SOME of the best pictures from around the UK and world this week include countries at war, natural disasters, and sporting events.
A camping trailer is pictured sitting in a retention pond where a tornado was reported to pass near Fairmont Parkway, in Pasadena, Texas; and Palestinians burn tires and wave the national flag during a protest against Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, along the border fence with Israel, in east of Gaza City.
Also pictured if Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan playing a backhand return to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during their semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia.
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