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    Picture Week: October 12-18, 2024

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    A series of striking news photos taken around the world this week.

    Jane Barlow/PA Media October's full moon is known as the Hunter's Set behind Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. October 17, 2024. The castle is in the foreground to the right.Jane Barlow/PA Media

    October’s full moon, known as the Hunter’s Moon, sets behind Edinburgh Castle. A supermoon occurs when the moon follows an elliptical (oval) orbit around the Earth and is at its closest approach to the Earth.

    Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images There is a giant dove sculpture in the foreground, with only the heads of passers-by visible below. The background is high-rise buildings and the sky is blue.Selcuk Akar/Anadolu, Getty Images

    A 16-foot-tall (4.9 m) pigeon sculpture named “Dinosaur” stands on the High Line in New York City, created by Colombian artist Ivan Argote.

    Owen Humphreys/PA Media Drone shot of a row of houses with the central house collapsed into a pile of rubble and charred wood. Emergency services workers in bright orange overalls were at the center of the rubble. October 16, 2024. Owen Humphreys/PA Media

    An explosion in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, destroyed three houses and killed a seven-year-old boy and a man in his 30s. Emergency services searched the scene as part of an investigation into what caused the explosion.

    Yang Wei/VCG via Getty Images On the evening of October 16, 2024, in Beijing, China, Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) passed over the Dazhuang section of the Great Wall and can be seen in the foreground. Yang Wei/VCG via Getty Images

    Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) streaked over the Dazhuangke section of the Great Wall in Beijing. Comet A3 was first discovered in January 2023 at the Chuqinshan Observatory in China. Since October 12, it has become easier for stargazers to see it, and it can now be seen with the naked eye.

    Lisi Niesner/REUTERS A zoo keeper wearing a green medical gown, hairnet and mask holds a two-month-old giant panda cub in an enclosure. One of the panda's paws is raised in a wavy shape. Berlin, Germany, October 15, 2024. Liz Nissner/Reuters

    In an enclosure at the Berlin Zoo, a keeper holds a two-month-old giant panda cub, one of the giant panda’s adorable twin cubs.

    Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters A woman with long dark hair, wearing a blue soccer jersey and white socks, runs towards the ball, while another blonde woman, wearing a red soccer jersey, rushes towards the ball with her right foot. The woman in red yelled and fell to the grass. Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

    Twente’s Lisk Kali attempts to counter Chelsea’s Myra Ramires during the Women’s Champions League match in Enschede, Netherlands. English champions Chelsea maintained their 100% start to the season with a 3-1 victory over the Netherlands to move three points clear at the top of Group B.

    Behcet Alkan/Anadolu via Getty Images A hot air balloon flies over Cappadocia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. October 14, 2024. More than twenty balloons of different colors rose into the light blue sky at varying distances. There are faint clouds on the right.Behcet Alkan/Anadolu Photo source: Getty Images

    Hot air balloon flies over Nevsehir, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cappadocia, Türkiye.

    Olympia de Maismont/AFP Two children in brown patterned clothing stand next to two children in purple patterned clothing. On October 12, 2024, a green tent can be seen in the distant background.Olympia de Maismont/AFP

    Twins pose for photos during the 2024 Igbo-Ola World Twins Festival.

    Victoria Jones/Reuters Queen Camilla, wearing a royal blue dress and holding a clear plastic umbrella and a beige handbag, smiled and saluted a man in uniform. She stood at the bottom of some steps bearing the label Victoria Jones/Reuters

    Queen Camilla of England appears at Sydney Airport. After a heavy rain, she and King Charles III arrived on a Royal Australian Air Force plane to begin their six-day tour of Australia.

    Yuri Cortes/AFP A group of young people set their mobile phones on fire in the darkness. A person holds a large black and white photo of singer Liam Payne Yuri Cortes/AFP

    A group of young people lit up phones in front of the Revolutionary Monument in Mexico City to pay tribute to British singer Liam Payne. The former One Direction star died at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony of a Buenos Aires hotel in Argentina.

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