Northern lights, Starship launch, premature babies and more: Top 10 pictures of the week from around

A selection of top news pictures from US, Asia, Europe and around the globe

Last updated: November 25, 2023 | 14:00

Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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Northern Lights, also called Aurora Borealis, illuminate the night sky over the North Atlantic Ocean in Sommaroy, Norway on November 19, 2023.

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SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is launched from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, US on November 18, 2023.

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People gather to light candles in Prague, Czech Republic on November 17, 2023, during celebrations of the 34th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that ended communist rule in 1989.

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The Downtown Los Angeles skyline is seen as motorists make their way in and out of Los Angeles on November 22, 2023 as millions of people head to their Thanksgiving destinations.

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Pedestrian shelters under an umbrella as the rain falls on an autumn evening, in Pamplona, northern Spain on November 21, 2023.

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A stray cat warms up in the light of the setting sun as the autumn foliage dots the pavement in a park in Bucharest, Romania on Nov. 20, 2023.

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Children releasing lanterns during the Tazaungdaing festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, in Taunggyi in Myanmar's Shan State on November 21, 2023.

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A nun takes a video as a Christmas tree arrives in St. Peter's Square ahead of the festive season at the Vatican on November 23, 2023.

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A boatman steers a boat in the polluted waters of the Yamuna River in New Delhi on November 23, 2023.

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Premature babies which were evacuated from an incubator in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City receive treatment at a hospital in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on November 19, 2023.

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