Beijing, China

Melania Trump and the Chinese first lady, Peng Liyuan, take part in a cooking class at Banchang primary school
Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Sutherland Springs, Texas

People mourn the 26 victims killed at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs during a prayer service.

Photographer: Scott Olson / Getty

Falkland Islands

A southern elephant seal pup is getting ready to take a nap.
Photograph: Kevin Elsby/Alamy

New Delhi, India

An Indian supporter of the LGBT community wearing a pollution masks takes part in the New Delhi Pride parade.
Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Nampo City, North Korea

Kim Jong-un inspects the Kumsong tractor factory. North Korea has sentenced Donald Trump to death for insulting the country’s leader
Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images

Abu Dhabi, UAE

The shoes of Brigitte Macron, the wife of the French president, are placed by her chair during her visit to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Photograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images

Danang, Vietnam

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as they pose for a group photo ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit leaders gala dinner.

Photographer: AFP / Getty

Vancouver Island, Canada

Ochre seastars ( Pisaster ochraceus) are captured next to an incredible mountain view. They are the main predators of limpets in rockpools – but the limpets are known to fight back.
Photograph: Paul Williams/BBC

New Delhi, India

People marching in the Queer Pride Parade, an event celebrating gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in New Delhi.
Photograph: Saumya Khandelwal/Reuters

Harare, Zimbabwe

Soldiers in an armoured personnel carrier regulate traffic in the capital. Zimbabwe’s military appeared to be in control of the country as generals denied staging a coup but used state television to vow to target criminals close to President Robert Mugabe
Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images

Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh

Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat while they are interrogated after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Catholic priests from Mexico (left) and the United States (right) meet on the border, on the Rio Grande, while hundreds of Catholics from the two countries attend a bi-national mass across the border in memory of migrants killed while crossing the Rio Grande in their attempt to reach the United States.

Photographer: Herika Martinez / AFP / Getty

Vatican City

A new Popemobile? Pope Francis speaks to the chief executive of Lamborghini, Stefano Domenicali, next to a vehicle donated to the pontiff by the luxury sports carmaker. The Italian supercar will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s, with the proceeds going to various charities, including one helping to rebuild Christian homes that were devastated by Islamic State militants in Iraq
Photograph: AP

Santa Rosa, California, US

Larry Keyser surveys the scene as he and volunteers from the Samaritan’s Purse disaster relief organisation sift through the remains of his home, one of nearly 9,000 destroyed by wildfires
Photograph: Jeff Chiu/AP

Gretna Green, UK

A murmuration of starlings moves across the sky in Scotland
Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Locals gather around two sperm whale carcasses. Four of the nine sperm whales that stranded on the beach on 13 November have died despite attempts to rescue them
Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA

Manila, Philippines

Nguyen Xuân Phúc, prime minister of Vietnam, Donald Trump, president of the US, and Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, link hands with other world leaders during the Asean summit
Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

Zhumadian, China

Newlyweds pose for photographs on the cliff face of Chaya mountain, where the popular TV series Journey to the West was filmed. Staff dressed as characters from the show deliver blessings to the couple
Photograph: Imaginechina/Rex/Shutterstock