Our selection of some of the most striking news photos taken around the world this week.
Image copyright Aaron Chown/ PA Image caption The Duchess of Cambridge pullings a pint with the Duke of Cambridge during their visit to Belfast Empire Hall. The couple are on a two-day visit to Northern Ireland, focusing on children and young people. 
Image copyright Sam Panthaky/ AFP Image caption A employee emerges from a boring machine after it violated though the east-bound tunnel of the Gujarat Metro rail system in in Ahmedabad, India. The construction work is part of the Gandhinagar Metro rail project. 
Image copyright Valeria Macon/ AFP Image caption At the Oscars, Olivia Colman won the best actress award for her role as Queen Anne in The Favourite. She dedicated a heartfelt speech, saying: “It's genuinely quite stressful. This is hilarious. I got an Oscar! ” 
Image copyright Kai Pfaffenbach/ Reuters Image caption A papier-mache model of Queen Elizabeth operating towards the EU is ensure during a presentation of floats for the upcoming Rose Monday parade in Mainz, Germany. 
Image copyright Bulent Kilic/ AFP Image caption Women and children wait to be searched by members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces after leaving the Islamic State group's last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria's northern Deir Ezzor province. 
Image copyright Michael Reynolds/ EPA Image caption Michael Cohen, former lawyer to US President Donald Trump, listens to the closing remarks of House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings in Washington. Mr Cohen has been giving testimony to Congress in relation to the Trump Tower Moscow project and Cohen's facilitation of hush money pays to two women who allegedly had affairs with Mr Trump. 
Image copyright Wang Dongming/ Getty Images Image caption Men jump through flame to pray for well-being, safety and peace in Puxi Ancient City, Putian, in the Fujian Province of China. 
Image copyright Francois Guillot/ AFP Image caption A model wearing facial prosthetics depicts off a creation by fashion designer Rick Owens at the Fall-Winter 2019/2020 Ready-to-Wear fashion show in Paris. 
Image copyright Saul Loeb/ AFP Image caption US President Donald Trump listens to North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a summit meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam. 
Image copyright Mads Claus Rasmussen/ AFP Image caption A polar bear cub is watched outdoors for the first time in Copenhagen Zoo. All photos belong to the copyright holders as marked.
