A selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
Image copyrightDomenic Aquilina/EPAImage caption Migrants rescued at sea by the Italian coastguard are driven away on police buses after disembarking in Floriana, Malta. Image copyrightKilian Fichou/AFPImage caption Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, gestures to an empty podium as he speaks to the press after meeting UK counterpart Boris Johnson, who cancelled his press appearance because he feared he would be drowned out by protesters. Image copyrightKoen van Weel/AFPImage caption Members of the Dutch Royal Guard guide their horses through clouds of thick smoke and gunfire on the beach of Scheveningen, near The Hague, to prepare them for the Prinsjesdag parade on 17 September. Image copyrightRicardo Moraes/ReutersImage caption A tract of Amazon rainforest burns as it is cleared by farmers in Rio Pardo, Rondonia, Brazil. Image copyrightTom Brenner/ReutersImage caption Banknotes protrude from US President Donald Trump’s back pocket as he boards Air Force One at Moffett Federal Airfield in California. Image copyrightSusana Vera/ReutersImage caption People stand near their damaged belongings, piled up outside homes, after torrential rain hit Almoradi, on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Image copyrightToby Melville/ReutersImage caption The sun rises behind a deer at dawn in Richmond Park, south-west London, as the UK enjoys some mild September weather. Image copyrightJustin Lane/EPAImage caption An optical illusion is created as a man walks past street art in New York. Image copyrightJim Lo Scalzo/EPAImage caption Climate activist Greta Thunberg poses for a selfie with Panamanian climate activist Militza Flaco outside the US Supreme Court in Washington. Image copyrightDavid M. Benett/GettyImage caption Bjorn Ulvaeus makes a cameo appearance in one of his original Abba costumes from 1977 at the opening night of Mamma Mia! The Party at the O2 in London on 19 September.
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Image copyright Domenic Aquilina/EPA 
Image copyright Kilian Fichou/AFP 
Image copyright Koen van Weel/AFP 
Image copyright Ricardo Moraes/Reuters 
Image copyright Tom Brenner/Reuters 
Image copyright Susana Vera/Reuters 
Image copyright Toby Melville/Reuters 
Image copyright Justin Lane/EPA 
Image copyright Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA 
Image copyright David M. Benett/Getty 