Week in pictures: 17-23 September 2023
A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
The UK’s Queen Camilla plays table tennis next to King Charles and Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, as they meet members of local youth sports associations in Saint-Denis near Paris, on the second day of their State visit to France.
Demonstrators clash with police during a protest in Rome, organized by the Movimento 7 Novembre, against the policies of the Italian government and the end of citizens’ income benefits.
Canadian Lance Stroll, of the Aston Martin F1 team, climbs out of his car after crashing during qualifying ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix.
Contestants on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK gather outside BBC New Broadcasting House in London, to promote the fifth series of the show.
Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, sit near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, with the intention of turning themselves in to the US Border Patrol.
Performers rehearse for Scottish Ballet’s world premiere of Twice-Born by Dickson Mbi at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
British comedian and activist Russell Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theatre in London, after performing his stage show. He faces claims about his sexual behaviour at the height of his fame. He has denied the allegations.
A worker covers mounds of rice with giant bamboo cones in a field in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, after they had been dried in the sun. This is a traditional method of keeping freshly collected rice protected from rain and fog, after the removal of moisture.
Protesters are sprayed by a police water cannon, while blocking the A12 motorway – the main road leading to The Hague – during a climate protest in the Netherlands.
A chipmunk eats berries in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, China.
