Giant carrots and Mexican dresses: Friday’s best photos

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  • Makutano, Kenya

    People gather for folk dances during the Ura Gate cultural festival

    People in bright orange tops hold up staffs
  • New York, US

    An attendee at the 11th Diner en Blanc in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The pop-up event, the location of which is revealed hours beforehand, draws guests who dress head to toe in white for an under the stars dining experience

    A woman in a many feathered headdress arrives for the occasion
  • London, UK

    A runway looks chart backstage during a rehearsal of the Paul Costelloe catwalk show during London fashion week

    A chart shows which models will be wearing which outfits
  • Harrogate, UK

    A judge inspects carrots in the giant vegetable competition at the Harrogate autumn flower show at Newby Hall and Gardens near Ripon

    A judge admires some impressive carrots
  • Brac, Croatia

    Sardines are seen in a net cast by a fishing boat in the Adriatic.

    Fishermen gather Sardines into a net
  • Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia

    North Korea’s Kim Jong-un receives a gift from the regional governor Mikhail Degtyare during a visit to an airbase in the eastern region

    Kim Jong-un looks bemused as he receives a sculpture of a fish eating another fish
  • London, UK

    A view of the city skyline looking east from Horizon 22, London’s highest free viewing platform

    People look out across the city of London on a misty morning
  • Al Haouz, Morocco

    Ahmed Hafidi, 63, stands on the rubble of his destroyed guesthouse after the recent deadly earthquake

    Ahmed Hafidi at the site of his destroyed guesthouse high in the Atlas mountains
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Shopkeepers look for stock that might have survived fire at Mohammadpur Krishi market

    A woman sifts through a pile of vegetables in the hope that some can be retrieved.
  • New York, US

    Surfers take to the rough waters of Rockaway Beach as Hurricane Lee heads towards the eastern seaboard

    Surfers in a rough sea as a hurricane nears New York
  • Maryland, US

    President Joe Biden speaks during an event on Bidenomics at Prince George’s Community College, Largo

    Joe Biden giving a speech from behind a lectern
  • Havana, Cuba

    An honour guard holds the Cuban and UN flags at the Jose Marti monument before the G77+China summit

    The guards stand in line with the flags
  • Guadalajara, Mexico

    A group of Escaramuzas in traditional costume arrive for International Charro and Charreria Day cultural celebrations

    Women in brightly coloured traditional costumes line up ready to start the festivities
  • Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

    Roscosmos cosmonaut Kononenko and NASA astronaut O’Hara during space suits check shortly before the launch to the International Space Station

    checking space suits before launching in to orbit
  • Shanghai, China

    A man pushes a cargo bicycle laden with goods

    A man pushes his cargo bike laden with goods to sell
  • The Hague, Netherlands

    Police use water cannon during a seventh day of protests by climate activists on the A12. Extinction Rebellion has said it wants to block the highway every day to protest against the government’s granting of fossil subsidies

    Climate protesters are hosed down with a police water cannon
  • Sumatra, Indonesia

    A man watches as a wildfire burns in North Indralaya

    A wall of wildfire
  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    Trucks unload at the Bantar Gebang landfill site, one of the biggest rubbish dumps in the world. The site is the size of 200 football pitches and receives 7,500 tonnes of waste from the city each day

    Diggers perch on a mountain of rubbish
  • Berlin, Germany

    Supporters of the Fridays for Future movement gather at the Brandenburg Gate

    Young climate change activists gather at the Berlin landmark
  • London, UK

    Business professionals pose as they take part in a ‘Queue for Climate & Nature’ demonstration on the Millennium Bridge. They are calling on political leaders to accelerate action on climate and nature, organised by Business Declares, Business Stand Up & Friends

    A climate protest on Londons Millennium Bridge by members of the business community
  • Uman, Ukraine

    Pilgrims defying security concerns gather in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. The city is the burial place of Nachman of Breslov, the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement

    Rosh Hashanah is observed by a crowd
  • Texas, US

    A smuggler walks past buoys deployed to deter migrants in the Rio Grande between the US and Mexico

    A smuggler wades through water past a buoy
  • Lampedusa, Italy

    Residents gather to watch as a boat carrying rescued refugees and migrants docks at the island’s harbour

    Young boys on scooters and a woman watch the migrant ship arrive
  • Yangon, Myanmar

    A man sits in the back of his car in the city centre

    A man takes a break in the boot of his car
  • London, UK

    A model backstage ahead of the Fashion Declares! Regeneration show during London fashion week

    A close-up of the model with their eyes closed
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