Hot in travel: this week’s best photographs

This week, photographers around the world captured images from natural phenomena to national celebrations. Here’s a selection of the best.

The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, shine over the Bathing House in Howick, Northumberland. Image by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

The Northern lights shone bright around much of the Northern Hemisphere this week due to ongoing geomagnetic storms. The lights were visible in many areas where they don’t often shine, such as Northern US states.

Visitors watch and take photos of a lantern on the eve of Seoul Lantern Festival, which will be held from November 6 to 22, along Cheonggye stream in Seoul, South Korea. Image by AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

The Seoul Lantern Festival is on in South Korea and brings together more than 600 beautiful lanterns for viewing along the Cheonggyecheon Stream, a pedestrian walk in downtown Seoul.

In this 2 November photo a doe is silhouetted by the setting sun in SieverIsdorf, Sastern Germany. Image by Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP

A photographer captured a serene moment of a doe silhouetted by sun in Eastern Germany.

Cambodian student release balloons during the Independence Day celebration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 9 November. Image by AP Photo/Heng Sinith

Cambodian student released balloons on the country’s 62nd Independence Day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 9 November. King Norodom Sihamoni was jointed by civil servants and students to mark the occasion. The country gained independence from France on 9 November.

A cloud inversion over Derwentwater near Keswick in the Lake District late last night, with the milky way visible on 2 November. Image by PA Photo Owen Humphreys

A photographer captured a cloud inversion in the Lake District of England on 2 November.

A Filipino boy plays with balloons beside a burning trash in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, 8 November. Image by AP Photo/Aaron Favila

A Filipino boy plays with balloons beside a burning trash in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, 8 November.