Fishing, farmers and facepaint: Photos of the week

August 10, 2024 Vaseline blog 0

Fishing, farmers and facepaint: Photos of the week

A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.

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Nigerian singer Burna Boy performs at Smukfest Festival in Skanderborg, Denmark.

Martin Rickett/PA Media

Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson celebrates winning the Women’s 800m final at the Stade de France on the 10th day of the Paris Olympic Games.

Michael Reynolds / APA-EFE

Customers walk past Halloween decorations for sale in August at a Costco store in Washington DC.

Yui Mok/PA Media

UK street artist Banksy unveiled a number of works this week, including one depicting two elephants poking their heads out of blocked windows on a house in Chelsea, west London.

Olivier Matthys / EPA-EFE

Using powerful Brabant draft horses, a fisherman pulls nets through the sand to catch shrimps off the Belgian coast. This practice, recognized by Unesco as an Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2013, continues for most of the year except for the winter months.

Leonardo Fernandez Viloria / Reuters

Hundreds of people have been arrested by security forces in Venezuela during protests after a government-controlled electoral authority declared Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential election and handed him a third consecutive term in office.

Vitalii Hnidyi / Reuters

Rescuers work at the site of a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, amid Russia’s continuing attack on Ukraine.

Giuseppe Distefano/AFP

Europe’s highest volcano, Mount Etna, erupting over the Mediterranean island of Sicily. Volcanic activity has intensified in recent weeks, following a four-year pause.

Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Junior soldiers at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate make final preparations before taking part in their graduation parade, involving 600 trainees who have completed their training.

Mohamed Messara / EPA-EFE

Tunisian farmers harvest watermelons in a field in Sejnane, north of Tunis.