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PHOTO GALLERY: The good, the bad and the ugly

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8 Aug 2025

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Here is a selection of news photographs from the global news agency Agence France-Presse, showcasing the world in one week.

A Jockey poses for a portrait during the annual horse racing event taking place on the first Saturday after King Letsie III’s birthday in Semonkong, Lesotho. PHOTO: Fredrik Lerneryd / AFP) Credit: AFP

A donkey stands next to a boy by destroyed tents in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment in the Japanese neighbourhood in the northwest of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. PHOTO: AFP) Credit: AFP

Thai mechanic shop owner and avid Tiktoker, Tharnuwarht Plengkemratch interacting with his pet lion-tiger hybrid, Big George, in Chiang Mai. Thailand’s captive lion population has exploded in recent years, with nearly 500 registered individuals in zoos, breeding farms, petting cafes and homes. PHOTO: Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP Credit: AFP

A pilgrim waves a flag of France as she walks away from the Colosseum during the Vatican’s Jubilee of Youth in Rome. About 1 million people attend the final Mass on 3 August, with Pope Leo XIV in Rome’s Tor Vergata neighbourhood, just over two months after he became the head of the Catholic Church and the first American Pope. PHOTO: Filippo Monteforte / AFP Credit: AFP

Two women and a girl march with other Shiite Muslim devotee in the Midaina district in the north of Iraq’s Basra province at sunset as they make their way to the shrine city of Karbala joining the Arbaeen pilgrimage, marking 40 days after commemorations of the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussein. PHOTO Hussein Faleh / AFP Credit: AFP

A cosplayer poses during ChinaJoy, known as China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Shanghai. PHOTO: Hector Retamal / AFP Credit: AFP

Rescuers clear debris as they work at the site of a destroyed residential building following a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. PHOTO: Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP Credit: AFP

Giant flames engulfing trees in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Federal troops have been deployed to help fire responses in several parts of the country this year, including the central provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where elevated temperatures and dry conditions led to a tumultuous spring. PHOTO: Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency / AFP Credit: AFP

A man holds a live scorpion with his tongue during the 2025 Jola Cultural Festival (Futampaff) in Thiobon, Senegal, on 6 August. The Festival is a significant cultural event for the Jola people, marking the transition from boyhood to manhood. As part of the rites, young initiates prepare to enter the sacred forest, a deeply spiritual journey guided by tradition and ancestral wisdom. The ceremony also teaches the importance of respecting elders and women, learning how to share, and embracing principles of success and community. PHOTO Muhamadou Bittaye / AFP Credit: AFP

Principal Research Scientist (Mycology) Tom May at the Royal Botanic Gardens inspects a Death Cap mushroom, an extremely toxic mushroom and responsible for 90 percent of all mushroom poisoning deaths, in Melbourne. An Australian woman murdered her husband’s parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms. Keen home cook Erin Patterson hosted an intimate meal in July 2023 that started with good-natured banter and earnest prayer – but ended with three guests dead. PHOTO: William West / AFP Credit: AFP

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