November 18, 2023
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The Italian Air Force aerobatic display team perform during the opening day of the Dubai Air Show, United Arab Emirates on November 13, 2023. Photo: AP
Police officers clear protesters blocking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while demonstrating against the Apec summit on November 16, 2023. Photo: AP
A hospital worker places his hand on a glass door within a clinic that was attacked in Haiti on November 16. Photo: AP
Paul Swift achieves the Guinness World Record for ‘The tightest gap (44cm) driven through on two wheels in a pick up truck’ in Britain on November 9. Photo: Reuters
People attend the March for Israel rally on November 14 at the National Mall in Washington. Photo: AP
Hatched salmon with yolk sacs swim alongside unhatched eggs at the Atlantic Sapphire Bluehouse indoor salmon farm. Photo: AP
Ethnic Inntha men demonstrate their leg-rowing techniques during a ceremony to mark Inntha National Day Monday on November 13. Photo: AP
Boston Celtics’ Luke Kornet leaps for a rebound against Philadelphia 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey. Photo: AP
Caimans sit on the banks of the almost dried-up Bento Gomes River in the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil. Photo: AP
A man pedals his bicycle enveloped by dense fog on a cold morning in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Photo: AP
Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis gather to pray for Israel as well as Jews everywhere at Montefiore Cemetery on November 10. Photo: AP
Police officers try to contain protesters trying to enter the railway station in Barcelona, Spain on November 11. Photo: AP
An off-duty member of Israel’s security forces joins worshippers at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: AP
Smoke rises from a small fire as motorists exit through a ramp off Interstate 10, where a section of the freeway is closed due to a recent fire in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
A man is reflected on a distortion panel as he takes a selfie with a lights display at an outdoor shopping centre in Beijing. Photo: AP
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The Italian Air Force aerobatic display team perform during the opening day of the Dubai Air Show...The Italian Air Force aerobatic display team perform during the opening day of the Dubai Air Show, United Arab...
November 18, 2023
Today in Photos

The week in photos: a curation of images of what is happening around the world this week

A lookback at what has happened this week, from the Italian Air Force aerobatic display team performing during...

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The Italian Air Force aerobatic display team perform during the opening day of the Dubai Air Show, United Arab Emirates on November 13, 2023. Photo: AP
Police officers clear protesters blocking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while demonstrating against the Apec summit on November 16, 2023. Photo: AP
A hospital worker places his hand on a glass door within a clinic that was attacked in Haiti on November 16. Photo: AP
Paul Swift achieves the Guinness World Record for ‘The tightest gap (44cm) driven through on two wheels in a pick up truck’ in Britain on November 9. Photo: Reuters
People attend the March for Israel rally on November 14 at the National Mall in Washington. Photo: AP
Hatched salmon with yolk sacs swim alongside unhatched eggs at the Atlantic Sapphire Bluehouse indoor salmon farm. Photo: AP
Ethnic Inntha men demonstrate their leg-rowing techniques during a ceremony to mark Inntha National Day Monday on November 13. Photo: AP
Boston Celtics’ Luke Kornet leaps for a rebound against Philadelphia 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey. Photo: AP
Caimans sit on the banks of the almost dried-up Bento Gomes River in the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil. Photo: AP
A man pedals his bicycle enveloped by dense fog on a cold morning in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Photo: AP
Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis gather to pray for Israel as well as Jews everywhere at Montefiore Cemetery on November 10. Photo: AP
Police officers try to contain protesters trying to enter the railway station in Barcelona, Spain on November 11. Photo: AP
An off-duty member of Israel’s security forces joins worshippers at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: AP
Smoke rises from a small fire as motorists exit through a ramp off Interstate 10, where a section of the freeway is closed due to a recent fire in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
A man is reflected on a distortion panel as he takes a selfie with a lights display at an outdoor shopping centre in Beijing. Photo: AP
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The Italian Air Force aerobatic display team perform during the opening day of the Dubai Air Show, United Arab Emirates on November 13, 2023. Photo: AP
Police officers clear protesters blocking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while demonstrating against the Apec summit on November 16, 2023. Photo: AP
A hospital worker places his hand on a glass door within a clinic that was attacked in Haiti on November 16. Photo: AP
Paul Swift achieves the Guinness World Record for ‘The tightest gap (44cm) driven through on two wheels in a pick up truck’ in Britain on November 9. Photo: Reuters
People attend the March for Israel rally on November 14 at the National Mall in Washington. Photo: AP
Hatched salmon with yolk sacs swim alongside unhatched eggs at the Atlantic Sapphire Bluehouse indoor salmon farm. Photo: AP
Ethnic Inntha men demonstrate their leg-rowing techniques during a ceremony to mark Inntha National Day Monday on November 13. Photo: AP
Boston Celtics’ Luke Kornet leaps for a rebound against Philadelphia 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey. Photo: AP
Caimans sit on the banks of the almost dried-up Bento Gomes River in the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil. Photo: AP
A man pedals his bicycle enveloped by dense fog on a cold morning in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Photo: AP
Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis gather to pray for Israel as well as Jews everywhere at Montefiore Cemetery on November 10. Photo: AP
Police officers try to contain protesters trying to enter the railway station in Barcelona, Spain on November 11. Photo: AP
An off-duty member of Israel’s security forces joins worshippers at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: AP
Smoke rises from a small fire as motorists exit through a ramp off Interstate 10, where a section of the freeway is closed due to a recent fire in Los Angeles. Photo: AP
A man is reflected on a distortion panel as he takes a selfie with a lights display at an outdoor shopping centre in Beijing. Photo: AP
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