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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 Canada Post workers on strike and French ex-president’s sentencing

CBC News · Posted: Sep 27, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 27

A picketer outside a Canada Post processing centre, as a cyclist rides by.Canada Post employees walked off the job Thursday, including this worker in Richmond, B.C., pictured on Friday, after the union endorsed a nationwide strike over Ottawa’s recommendations for the Crown corporation, which is losing $10 million a day, to end home delivery and close some rural mail outlets. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

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 people on stage standing behind bulletproof glass including a woman making a gesture with her left hand.Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, gestures next to U.S. President Donald Trump during a memorial service for the slain conservative commentator at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Sunday. (Daniel Cole/Reuters)An older man at a podium speaking to a mostly empty UN General Assembly.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th UN General Assembly after dozens of delegates from multiple nations walked out of the UN hall as he took to the podium in New York on Friday. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)Two women standing in front of wire fence and police tape, with an ostrich behind them.Universal Ostrich Farms co-owner Karen Espersen — pictured with her daughter Katie Pasitney, far left — speaks with supporters at the farm in Edgewood, B.C., on Monday as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency prepares to cull hundreds of ostriches. However, the birds have been given a temporary reprieve after the nation’s top court issued a last-minute stay of the cull. (Aaron Hemens/The Canadian Press)Pope holding up to bless a baby in pink dress and matching headband, while he's on the popemobile surrounded by people taking pictures with their cellphones.Pope Leo blesses a baby as he greets the crowd at Saint Peter’s Square during a general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images)People clasping each others arms, building human towers during a celebration in Spain.Participants build human towers, known as castells, during the La Mercè celebrations at Sant Jaume Square in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday. (Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press)A woman wearing virtual reality goggles and playing a game, with a screen behind her that reads: Bienvenue.Laurelie Boucher-Gould of tech company Vooban plays a virtual reality canoeing game at the All In AI conference in Montreal on Wednesday. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press)Golfer's head seen as he takes a swing with his club from a course's bunker area.United States’ Xander Schauffele hits from the bunker area of the golf course on the ninth hole during a practice round for the Ryder Cup golf tournament in Farmingdale, N.Y., on Wednesday. (Lindsey Wasson/The Associated Press)Four images taken seconds apart, showing a skateboarder going down one side of a sloped building.A combination picture shows Brazilian skateboarder Sandro Dias riding down the side of the Fernando Ferrari Administrative Center building from 70 metres, breaking the world record, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Thursday. (Diego Vara/Reuters)Man and his wife face a crowd of cameras outside a courtroom.Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to media after a Paris court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya, on Thursday. (APChristophe Ena/The Associated Press)A model in glittery outfit walking the catwalk, seen in profile, with audience watching.A model wears a creation from the Giuseppe Di Morabito Spring/Summer 2026 collection during Milan Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy, on Friday. (Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters)Cadets wearing hats, blue short-sleeved shirts, white gloves and dark pants, throwing their rifles in the air on a tarmarc. Indian airforce cadets toss their rifles during a full dress rehearsal ahead of a MIG-21 Bison fighter jet farewell at Chandigarh Airforce Station on Wednesday. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)Aerial drone image shows a river next to a highway, with a green forest and park as well as a city skyline in the distance.The Don River and Toronto skyline are pictured on Monday — the fall equinox marking the end of summer. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)

 

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