The best photos of the week: From a suspended grand piano to sunken ships

Striking pictures from around the world

Swiss artist Alain Roche plays a grand piano suspended from a crane 50m above a building site during a dress rehearsal before two performances as part of an international festival in Bordeaux, France. AFP

Mourners pray over the bodies of an elderly woman and four of her children killed during an overnight bombardment by Syrian regime forces on Kfar Nuran in the western province of Aleppo. AFP

Artificially coloured chicks crowd in a cage for sale on a street in Beirut, Lebanon. AP

A fire rages at Zarba oil plant in Al Qahtaniyah, Syria, which was hit by a series of Turkish air strikes. AFP

Troy Brown Jr of Minnesota Timberwolves heads for the basket against Dallas Mavericks in a pre-season NBA game as part of the Abu Dhabi Games, at Etihad Arena. Chris Whiteoak / The National

A Palestinian inspects damage in Huwara in the occupied West Bank after an overnight attack by Israeli settlers. AFP

A Ukrainian soldier attending a service to celebrate Defenders of Ukraine Day, in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region. Reuters

Members of a fire dragon dance team spin balls of joss sticks as the 'dragon' winds through the narrow streets during the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance in Hong Kong. AFP

Two men embrace in a grocery shop damaged by flooding in Derna, Libya. Reuters

Rico Luginbuehl drives alpacas and llamas during the 'Alpabzug' from the Griesalp area back into the valley in Kiental, Switzerland. EPA

The aftermath of a fire that gutted nearly a dozen shacks on the outskirts of Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir. AP

Azeri men taking photographs on a road between Lachin and Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh. AFP

Israeli border police detain a Palestinian protester during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters

Simone Biles of the US competes in the vault at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. Getty Images

Robot dogs prepare to collect the discus during the men's decathlon discus at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. AFP

Women during a candlelight vigil in the Indian city of Imphal to honour those who lost their lives in ethnic clashes in Manipur state. AFP

A peatland fire spreads through a plantation in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, Indonesia. AFP

A beggar near the Vatican, in Rome. Reuters

Migrants on an inflatable dinghy try to cross the English Channel from the coast of northern France. Reuters

Chilean fencer Analia Fernandez with her son before training in Santiago for the Pan American Games. AFP

Action from the Africa Wrestling Association Nights of Champions in Cape Town. AFP

The ceiling of Cologne Central Mosque on Open Mosque Day in Germany. EPA

Protesters demonstrate in Accra, demanding the resignation of the Bank of Ghana's governor Dr Ernest Addison and his two deputies. AP

The aftermath of a bus crash near Venice. Reuters

Lyu Ping takes a punch in the men's 51-57kg semi-final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. AP

Elected grass-roots representatives of remote communities in Central Australia at Uluru, after their council meeting to vote 'Yes' to a voice in parliament. AFP

Poppy, 12, and her brother as Indonesian firefighters try to extinguish a peatland fire near her house in Palembang, South Sumatra. AFP

A woman harvesting olives in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP

Mourners pay their respects to the late US Senator Dianne Feinstein at San Francisco City Hall. Feinstein was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988, and a senator from 1992 to 2023. Reuters

Kayakers paddle past the wooden hulls of sunken ships near Nanjemoy, Maryland. Known as the Ghost Fleet of the Potomac, the boats were beached and burnt after the First World War. EPA

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