The week’s best photos
A drive in the desert, prayers with pigeons, and more
A man offers prayers by the roadside as pigeons fly past on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India
A visitor looks at a robot in the likeness of Elon Musk in artist Michael Winkelmann's installation at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida
People gather in the desert to watch cars dune drifting near Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates
Uruguay's Belen Aquino is seen during the CONMEBOL Women's Nations League football match between Uruguay and Ecuador at Alfredo Víctor Viera Park Stadium in Montevideo
People walk over a bridge decorated with colored lights at a Christmas fair in Bucharest, Romania
A giant panda cub named Liangyue plays at Chongqing Zoo in China
Men stand on debris swept away by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Members of the China National Opera House perform in the dance drama "Qiuci" in Beijing, China
Soldiers of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI) celebrate during a graduation parade in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir
Pedestrians walk through rainy, neon-lit streets in Manhattan, New York City
A fire breather performs during the National Clown Day parade in San Salvador, El Salvador
CRS police walk past rainbow-colored stairs during a demonstration against austerity measures in Nantes, France
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