turtle trapped in plastic, Taoist procession and new commander of the ISS… a week of news in pictures

In water, turtles are agile. But this one entangled in a fishing net in Sri Lanka, pulls a bigger burden than her. It took more than 30 minutes to cut the ropes and free her. Sometimes a look catches. On a woman’s face, fear and distress. She has just been rescued, with her companions in misfortune, by the Tunisian coast guard. This is the end of their attempt to cross to Europe. A deafening noise, and a deluge of fire: a Caesar cannon, delivered by France to Ukraine, has just fired a shell at its Russian target. The photo, taken in June, was selected on Friday October 7 by the Bayeux prize for war correspondents.

In the vapors of incense, it is a painful procession for followers of Taoism: you have to walk barefoot on hot coals. The ritual is believed to bring prosperity. more relaxed, Samantha Cristoforetti is the new commander of the International Space Station. She is the first European to hold this position. Finally, polar bears can be found among the flowers, in Canada. Beautiful, but tragic: the ice floe, the traditional habitat of bears, is gradually disappearing with global warming.