Week in pictures
Desk Report
Published: 21 Sep 2019, 01:01 pm
Climate activist Greta Thunberg poses for a selfie with Panamanian climate activist Militza Flaco outside the US Supreme Court in Washington. Photo: JIM LO SCALZO
Migrants rescued at sea by the Italian coastguard are driven away on police buses after disembarking in Floriana, Malta. Photo: DOMENIC AQUILINA
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, gestures to an empty podium as he speaks to the press after meeting UK counterpart Boris Johnson, who cancelled his press appearance because he feared he would be drowned out by protesters. Photo: KILIAN FICHOU
Members of the Dutch Royal Guard guide their horses through clouds of thick smoke and gunfire on the beach of Scheveningen, near The Hague, to prepare them for the Prinsjesdag parade on 17 September. Photo: KOEN VAN WEEL
A tract of Amazon rainforest burns as it is cleared by farmers in Rio Pardo, Rondonia, Brazil. Photo: RICARDO MORAES
The sun rises behind a deer at dawn in Richmond Park, south-west London, as the UK enjoys some mild September weather. Photo: TOBY MELVILLE
An optical illusion is created as a man walks past street art in New York. Photo: JUSTIN LANE
Here is a selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
The photos were taken in between 14 -20 September, 2019.