Beshara: The most positive photos of the week - in pictures

  • A dancer at Baghdad Ballet Academy prepares before performing in The Sleeping Beauty at Al Rashid National Theatre in the Iraqi capital. Reuters
    A dancer at Baghdad Ballet Academy prepares before performing in The Sleeping Beauty at Al Rashid National Theatre in the Iraqi capital. Reuters
  • A fashionable feline at a cat show in Bangkok. EPA
    A fashionable feline at a cat show in Bangkok. EPA
  • Swiss artist Alain Roche rehearses for a performance that involves playing a grand piano suspended from a crane 50m above a building site in Bordeaux. AFP
    Swiss artist Alain Roche rehearses for a performance that involves playing a grand piano suspended from a crane 50m above a building site in Bordeaux. AFP
  • Action from the Indonesia v Vietnam sepaktakraw match at the Asian Games in Jinhua, China. It is similar to volleyball but players are not allowed to hit the ball with their arms or hands. AP
    Action from the Indonesia v Vietnam sepaktakraw match at the Asian Games in Jinhua, China. It is similar to volleyball but players are not allowed to hit the ball with their arms or hands. AP
  • A view of the Mediterranean Sea from a hotel on the Corniche in Alexandria, Egypt. EPA
    A view of the Mediterranean Sea from a hotel on the Corniche in Alexandria, Egypt. EPA
  • Rico Luginbuehl drives alpacas and llamas during the 'Alpabzug' from the Griesalp area back into the valley in Kiental, Switzerland. EPA
    Rico Luginbuehl drives alpacas and llamas during the 'Alpabzug' from the Griesalp area back into the valley in Kiental, Switzerland. EPA
  • Whirling dervish children practise as they wait to perform at the Blue Mosque Square in Istanbul. EPA
    Whirling dervish children practise as they wait to perform at the Blue Mosque Square in Istanbul. EPA
  • Robot dogs prepare to collect the discus during the men's decathlon at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. AFP
    Robot dogs prepare to collect the discus during the men's decathlon at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. AFP
  • All-Africa heavyweight champion wrestler Congo King jumps on Mike Xander during the Africa Wrestling Association Nights of Champions at Parow Civic Centre in Cape Town. AFP
    All-Africa heavyweight champion wrestler Congo King jumps on Mike Xander during the Africa Wrestling Association Nights of Champions at Parow Civic Centre in Cape Town. AFP
  • The ceiling of Cologne Central Mosque during open mosque day in Cologne, Germany. The mosque is one of Europe's largest, with room for 1,200 worshippers. EPA
    The ceiling of Cologne Central Mosque during open mosque day in Cologne, Germany. The mosque is one of Europe's largest, with room for 1,200 worshippers. EPA
  • A dog in a 'Voltes V' costume during a 'Pawshion Show' to mark World Animal Day in Marikina City, Philippines. EPA
    A dog in a 'Voltes V' costume during a 'Pawshion Show' to mark World Animal Day in Marikina City, Philippines. EPA
  • Grass-roots representatives of remote communities in Central Australia in front of the landmark Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, after a council meeting to vote 'Yes' to a voice in parliament. AFP
    Grass-roots representatives of remote communities in Central Australia in front of the landmark Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, after a council meeting to vote 'Yes' to a voice in parliament. AFP
  • Artificially coloured chicks for sale on a street in Beirut. AP
    Artificially coloured chicks for sale on a street in Beirut. AP