From fashion shows to natural disasters: Week's most eye-catching photos worldwide

Photo-editors picked top-11 shots showing global events from early november 2024. Images capture everything from natural disasters and political shifts to fashion shows and military training

November 8 2024 , 07:12 PM  •  396 views

From fashion shows to natural disasters: Week's most eye-catching photos worldwide

Washington Posts photo-editors picked eleven stand-out images showing world-changing moments from early-nov 2024

At Melbournes Flemington track‚ the Birdcage competition showed-off Lekaiya Rabbitts head-piece (designed by top-notch creator Belinda Osborne)

The Mountain Fire brought chaos to Camarillo; fire-fighters rushed to save a classic MG car from flames while nearby homes burned. In another weather-related event Hurricane Rafael hit Cuba making people use make-shift shields at bus-stops; meanwhile in Masanasa Spain Vero Almarche and her elderly neighbor Maria Munoz shared an emotional moment near Munozʼs flood-wrecked childhood home

The us-presidential race reached its peak with these key moments:

  • Donald Trump speaking through bullet-proof glass in Lititz
  • Victory celebration at Palm Beach after winning 47th presidency
  • Kamala Harris farewell speech at her alma-mater Howard Uni
  • Georgia Stand Upʼs pre-election street party near Metropolitan Library

In Rutland Britain; a military-dog training session showed Pvt McLoughlin working with canine partner Grainger at St Georges base: demonstrating the continuing preparation of service animals