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Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here’s a selection of the week’s top images.

Top shots include migrants crossing English Channel, PM Carney visits Ukraine

CBC News · Posted: Aug 30, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

A bird's-eye view of three men walking on a red carpet, inspecting soldiers three lines deep.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz walks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as they review military honours at the courtyard of the Chancellery in Berlin on Tuesday. (Annegret Hilse/Reuters)

Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here’s a selection of the week’s top images.

Two men taking part in a wreath-laying ceremony with marching soldiers ahead of them holding a banner that reads: Canada.Carney and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial wall on Independence Day in Kyiv on Sunday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)A pilot flying in the cockpit of a biplane near another biplane in the air over a waterfront city.The Northern Stars Aeroteam fly their Pitts Special biplanes over Toronto on Friday during a training session before the start of the Canadian International Air Show. (Alex Lupul/CBC)A father carries his daughter as they walk down a treelined sidewalk.A father carries his daughter to their vehicle after a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Two children were killed and 18 others, mostly kids, were wounded. (Ben Brewer/Reuters)A female golfer teeing off on a golf course, under a cloudy sky, and tall grass in the foreground.Canada’s Brooke Henderson tees off on the 16th hole during the fourth round of the CPKC Women’s Open at the Mississauga Golf and Country Club in Mississauga, Ont., on Sunday. She won the tournament making it her 14th LPGA Tour title. (Thomas Skrlj/The Canadian Press)Band members on stage against large screen displaying a guitarist, with fans in the foreground.Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher perform during the Oasis Live ’25 tour at Rogers Stadium in Toronto on Sunday. The tour, which began in July, has brought the British band’s first live appearances since they split up in 2009. (Alex Lupul/CBC)A bird's-eye view of a flooded street due to monsoon rains, with vehicles and pedestrians down the middle of the street.Vehicles and pedestrians move along a flooded road following heavy monsoon rains and rising water levels in Sialkot, Punjab province, Pakistan, on Wednesday. (Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)A protester jumping over teargas canister on smoky street.A demonstrator runs through tear gas during a labour union protest for improving working conditions, near Parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)A woman holding a young girl who is crying in front of a damaged car and residential building. Women react as they stand at the site of a damaged building hit by a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, in one of the biggest Russian air attacks since the war began. At least 18 people, including four children, were killed. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)A child on a man's shoulder in the ocean, with land in the distance.A migrant carrying a child wades through the sea to try to board an inflatable dinghy leaving the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel to Britain, from the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, France, on Monday. (Hannah McKay/Reuters)The Milky Way is seen above the ancient ruins of Palmyra, at night.The Milky Way is seen above the ancient ruins of Palmyra in central Syria early Sunday. Palmyra is one of six Syrian sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, all of which suffered varying degrees of damage during the country’s 13-year civil war. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images)A female discus thrower competing.Olympic champion Valarie Allman of the U.S. competes in the women’s discus throw event of the Diamond League athletics meeting Weltklasse in Zurich on Thursday. Allman finishes first. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)A bird flies by a field and farm buildings, with mountains in the distance that are cloaked in smokey air. A hazy sky due to wildfires is pictured in Chilliwack, B.C., on Monday. (Ethan Cairns/CBC)Corrections and clarifications·Submit a news tip·Report error