Here is the top news photograpy from the past week: 

NORTH KOREA: This photo provided by the North Korean government on Thursday, September 16, shows a missile being launched from a train Wednesday in an undisclosed part of North Korea. Both North and South Korea tested missiles on Wednesday ratcheting up tensions in what was already one of the most volatile regions on the planet (KCNA/AP).

CAPE CANAVERAL: A SpaceX rocket launches a four-person, all-tourist crew into Earth's orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday, September 15. The Inspiration4 mission is being billed as the beginning of a new era of space travel for average people (Steve Nesius/Reuters).

EYSTUROY: The carcasses of dead white-sided dolphins lie on a beach after being pulled from blood-stained waters on the island of Eysturoy, which is part of the Faroe Islands, on Sunday, September 12. More than 1,400 dolphins were killed in what local authorities said was a traditional whaling hunt. The killing has been denounced by marine conservation group Sea Shepherd as a "brutal and badly mishandled" massacre (Sea Shepherd/AP).

MONZA: The Formula 1 car of Max Verstappen lands on the top of Lewis Hamilton's car during a collision during the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, September 12. Both drivers were able to walk away from the incident but were ruled out for the remainder of the race. Hamilton told reporters that he felt "fortunate to be alive” (Andrej Isakovic/AFP/Getty Images).