. EPA

Emiratis celebrate at the Liwa Dates Festival. Victor Besa / The National

Activists hold placards near Bab Al Hawa, in Syria's Idlib province, as they call for the renewal of a UN mandate allowing cross-border relief operations. Moawia Atrash for The National

A child waits with her parents for their turn to watch proceedings at a US House subcommittee hearing into a case against the Biden administration. Reuters

Women mourn the deaths of relatives after a landslide hit a village in Raigad, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Reuters

Dancers from the Seoul Metropolitan Dance Theater perform a scene from “One Dance” at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City on July 20, 2023. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

More from The National:

Friday's best photos: From a dog rescued from the slaughterhouse to Bolivia's salt flats

Thursday's best photos: from the Women's World Cup to sunset in Washington

Wednesday's best photos: from Bella the dog rescued at sea to The Weeknd

Tuesday's best photos: from Diana's black sheep jumper to the empty set of Wicked

Monday's best photos: from World Aquatics in Japan to soaring temperatures in Gaza

Sunday's best photos: from Gavilan fire in California to Assam's flood in India