Photos of the week
Palestinians inspect the house of Tel Aviv attacker Raed Hazem after it was demolished by Israeli forces in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 6. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Serena Williams of the U.S. acknowledges fans after losing her third round match against Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic at the U.S. Open in New York, September 2. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama react during the unveiling of their official White House portraits, painted by Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, respectively, in the East Room of the White House, September, 7. ...more
Liz Truss arrives at the Conservative Party headquarters, after being announced as Britain's next Prime Minister, in London, September 5. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Darryl Burns holds a photo of his sister Gloria Lydia Burns, 62, who was killed on James Smith Cree Nation after a stabbing spree killed 10 people on the reserve and nearby town of Weldon, Saskatchewan, Canada. September 5. REUTERS/David Stobbe
Harry Styles attends the premiere screening of "Don't Worry Darling" at the Venice Film Festival, September 5. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
A view shows a burning house as the Fairview Fire near Hemet, California, September 5. REUTERS/David Swanson
A rickshaw puller enjoys rain during monsoon in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 8. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
A biologist poses with newly-hatched Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) as they are relocated at a hatchery at Zapata Swamp, Cienaga de Zapata, Cuba, August 25. Cuban crocodiles, an endemic species found only here and in a swamp on Cuba's Isle...more
Queen Elizabeth welcomes Liz Truss during an audience where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, September 6. Jane Barlow/Pool
A woman reacts next to the body of her mother killed by recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in Donetsk, Ukraine, September 2. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
People pull a car through a water-logged road following torrential rains in Bengaluru, India, September 5. REUTERS/Stringer
Members of the clergy attend a mass for the beatification of Pope John Paul I in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 4. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Rescue workers evacuate quake-affected residents at the site of a landslide near Moxi town, following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Luding county, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, China, September 6. China Daily via REUTERS
Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, carries a portrait of the late Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, out of the House of Unions after a memorial service in Moscow, Russia, September 3. REUTERS/Shamil...more
A vintage doll is pictured near the damaged kindergarten following recent Russian shelling in the city of Slovyansk, in eastern Ukraine, September 2. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
An aircraft drops retardant on the Fairview Fire burning near Hemet, California, September 6. REUTERS/David Swanson
Pregnant women who became flood victims rest on beds as they undergo treatment in a hospital, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan, September 7. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
A guest proposes on the red carpet during the premiere of the film "The Son" at the Venice Film Festival, September 7. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Kids jump off the breakwater into the ocean at at sunset on the Labor Day holiday weekend at Lane's Cove in Gloucester, Massachusetts, September 4. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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