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Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024

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

Saurabh Sirohiya/NurPhoto via Getty Images Devotees shower flowers and gulaal, while volunteers immerse an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh at Girgaon Chowpatty beach during the Ganesh Visarjan festival in Mumbai, India, on September 17, 2024. Saurabh Sirohiya/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Devotees throw flowers, while volunteers immerse an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh at Girgaon Chowpatty beach during the Ganesh Visarjan festival in Mumbai, India.

Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024Octavio Passos/Getty Images Firefighters combat a wildfire in Espiunca, Arouca, Portugal, on 18 September 2024Octavio Passos/Getty Images

Firefighters combat a wildfire in Arouca, Portugal. At least seven people, including three firefighters, died as fires raged across the country, according to local news outlets. The northern and central parts of the country have been worst affected.

Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024Omar Marques/Getty Images An aerial view of an army truck driving throught flooded streets while delivering aid days after the Nysa Klodzka river overcame the river banks on September 19, 2024 in Lewin Brzeski, Poland. Omar Marques/Getty Images

An army truck drives through flooded streets while delivering aid in Lewin Brzeski, Poland, days after the Nysa Klodzka river burst its banks. The death toll from the floods rose to at least 16 on Monday, with seven confirmed fatalities in Romania. Casualties were also recorded in Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland.

Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024Claudia Greco/Reuters Models present creations from the Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2025 collection during Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, September 19, 2024. Claudia Greco/Reuters

Models present creations from the Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2025 collection during Fashion Week in Milan.

Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024Matt Cardy/Getty Images People gather as a full harvest supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor on September 17, 2024 in Glastonbury, England.Matt Cardy/Getty Images

People gather as a full harvest supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor in England.

Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024Teresa Suarez/EPA Two women talking in front of the painting 'Evening. Interior' by Harriet Backer during the press tour of the exhibition 'Harriet Backer. The music of colours' at Orsay Museum in Paris, France, 20 September 2024. Teresa Suarez/EPA

Two women talk in front of a painting by Norwegian artist Harriet Backer during a tour of her exhibition “The Music of Colors” at Orsay Museum in Paris.

Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024 NHAC NGUYEN/AFP Piles of plastic waste are pictured at a recycling site next to a residential area on the outskirts in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 17, 2024. NHAC NGUYEN/AFP

Piles of plastic waste are pictured at a recycling site next to a residential area on the outskirts of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.

Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024Jonathan Brady/PA Media Competitors fly their racing drones during a Military International Drone Tournament at Honourable Artillery Company in London on September 17, 2024. Jonathan Brady/PA Media

Competitors fly their racing drones during a Military International Drone Tournament at the Honourable Artillery Company in London, where some of the best drone pilots from across the world’s militaries race against each other.

Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024Niall Carson/PA Media Runners and riders in action during the ONEILLS.COM (Q.R.) Handicap at Laytown Racecourse in County Meath, Ireland.Niall Carson/PA Media

Runners and riders compete at Laytown Racecourse in County Meath – the only official beach racetrack in Ireland.

Week in pictures: 14-20 September 2024EVARISTO SA/AFP Veterinarian Pollyanna Motinha (L) and colleagues hold Itapira, a young female jaguar that had its paws burned during recent fires in Pantanal, as she receives treatment at the Nex No Extintion Institute NGO in Corumba de Goias, Goias State, Brazil, on September 12, 2024. EVARISTO SA/AFP

Animal workers hold Itapira – a young female jaguar, who had her paws burned during wildfires in Pantanal, Brazil – as she receives treatment. Itapira will be returned to the wild once her wounds have healed.

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