Morocco quake, giant roosters, Paris rowers and more: Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

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Morocco quake, giant roosters, Paris rowers and more: Top 10 pictures of the week from around the world

A selection of top news pictures from US, Asia, Europe and around the globe

Published: September 15, 2023 16:50 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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Pictures_of_the_Week_Latin_America_and_Caribbean_Photo_Gallery_24641--0bc75-(Read-Only) — The architectural attraction 'Cruise of the Andes', decorated with symbols of the Tiwanakota and Inca cultures, towers over El Alto, Bolivia, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Architect Freddy Mamami is the creator of the building popularly known as a cholet, a term that combines the words cholo and chalet. Image Credit: AP

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467456-01-02-(Read-Only) — A photo taken on September 14, 2023 shows the Mont Saint-Michel before the festivities marking the millenium of the monument. Image Credit: AFP

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432092-01-02-(Read-Only) — Rowers scull along the River Seine towards the Ile de la Cité, as they participate in the annual 'La Traversee de Paris en Aviron' rowing event, that brings together more than 1000 rowers and 230 boats in Paris, on September 10, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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441062-01-02-(Read-Only) — People observe a memorial with the names of the Chilean dictatorship victims, displayed outside the Morande 80 door of La Moneda Presidential Palace from which Salvador Allende's corpse was taken out after his murder ordered by Augusto Pinochet, during a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Chilean dictatorship in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, on September 11, 2023. The president of Chile, the leftist Gabriel Boric, leads a series of events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état that overthrew the government of Salvador Allende, with the presence of Latin American leaders and Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine. Image Credit: AFP

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2023-09-14T181032Z_38521148_RC2983AF8JKE_RTRMADP_3_MOROCCO-QUAKE-(Read-Only) — People affected by a deadly earthquake stand on a house, in the rural village of Azermoun, Morocco September 14, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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2023-09-13T165625Z_1816970459_RC2SZ2AUP9PY_RTRMADP_3_BRAZIL-ANIMALS-GIANT-ROOSTERS — A Giant Indian Urubu named Varapau stands next to a child, Gabriel Pereira, one year and 9 months old, at the Avicultura Gigante, which breeds giant roosters for small-scale meat production and ornamental purposes, in Formosa, Goias State, Brazil September 1, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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Pictures_of_the_Week_Asia_Photo_Gallery_08929--ee7bc-(Read-Only) — Men chat by the banks of the Jhelum river in Srinagar, Sept 13, 2023. Image Credit: AP

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433478-01-02-(Read-Only) — A worker operates machines at a texile factory in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on September 14, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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Pictures_of_the_Week_Asia_Photo_Gallery_61822--e4a28-(Read-Only) — A devotee prays as she watches a parade carrying idols of Buddha during the Pancha Dan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Pancha Dan, the festival of five summer gifts, is a day when devotees donate five commodities they consider essential for their well being, which are unhusked paddy, rice grains, pulses, salt and money. Image Credit: AP

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2023-09-13T175413Z_1250232854_RC2Q73A4B369_RTRMADP_3_BRAZIL-INDIGENOUS-(Read-Only) — Indigenous women from different tribes attend the third March of Indigenous Women, in defence of women's rights, local indigenous people and the environment in Brasilia, Brazil September 13, 2023. Image Credit: Reuters

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