Svalbard, Arctic Norwa
Polar pas de deu x by Eilo Elvinger, winner of the black and white category in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 competition. You can visit the exhibition at the National History Museum in London and see a gallery of all the winners here
Photo: Eilo Elvinger/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
A rainbow hovers above thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar
Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Lahinch, Ireland
A woman takes a selfie during storm Ophelia
Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
Beijing, China
Stewardesses prepare tea flasks for delegates before the opening ceremony of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People
Photo: How Hwee Young/EPA
New York City, US
A dancer wearing the Puerto Rican flag poses during the 2017 CareOne Masquerade Ball for Puerto Rico Relief Effort at Skylight Clarkson North studios
Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A boy swims in the sea at Ipanema Beach
Photo: Pilar Olivares/Reuters
Mexico City, Mexico
Rodrigo Diaz Mejia climbs over a crushed car into what was a second-story apartment after the recent earthquake hit the Portales Norte neighbourhood. The 38-year-old mechanic, who lives nearby, said that on the day of the quake he ran to help rescue people trapped on roofs. He later made risky trips into the ruptured structures to retrieve valuable possessions for displaced residents
Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Santa Monica, US
A surfer stretches next to the Pacific Ocean in front of the Santa Monica Pier in California
Photo: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Gainesville, US
Demonstrators yell at a white nationalist outside the location where Richard Spencer, a spokesperson for the so-called alt-right movement, is delivering a speech on the campus of the University of Florida
Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Lima, Peru
Believers attend the procession of Senor de Los Milagros (Lord of Miracles), Peru’s most revered Catholic religious icon
Photo: Mariana Bazo/Reuters
Madrid, Spain
A couple kiss by a Spanish flag in Plaza de Colon
Photo: Susana Vera/Reuters
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Two women embrace during a protest demanding justice for the missing activist Santiago Maldonado. The brother of the indigenous rights activist, whose disappearance prompted large demonstrations, says the family believes that a body found this week in a Patagonia river is that of Santiago Maldonado
Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
Stuttgart, Germany
A man fishes on an autumnal day
Photo: Sina Schuldt/AFP/Getty Images
Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
A sloth pokes his head out of a hammock at the KSTR sanctuary. The rescued sloths are all orphans that were brought to the sanctuary with injuries or found alone on the ground. Once rehabilitated, the sloths are released back into the wild
Photo: Lucy Cooke/Barcroft Images
Beijing, China
A security officer guards an entrance to the Great Hall of the People where the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held
Photo: How Hwee Young/EPA
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
A Rohingya refugee girl at Kutupalong refugee camp
Photo: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
A newborn Rohingya baby at the medical centre in Kutupalong refugees camp
Photo: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
Lahinch, Ireland
A surfer checks her mobile phone after surfing in the Atlantic on the eve of storm Ophelia
Photo: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
Gainesville, Florida
A man wearing a shirt with swastikas is punched by an unidentified member of the crowd near the site of a planned speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer, who popularized the term ‘alt-right’, at the University of Florida campus.
Photo: Brian Blanco / Getty
Majalaya, Indonesia
A dog and wild boar fight during a contest, known locally as “adu bagong” (boar fighting). Photo: Beawiharta / Reuters