From a commuter who reads a newspaper on the platform of a subway station in Pyongyang to deer that rest in front of the Papal cross during a sunny day at Phoenix Park, these highlights of the week will give you the information you need in order to keep you abreast of everything important that occurred these days, so try not to miss it.
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Pyongyang, North Korea
A commuter reads a newspaper on the platform of a subway station in Pyongyang. North Korea marks the 70th anniversary of its founding on 9 September.
Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images
Pyongyang, North Korea
North Koreans look out from a bus on the streets of Pyongyang.
Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP
New York, US
People walk past an advertisement featuring Colin Kaepernick in New York. Nike this week unveiled the deal with the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who’s known for starting protests among NFL players over police brutality and racial inequality.
Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP
Washington DC, US
Protesters disrupt the start of the Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. Democrats and activists staged a dramatic act of defiance against the Senate confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee, after accusing the White House of withholding key documents on his record.
Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Washington DC, US
Demonstrators dressed as handmaidens await the arrival of US Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh prior to his appearance before a Senate judiciary committee on Capitol Hill. More than 30 women were arrested for protesting at the hearing over concerns about Kavanaugh’s stances on issues from abortion to LGBT rights, according to the Women’s March, which claimed credit for the protests.
Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters
Gaza
A young Palestinian protester is carried to an ambulance after being shot during a protest at the entrance of the Erez border crossing between Gaza and Israel.
Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Gaza
Palestinian protesters run from teargas fired by Israeli soldiers during a protest at the entrance of the Erez border crossing between Gaza and Israel.
Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Hokkaido, Japan
Houses are damaged by a landslide caused by an earthquake in the town of Atsuma on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.
Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters
Nishinomiya, Japan
An aerial view shows cars burned after a storm surge caused by Typhoon Jebi. The most powerful storm in a quarter of a century left a trail of devastation. At least 10 people were killed and hundreds more injured after the typhoon hit the area around Osaka, Japan’s second city.
Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images
Delta, California, US
Light from a train is seen as it rounds a bend near the Sacramento river as the Delta Fire engulfs a valley.
Photograph: Josh Edelson/Getty Images
Pucon, Chile
The Villarrica volcano is seen at night from the town of Pucon.
Photograph: Cristobal Saavedra Escobar/Reuters
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A massive fire engulfs the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro. The fire at the 200-year-old museum began after it closed to the public on Sunday and raged into the night. There were no reports of injuries, but the loss to Brazilian science, history and culture was incalculable, two of its vice-directors said.
Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Firefighters spray water on the facade of the National Museum. Investigators were awaiting permission to enter the charred remains of the building to try to determine the cause of Sunday’s devastating fire and to survey the damage it has wrought on one of the largest scientific and historical collections in Latin America.
Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP
New York, US
Fatou Jobe, 24, a model based in New York, poses for a portrait in Manhattan. New York is one of the fashion capitals of the world and, as fashion week kicks off, stylists, buyers, fashion enthusiasts and celebrities will be keen to see what has been declared ‘in style’ for the coming autumn and winter seasons. Off the runway, however, a different story about what is fashionable will be told on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx where vintage pieces, unique footwear and comfort are highly favored by people living in the city’s boroughs.
Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters
New York, US
Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic serves to Madison Keys of the US during the sixth day of the US Open Tennis championships.
Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA
Yangon, Myanmar
Detained Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo leave Insein court. The seven-year jail sentence handed down to the two journalists arrested in Myanmar, while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslims, was condemned worldwide as a travesty of justice and severe blow to press freedom in the south-east Asian country.
Photograph: Reuters
Baza, Spain
People covered in black grease take part in the traditional festival of the Cascamorras. Every year a villager from Guadix dresses as an oddball character called Cascamorras and travels the three kilometers to the village of Baza, flanked by a team of representatives, to stage an attempt to recapture the statue of the Pieta virgin before returning to Guadix after three days to be punished by the locals for his failure.
Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images
Mumbai, India
Celebrations erupt in Mumbai after the supreme court unanimously ruled to decriminalize homosexual sex in a landmark judgment for gay rights. A five-judge bench at the country’s highest court ruled that a 160-year-old law banning sex “against the order of nature” amounted to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and was unconstitutional.
Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
Dalyan, Turkey
A sea turtle returns to the sea after laying eggs at Iztuzu beach.
Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters
Dublin, Ireland
Deer rest in front of the Papal cross during a sunny day at Phoenix Park.
Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters