Week in pictures 03 September 2022
BERLIN:
A man places a rose on a sculpture of Mikhail Gorbachev at the Fathers of Unity memorial in Berlin on Wednesday, August 31. Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, died at the age of 91. He was credited with introducing key reforms to the USSR and helping to end the Cold War (Lisi Niesner/Reuters)
PARIS:
Flowers, photographs and messages pay tribute to the late Princess Diana at the Liberty Flame, above the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris on Wednesday, August 31. Twenty-five years after her untimely death, Diana remains a beloved figure (Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
LAMPEDUSA:
Migrants are rescued by volunteers of the Ocean Viking, a migrant search and rescue ship, south of the Italian island of Lampedusa on Saturday, August 27 (Jeremias Gonzalez/AP)
SPACE:
Stunning new images produced by the Hubble Telescope and the James Webb Telescope showcase the Phantom Galaxy, a spiral of solar systems 32 million light-years away from Earth (NASA/ESA)
JAFFARABAD:
Flood-affected people take refuge at a makeshift camp in Pakistan's Jaffarabad district on Wednesday, August 31. Severe raind and flooding have killed more than 1,000 people in Pakistan since mid-June, officials said (Fida Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK:
Fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium show their love for Serena Williams after her opening US Open win over Danka Kovinic on Monday, August 29. This will be Williams’ last tournament as she has said she will "evolve away" from tennis (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
BUNOL:
Revelers are covered in tomato pulp while participating the annual Tomatina festival in Buñol, Spain, on Wednesday, August 31. The “world’s largest food fight” was in its 75th year (Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON:
A young pitch invader is removed by a steward after a Premier League match in Southampton, England, on Saturday, August 27 (Hannah Mckay/Reuters)
BISHKEK:
A man holds his golden eagle during a hunting festival outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday, August 29 (Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images)
NOIDA:
A pair of 40-story skyscrapers are imploded in Noida, India, on Sunday, August 28. The country's Supreme Court ordered the buildings to be razed after ruling that its builders had violated a series of critical construction rules (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)
BERLIN: A man places a rose on a sculpture of Mikhail Gorbachev at the Fathers of Unity memorial in Berlin on Wednesday, August 31. Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, died at the age of 91. He was credited with introducing key reforms to the USSR and helping to end the Cold War (Lisi Niesner/Reuters)
PARIS: Flowers, photographs and messages pay tribute to the late Princess Diana at the Liberty Flame, above the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris on Wednesday, August 31. Twenty-five years after her untimely death, Diana remains a beloved figure (Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
LAMPEDUSA: Migrants are rescued by volunteers of the Ocean Viking, a migrant search and rescue ship, south of the Italian island of Lampedusa on Saturday, August 27 (Jeremias Gonzalez/AP)
SPACE:Stunning new images produced by the Hubble Telescope and the James Webb Telescope showcase the Phantom Galaxy, a spiral of solar systems 32 million light-years away from Earth (NASA/ESA)
JAFFARABAD: Flood-affected people take refuge at a makeshift camp in Pakistan's Jaffarabad district on Wednesday, August 31. Severe raind and flooding have killed more than 1,000 people in Pakistan since mid-June, officials said (Fida Hussain/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK: Fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium show their love for Serena Williams after her opening US Open win over Danka Kovinic on Monday, August 29. This will be Williams’ last tournament as she has said she will "evolve away" from tennis (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)
BUNOL: Revelers are covered in tomato pulp while participating the annual Tomatina festival in Buñol, Spain, on Wednesday, August 31. The “world’s largest food fight” was in its 75th year (Manuel Queimadelos Alonso/Getty Images)
SOUTHAMPTON: A young pitch invader is removed by a steward after a Premier League match in Southampton, England, on Saturday, August 27 (Hannah Mckay/Reuters)
BISHKEK: A man holds his golden eagle during a hunting festival outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday, August 29 (Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images)
NOIDA: A pair of 40-story skyscrapers are imploded in Noida, India, on Sunday, August 28. The country's Supreme Court ordered the buildings to be razed after ruling that its builders had violated a series of critical construction rules (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)