SOME of the best pictures from around the UK and world this week includes Diwali dancers and the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on tour.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall are pictured during a visit to the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza, on the third day of their tour of the Middle East.

Police officers inspect the scene of a gas explosion in Lagos, Nigeria; and health workers carry coolers of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the Villa Maria del Triunfo district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru.

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