Bottles, bags and a balloon: Photos of the week
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A selection of news photographs from around the world.

Nuns from the Abbaye de Jouques attend the Wine Paris trade fair in France.

Women wash clothes used by devotees after taking a holy dip at the Hanumante River during the final day of the month-long Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal.

A hot air balloon floats over Singha Park during the Chiang Rai International Balloon Fiesta in Thailand.

Naomi Ackie (left) and Toni Collette arrive for the World premiere of their latest film Mickey 17, in London's Leicester Square.

Ryan Hardie celebrates scoring the winning goal as Plymouth Argyle cause a huge upset by beating Premier League leaders Liverpool 1-0 to progress to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Japan's Kaori Sakamoto competes in the women's ice skating event during the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.

People carry their belongings in bags as they escape the spread of wildfires near Lautaro in Chile.

Belgian riot police confront demonstrators in Brussels during a national strike by trade union members, who are protesting against proposed cuts to public services.

A family leave Bulengo camp in the DR Congo on a motorbike loaded with their possessions, as armed groups and the army fight for control of the mineral-rich region.

The US Army Corps of Engineers begins to remove debris from homes destroyed by the Eaton fire in Altadena, California.