Week in pictures 9 September 2023
BLACK ROCK DESERT: Vehicles leave the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert on Monday, September 4. Thousands of Burning Man attendees made their mass exodus after intense rain over the weekend flooded camp sites and filled them with thick mud. More than 70,000 people were stranded as they waited for the area to dry out (Matt Mills McKnight/Reuters)
HONG KONG: Workers clean up around a fallen tree in Hong Kong on Saturday, September 2. The tree was downed by Typhoon Saola, the strongest typhoon Hong Kong has seen in five years (Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images)
LONDON: From left, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones pose for photos in London at the launch of the band’s new album “Hackney Diamonds” on Wednesday, September 6. It’s their first new music in 18 years (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)
NIAMEY: Supporters of the military junta in Niger protest outside an airbase in Niamey, Niger, demanding the departure of the French soldiers stationed there on Saturday, September 2. In July, the junta overthrew Mohamed Bazoum, the democratically elected president of the African country (AFP/Getty Images)
LEFKIMI: Panagiotis Arabatzis hugs his son Stamatis as they watch smoke rising from a wildfire near the Greek village of Lefkimi on Saturday, September 2. Greece has had a devastating wildfire season this year (Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters)
MUNICH: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during an event at the Munich Auto Show on Tuesday, September 5. Scholz is wearing an eye patch after he was injured from a fall while jogging (Leonhard Simon/Reuters)
VENICE: Actor Tony Leung receives the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award during the Venice Film Festival in Italy on Saturday, September 2 (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)
LAJEADO: Floodwaters surround houses in Lajeado, Brazil, on Wednesday, September 6. More than 30 people are dead after an extratropical cyclone hit southern Brazil (Diego Vara/Reuters)
MUMBAI: Children, with their faces painted as the Hindu goddess Kali, take part in a cultural event ahead of the Janmashtami festival in Mumbai, India, on Monday, September (Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)
CHAMONIX: An athlete is seen in Chamonix, France, while competing in the Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc, a mountain ultramarathon, on Saturday, September 2 (Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images)