The best photos of the week: From a prayer at sea to wrestling on a train

Striking pictures from around the world

A Muslim worshipper from the Mouride Brotherhood prays on the beach during a ceremony in Dakar, Senegal. AFP

A Ukrainian commander carries puppies as he visits positions in Zhytomyr region, near the border with Belarus. Reuters

A Birth of the Babel Fish performance at the World of Wearable Art Preview Show in Wellington, New Zealand. Getty Images

Villagers ride a motorcycle near the remnants of a giant Buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. AP

Asylum seekers heading to the US travel on top of a train as it passes El Carmen, Mexico. Reuters

A farmer smokes a traditional hookah as he takes a break at an orchard during the harvest season in Sopore, in Kashmir's Baramulla district. Reuters

A falcon's beak and talons are trimmed at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha during a procession in Mumbai ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. AFP

UK artist Luke Jerram’s touring artwork, the Museum of the Moon, at the Aida camp for Palestinian refugees in Bethlehem. AFP

Competitors run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a marathon in Australia. Getty Images

The costume parade at Oktoberfest, the annual beer festival in Munich, southern Germany. AFP

Survivors wait for assistance in their village between Marrakesh and Taroudant, along Morocco's Atlas Mountain range, after an earthquake. AFP

Rubble is disinfected in Derna, Libya, amid concerns about the spread of infectious diseases, after two dams collapsed and killed thousands. Reuters

Birds sit in cages during a bird-singing competition in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat. AFP

Dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre perform a preview from Revelations, in Canterbury Cathedral's cloister in Kent, England. AP

Jill and John Jones have afternoon tea as a wing-walker plane lands at Headcorn Aerodrome in Headcorn, Britain. Reuters

Mourners attend the funeral of a protester killed during a demonstration, in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Reuters

The monument of Princess Olga is dressed in a mock bulletproof vest to draw attention to the need for armour designed specifically for women in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP

The Trelleborg ring fortress in Hejningen, Denmark. Five Danish ring fortresses from the Viking age were added to the Unesco World Heritage list. AFP

Family members embrace Americans freed by Iran during a prisoner swap deal with the US. AP

Life-size cutouts depicting spectators are placed in empty seats at Azadi stadium during an AFC Champions League football match between Persepolis and Al Nassr in Tehran. AFP

Delacroix's 'Liberty Leading the People' painting is removed from the Louvre Museum in Paris, ahead of restoration work that is due to last until spring. AFP

A mother kisses her child at a Doctors Without Borders clinic inside Adre refugee camp in Chad. Getty Images

Newcastle fans crowd a canal before the start of a Champions League match between AC Milan and Newcastle in Milan. AP

A protester shouts at police officers after Azerbaijani launched a military operation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Reuters

A dancer uses a motion-tracking device during a performance at the Game Show trade fair in Chiba, east of Tokyo. AP

A pink salt production site on Lake Sasyk-Sivash near Yevpatoria, in Crimea, Ukraine. AFP

Queen Camilla plays table tennis as King Charles III and French first lady Brigitte Macron watch in Saint-Denis, near Paris. Getty Images

Supporters of the recently formed National Unity Front, which supports the Sudanese army, attend a rally in Sinkat, Sudan. AFP

Japanese wrestlers fight inside a bullet train from Tokyo to Nagoya during a show. Reuters

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