Week in pictures: A look at the most compelling images from around the world

"God Save The King" is written on a placard with an image of the late Queen Elizabeth II, alongside bouquets of flowers left by mourners outside Buckingham Palace in London. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, died Thursday, after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (AP)

An idol of Ganesha is taken for immersion on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai. (AP)

Olof Wood walks across reef-like structures called microbialites, exposed by receding waters at the Great Salt Lake. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Sept 6, making it the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874. (AP)

Serena Williams, of the United States, returns a shot to Ajla Tomljanovic, of Australia, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, in New York. (AP)

Britain's King Charles III, Britain's William, Prince of Wales, and Queen Camilla, attend the Accession Council at St James's Palace, where King Charles is formally proclaimed Britain's new monarch, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, in London. (Reuters)

Former President Barack Obama kisses his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, after they unveiled their official White House portraits during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. (AP)

Firefighters prepare to battle the Mosquito Fire burning on Michigan Bluff Road in unincorporated Placer County, California. (AP)

Pregnant women who became flood victims rest on beds as they undergo treatment in a hospital, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan. (Reuters)

Anti-government coca farmers walk towards the capital, from La Cumbre on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia. Hundreds of coca leaf producers are marching to the Bolivian capital to demand the closure of a parallel market that is promoted by a group related to the government. (AP)

Soldiers carry the body of Viacheslav Nalyvaiko, a Ukrainian military officer killed during fighting against Russians, during his funeral in Kyiv, Ukraine. (AP)

Palestinians inspect the house of Tel Aviv attacker Raed Hazem after it was demolished by Israeli forces in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Reuters)