Pictures of the week 23 to 29 September 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best photos, from Rohingya refugees and Mexico City earthquake, to Invictus Games, battle for Raqqa and Take a Knee protests.
Ashura 2017: Shia Muslims beat themselves with chains and knives [Graphic images]
Many devotees beat their heads and chests with chains and knives, and gash their heads with swords to show their grief and echo the suffering of Imam Hussein.
Winners of the Royal Photographic Society's 160th International Photography Exhibition
The RPS has named four award winners in its 160th International Photography Exhibition, the world's longest running photographic exhibition.
Hurricane Maria: Trump says his administration is doing a GREAT job. Puerto Rico disagrees
The US territory of 3.4 million people has struggled through nine days with virtually no electricity and shortages of fuel and clean water in the wake of the most powerful storm to hit the island in nearly 90 years.
Catalonia's banned independence referendum plunges Spain into biggest crisis since Franco
Catalonia's interior minister says the region's authorities are aiming to ensure that the disputed referendum will take place peacefully.
Photos: Vanuatu's Manaro Voui volcano eruption forces total evacuation of Ambae island
Vanuatu, home to about 260,000 people, is made up of about 65 islands on the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire.
First look at burnt Rohingya Muslim villages in Rakhine state, Myanmar
Reporters have finally been allowed to venture into Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, formerly home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled into Bangladesh.
Photos of 'final stages' in battle for Raqqa as noose tightens on Isis
Syrian Democratic Forces have seized 80 to 90 percent of the city and have hemmed the jihadists into a few districts in the north of the city.
Pre-Incan grave with skeletons of 1,000-year-old human sacrifices found in Peru
Archaeologists found the remains of nine men, all between the ages of 25 and 30, who were sacrificed as part of a Sican ritual.
Another Rwanda: Nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar in four weeks
The number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh since 25 August has been estimated at 480,000 – 60% of them children.
Mount Agung photos: Tens of thousands flee Bali volcano 'about to erupt'
Bali is being shaken daily by hundreds of tremors from the mountain, which volcanologists say indicates a high chance of an eruption.
See inspiring early entries in the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards
The 2018 Sony World Photography Awards, one of the world's leading photography competitions, are now open for entries.
Puerto Rico 'set back decades' by Hurricane Maria and a weakened dam may fail at any moment
The storm-battered US island territory has struggled through days with virtually no electricity, and more misery could be on the way thanks to a dam that might fail at any moment.
Rohingya Muslim children's drawings depict horrific acts of ethnic cleansing by Myanmar military
Young Rohingya refugees' drawings are filled with traumatic scenes such as people being shot or burned alive by the military.
Taking a Knee: NFL, NBA, MLB and entertainment stars take a stand against racism and Trump
At least 200 NFL players knelt, sat, prayed or raised a clenched fist during the Star Spangled Banner. Three teams didn't even take the field until the national anthem was over.
One week to cross a street: How Isis-backed fighters pinned down Philippines' military in Marawi
The fighting in Marawi is so intense that it took soldiers a whole week just to cross one street in the embattled city.
Photos: Hurricane Maria lashes Puerto Rico, leaving island without power 'for weeks or months'
Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico as the strongest storm to hit the US territory in nearly 90 years, even stronger than Irma.
Huge crowds gather in Barcelona as Spanish police raid Catalonia government offices
Spain has cancelled all time off for police in Catalonia as tensions rise ahead of a planned referendum on the region's independence.
In pictures: South Africa's Boxing Grannies pack quite a punch
The Boxing Gogos (Boxing Grannies) don their gloves for twice-weekly training sessions at the A Team Gym in Cosmo City in Johannesburg.
Mexico City earthquake: Parents and rescuers search for children in rubble of collapsed school
Desperate parents join police, firefighters and volunteers as they work through the night in a frantic search for dozens of young children feared buried under a Mexico City school.
These heartbreaking photos show the living hell faced by Rohingya women and child refugees
A family with a tiny baby living in a concrete pipe, and another family burying a 70-year-old woman who died just days after they'd carried her all the way from Myanmar.
Oktoberfest 2017: The world's biggest beer festival in numbers and pictures
Organisers estimate that Oktoberfest's seven million visitors will drink a similar number of litres of beer.
New home for the photos that showed the British what we're really like
Over a 40-year career, Martin Parr has used humorous details to highlight a sense of hopelessness in British society.
Pictures of the week 9 to 15 September 2017: Seven days of the world's best photojournalism
The week's best photos from around the world, from Hurricane Irma and Mexico earthquake to the Rohingya crisis and Australia's same-sex marriage vote.
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 winners revealed – and they're out of this world
Spectacular space images from the winners of the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 competition.
Christopher Herwig's Soviet Bus Stops Volume II: More surprising sights behind the Iron Curtain
After the popular and critical success of his first book, Soviet Bus Stops, Herwig has returned to the former Soviet Union to hunt for more.
Harrowing photos of Rohingya refugees fleeing 'ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar
Award-winning British photojournalist Dan Kitwood has spent several days in Bangladesh covering the Rohingya refugee crisis. His photos show the scale of the exodus as wave after wave of desperate people arrive by land, river and sea.
Greece: Popular Athens beaches covered with black oil from sunken tanker
Greek authorities have appealed to swimmers to stay away from the beaches in the southern suburbs of Athens after thick black oil began washing up.
Royal Photographic Society presents the best science images of 2017
Winners and shortlisted images include a mosquito's foot and a skull-shaped tapeworm that latches onto the intestine of its host.
Over 10,000 costumes on offer at Royal Shakespeare Company jumble sale
The stock includes a variety of period costumes such as doublets, cloaks, helmets, uniforms, codpieces and bum rolls.
