Notting Hill Carnival, La Tomatina festival, Pope Francis visit and more: Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

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

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Nathaniel Lacsina (Senior Web Editor)
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A performer in costume blows a kiss during the main parade of the Notting Hill Carnival in west London on August 27, 2023.
AFP
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Revelers play in tomato pulp during the annual "La Tomatina" food fight festival in Bunol, Spain August 30, 2023.
Reuters
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A girl looks on as she takes shelter under a shed during a downpour in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 29, 2023.
Reuters
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Ayelen Morando (R) and Sebastian Martinez compete during the World Tango Championship semifinal in the Tango Stage category in Buenos Aires on August 31, 2023. The Tango World Festival and Championship, which brings together thousands of Tango music lovers from different parts of the world every year, is being held in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires and runs until September 3.
AFP
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Mongolian honour guards prepare to welcome Pope Francis at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar on September 1, 2023.
AFP
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An Afghan balloon vendor rides a bicycle as he looks for customers along a street in Kabul on August 31, 2023.
AFP
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A woman carrying lotus roots rows a boat through a polluted portion of the Dal Lake in Srinagar on September 1, 2023.
AFP
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The Nevado del Ruiz volcano emits a cloud of ash as seen from Bogota on August 27, 2023. The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) warned that ash fall has been observed in the city of Manizales due to the volcano's increased seismic activity since August 26.
AFP
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A full moon known as the "Blue Moon" rises behind the Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece, August 30, 2023.
Reuters
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Residents use kayaks to travel on a flooded road in Tampa, Florida, on August 30, 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Idalia barreled into the northwest Florida coast as a powerful Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday morning, the US National Hurricane Center said. "Extremely dangerous Category 3 Hurricane #Idalia makes landfall in the Florida Big Bend," it posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, adding that Idalia was causing "catastrophic storm surge and damaging winds."
AFP

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