Week in pictures: 2 – 8 September 2017
Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Image copyright Richard Pohle/Reuters Image caption Prince William accompanies Prince George on his first day of school at Thomas’s in Battersea, London. Image copyright JORGE GUERRERO/AFP Image caption Grease-covered people walk through Baza, near Granada during the festival of Cascamorras. The festival’s namesake is a character who travels to the town from Guadix to stage an attempt to recapture a sacred image of the Virgen de la Piedad. On his return, he is punished for his failure by the locals. Image copyright FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP Image caption Janus, the Geneva Museum of Natural History’s two-headed Greek tortoise, is photographed on the day of its 20th birthday. Image copyright JAIPAL SINGH/epa Image caption A girl carries an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesha which was immersed by devotees into the Tawi River. She was searching for coins in the water in Jammu. Image copyright Hannah McKay/REUTERS Image caption A protester wearing a Boris Johnson face mask rides a tricycle decorated with an EU flag next to the Houses of Parliament in London. Image copyright SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP Image caption A competitor in the World Beard and Moustache Championships prepares his beard in Austin, Texas. Image copyright Yana Paskova/Getty Images Image caption The Visions In Motion dance group prepares to march down Eastern Parkway during the Caribbean Carnival in the Brooklyn, New York. Image copyright TIZIANA FABI/afp Image caption US actress Jennifer Lawrence signed autographs before the premiere of the movie Mother, presented in competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. Image copyright Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Image caption A girl applies a lipstick to her friend’s lips as they participate during the Kumari Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Young girls pose as the Living Goddess Kumari and are worshipped by people in belief that their children will remain healthy. Image copyright Victoria Jones/PA Wire Image caption Runners make their way across London’s highest running track at the White Collar Factory by London’s Old Street. Image copyright Henry Romero/Reuters Image caption In Barranquilla, Colombia a fan waits outside the Colombia v Brazil World Cup qualifying match. Image copyright LIONEL CHAMOISEAU/AFP Image caption In preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irma, windows of a car dealership are protected with tape and sandbags on the French overseas island of Saint-Martin.
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