Photos of the Week: Mermaid Dance, Medieval Village, Alpaca Café
The world’s tallest wind turbine in Germany, scenes from Moscow Fashion Week, a procession of judges in London, yodeling in an underground garage in Austria, and much more
On September 29, 2026, during Moscow Fashion Week, a model strutted the runway wearing a garment inspired by Russian folklore. Meanwhile, in Paris, riot police intervened to disperse a protest of students who were blocking the area outside Le Corbusier secondary school. These students had been protesting various school grievances, including class schedules, overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages, and overly hot environments due to the ongoing heat waves.
In Austria, the city of Graz hosted a unique public event on September 23, 2026. A group of yodeling enthusiasts gathered in an underground garage, taking advantage of the space's superior acoustics for their practice sessions.
On September 25, 2026, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Brenda Malloy found herself enjoying the refreshing effects of a nor'easter storm. In Indonesia, a drone captured a harrowing scene on September 30, 2026, as an orangutan clinging to a tree was rescued from a palm-oil plantation affected by wildfires.
Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., on September 25, 2026, a drone provided a bird's-eye view of the red carpet area just before the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The next day, an aerial photograph on September 26, 2026, showed the impact of Hurricane Polo on a small island off the coast of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico, with high waves battering the shoreline.
Smoke and flames were seen rising from an administrative building that had been struck by a Russian-jet-powered drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 28, 2026. Visitors were captivated by the "Tiger and Turtle—Magic Mountain" walkable roller-coaster sculpture installed in Duisburg, Germany, on September 27, 2026.
In Germany, a drone view on September 30, 2026, captured a miniature city scene at the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, showcasing intricate replica buildings. A car was photographed traversing a tree-lined street in the village of Belo Blato, Serbia, on the same day.
On September 28, 2026, in Hüll, Germany, deer were spotted wandering through an apple orchard. In Prague, Czech Republic, four infant cheetah quintuplets were seen resting in their enclosure at the zoo on September 25, 2026. Finally, at Westminster Abbey in London on October 1, 2026, judges gathered for a ceremony marking the beginning of the legal year, a tradition that dates back to 1897.
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