Racket, rhino and a spruce: Photos of the weekPublished16 November 2024A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.Image source, ALESSANDRO DI MARCO/EPA-EFEImage caption, Casper Ruud of Norway in action against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during their match at the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin, Italy.Image source, BIEL ALINO/EPA-EFEImage caption, A man tries to find his damaged vehicle two weeks after flash floods caused devastation in eastern Spain. There were 222 confirmed deaths from the flooding in Spain last month and 23 people are still missing.Image source, AFPImage caption, Gunmen affiliated with Sudan's army travel in a lorry through the city of Gedaref.Image source, Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesImage caption, The UK marked Armistice Day with a two-minute silence. The silence is held every year at 11:00 GMT on 11 November to mark the end of World War One in 1918. Here a musician from the Band of the British Army walks past the names of the fallen after the Armistice Day commemoration at the National Memorial Arboretum.Image source, Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for Viacom InternationalImage caption, K-Pop band Le Sserafim made their UK debut at the MTV Awards which were held in Manchester for the first time in their 30-year history.Image source, LOIC VENANCE / AFPImage caption, Skippers sail their Imoca 60 monohulls out from Les Sables-d'Olonne at the start of the 10th edition of the Vendee Globe around-the-world solo sailing race.Image source, Agustin Marcarian/ReutersImage caption, A member of the Husares de Junin regiment adjusts another soldier's hat outside the government palace ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru.Image source, A HUSSAIN/EPA-EFEImage caption, Officials check for vehicles emitting smoke as part of a green lockdown to control smog in Lahore, Pakistan. The air quality index in Lahore has passed the 1,000 mark repeatedly this month. Anything above 300 is considered hazardous.Image source, KIM LUDBROOK/EPA-EFEImage caption, Members of the Rhino Repro team check the vital statistics of five-year-old rhinoceros Mia after she was darted and tranquilised during an OPU (ovary pick-up procedure) at a rhino sanctuary near Pretoria, South Africa. During the procedure eggs are collected from the female rhino for in vitro fertilisation. Image source, Owen Humphreys/PA MediaImage caption, Forestry workers fell a 40ft (12m) Sitka spruce tree in Northumberland's Kielder Forest before it makes the 330 mile (531km) journey south to stand at the foot of Big Ben in Parliament Square, London.Related topicsPhotography