The most striking images of the week

A stunning poppy display and a hippo and her calf swimming side by side - here are the images of the week chosen by the Paste BN picture editors.

A poppy display at St Michael's Church in Broadway, Worcestershire, ahead of Remembrance Day.

Propstore CEO Stephen Lane holds a 'rebel pilot helmet' from the 1980 film Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

Dust rises following collapses of parts of the Torre dei Conti tower in Rome. A man who was trapped under the rubble of the medieval tower in central Rome died.

Autumnal colours at Jesmond Dene in Newcastle.

People vote in the New York City mayoral election at a polling site in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

New York's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani - who described himself as "Trump's worst nightmare" - said he's shown how the Democrats can defeat the US president.

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Clandestine art by French artist James Colomina is on display in Amsterdam canals to criticize climate policy.

Hindu devotees sit together with oil lamps to pray to Lokenath Brahmachari, a Hindu saint and philosopher, as they observe the Rakher Upobash festival.

The Prince of Wales takes part in a game of volleyball with players from thee Levante Institute, a local beach volleyball school, at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

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Hippo mother Nala and her calf, born in late September, swim in the pool at the zoo in Berlin.

A Christmas tree farm is seen surrounded by autumn coloured trees at the beginning of the harvest season for Christmas in Sundern, Germany.

Sparks of raw iron coming from a blast furnace at a ThyssenKrupp steel factory in Duisburg, Germany.

An aircraft passes the moon in this atmospheric shot.