The best photos of the week: From Indian fireflies to Massachusetts cranberries

Striking pictures from around the world

Fireflies light up the night sky and forest at Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. PA

Riot police guard a subway station in Paris as demonstrators shout pro-Palestinian slogans. EPA

Inmates exercise in the Terrorism Confinement Centre complex in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Reuters

A fireball erupts from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city. AFP

Sunlight and shadows create patterns at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

The headquarters of Sharjah waste management operator Beeah was the last project designed by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, who died in 2016. Antonie Robertson/The National

Tarek Suleiman training for his jiu-jitsu fight against UFC star Marvin Vettori, at Team Nogueira, Al Quoz, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

People struggle to hold their umbrellas as Typhoon Koinu approaches Hong Kong. Reuters

Palestinians search the rubble of a house destroyed in Israeli strikes on Khan Younis, in Gaza. Reuters

Yusniel, a migrant from Cuba, carries his 10-day-old son, Yireht, up the bank of the Rio Grande in Texas, US. Reuters

Director Martin Scorsese arrives for the premiere of his movie Killers of the Flower Moon at the Curzon Mayfair in London. EPA

Smoke and flames fill the sky after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in Gaza city. Reuters

Construction vehicles buried in mud after a lake burst, causing flash floods in Rangpo, Sikkim state, north-east India. Reuters

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva takes part in a friendly football match between the fund's staff and former players from the Moroccan men's and women's national teams. Reuters

Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli air strike on Al Sousi mosque in Gaza city. AFP

Destruction caused by a landslide in Mbankolo, north-west of Cameroon's capital Yaounde. AFP

Children play football at a dockyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich before an unsuccessful court appeal against his pre-trial detention on espionage charges in Moscow. Reuters

Debris from houses destroyed in an earthquake, in Zinda Jan, Herat, Afghanistan. Reuters

A joint naval exercise in international waters off the island of Jeju, South Korea, with the hosts joined by the US and Japan. AP

The aftermath of heavy rains in Bago township, central Myanmar. AFP

A composite photo made up of 356 images shows circumpolar stars during a meteor shower taken from Cantabria, northern Spain. EPA

A woman looks through debris after a fatal artillery strike on a displacement camp near Laiza, northern Myanmar. AFP

Buddhist monks play drums during morning prayers at Gyuto Monastery in Dharamsala, northern India. AFP

Riot police officers stand guard as demonstrators block a street in Guatemala City. Reuters

Female giant panda cub twins are shown to the public at Everland in Yongin, near Seoul, South Korea. EPA

Firefighters line up during a swearing-in ceremony in Rome. AP

Damaged carriages near Raghunathpur railway station after an express train derailed in India's Bihar state. AFP

Royal Guard members gather in Madrid, Spain, for a military parade on the national holiday known as Hispanic Day. AP

An agricultural worker uses a boom to corral cranberries at Mann Farm, in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, US. AFP

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