CHILE – Desert flowers bloom: Flowers cover the Atacama Desert near Copiapo last Tuesday.
Photo: Matias Basualdo/AP
MALAYSIA – Emperor God Festival: Malaysian Chinese – carrying an emperor God – walk barefoot over burning coals on the final day of the Nine Emperor Gods festival t a temple in Kuala Lumpur last Tuesday. Photo: Vincent Thian/AP
SOMALIA – Displaced people: Children stood near shelters for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow last Monday. A rare declaration of famine may occur within weeks. Photo: Jerome Delay/AP
INDONESIA – Soccer stampede: Men were overcome by emotion as they offered prayers for the victim of Saturday’s soccer stampede outside the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java last Wednesday. Photo: Dicky Bisinglasi/AP
TEXAS – Judge’s ball: Fans reached for a foul ball by New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge during the second inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington last Tuesday. Photo: LM Otero/AP
UKRAINE – Home after an attack: Local resident Ekaterina, 22, stood next to her residential building near Kramatorsk that was damaged after an overnight Russian attack last Tuesday. Photo: Andriy Andriyenko/AP
INDIA – Ravana gets ready: An artist dressed as the demon king Ravana, right, tries to put on an 8-headed crown before a performance of a traditional Ramleela drama to celebrate the festival of Dussehra in New Delhi last Tuesday. Photo: Altaf Qadri/AP
UNITED KINGDOM – The English conservative leader: Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss smiled before making a speech at the Conservative Party conference at the ICC in Birmingham last Wednesday. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP