Global Photography of the Week: From French Student Protests to the Reopening of Dubai Miracle Garden

Demonstrators gathered outside Lycee Simone Weil in Paris during a nationwide day of protests by French high school pupils. Meanwhile, a giant Argentina football shirt was displayed at the National Flag Memorial in Rosario to mark Lionel Messi's final match for his country.

In the Middle East, Houthi fighters gathered in Sanaa as the group continued fighting against the Saudi-led coalition and Yemeni government forces, while Palestinians assessed the damage caused to a house hit by Israeli strikes on Gaza city.

An attempt to set the Guinness World Records for the largest gathering of people dressed as Spider-Man took place unsuccessfully in New York City. In Abu Dhabi, a display was featured at the Ai Everything summit, and US service members cheered as the USS Abraham Lincoln returned to its home port at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego.

Other notable events included the 94th Indian Air Force Day parade at Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad, India, an Egyptian farmer collecting dates during the harvest in Badrshein south of Giza, and a rescuer kneeling by a makeshift memorial at an apartment building where at least 22 residents were killed in a Russian missile strike in Pryluky, Ukraine.

In sports and culture, riders took part in the Lammat Watan equestrian festival in Souq al Khamis Amsihel, Libya, migrants rescued from a boat off the coast of Lanzarote arrived in the port of Arrecife in the Canary Islands, Spain, and South Korea's Nuri rocket (KSLV-II) lifted off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea.

Additional images captured a Palestinian boy carrying containers of water past the rubble of buildings destroyed during the war in Gaza city, the water in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Fountain dyed red on the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks, and visitors photographing a 3.5-metre shark trapped in a canal in the south-eastern port city of Busan, South Korea.

Migrants also shielded themselves from the rain while queuing at a stall run by a charity organisation in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa, wrestlers grappled at the EnglandSumo Open Weight Competition in Uxbridge, UK, and mourners prayed next to the coffin of Kashif Umar during a funeral procession in Karachi.

Surfers waited for early morning waves at Sunset Beach near Burj Al Arab, Dubai, and the aftermath of a scrapyard fire allegedly started by Israeli settlers was documented in the village of Ayn Yabrud north-east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. A bomb disposal expert worked at the scene after a gas cylinder was found under the statue of David at Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence, Italy.

In Northern Ireland, a protester demonstrating against the Orange Order's annual parade held a placard as talks continued over the disputed route of the Drumcree march in Portadown. 'Castellers' built a human tower during a competition in Tarragona, Spain, a ferry carried US marines from the USS George HW Bush to Phuket Deep Sea Port in Thailand, and egrets rested on a beach in Mannar, Sri Lanka.

Carlos Alcaraz played a forehand against Denis Shapovalov at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open in Tokyo, a wildfire burned in the Sacred Valley of the Incas near the main access road to Machu Picchu in Peru, and a protester was arrested at a rally demanding the resignation of India's chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi.

Finally, Dubai Miracle Garden reopened for its 15th season, capturing striking images from around the world.