Lanterns, lights and laundry: Photos of the week
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A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Buddhists walk under colourful lanterns as they celebrate the Buddha's birthday, at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea
Queen Camilla and King Charles III, accompanied by his Page of Honour Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, attend a service of dedication for the Order of The British Empire at St Paul's Cathedral in London
A Palestinian woman walks with children in front of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer outlined the first steps he would take if his party wins the next election, in a speech in Essex. The six pledges include a border security command to tackle the gangs behind small boat crossings, and recruiting 6,500 teachers in England
The Northern Lights, aurora borealis, glow on the horizon at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, USA, as one of the strongest geomagnetic storms in years hit Earth
Security officers move Slovakia PM Robert Fico into a car, after he was seriously hurt in a shooting attack. Mr Fico, 59, is in a serious but stable condition after being shot several times, in what colleagues described as a politically motivated attack
Animal activists, wearing chicken masks, take part in a protest against Marie, France's leading ready-made meal brand, and its owner group, LDC, at the city hall in Rungis, Paris. The activists say the poultry are kept in poor conditions
Men work at Salama's laundry in Cairo. The 120-year-old dye shop, which uses a technique of small-batch fabric dyeing that dates back thousands of years, is considered to be one of the oldest dye houses in Egypt
Molly Thompson-Smith of Great Britain competes in the Women's Sport Climbing Boulder & Lead Qualification at the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai
A worker cleans the statue of Buddha at the Maha Vihara Mojopahit monastery in Mojokerto Java, Indonesia, ahead of the Vesak festival which commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha