SRF’s weekly pictures span a protected Chihuahua to a dry Rhine

SRF’s weekly photo roundup ranges from a Chihuahua in protective gear to a record-low Rhine level, with scenes from around the world.

Mexico’s National Guard fitted its service Chihuahua, Comando, with custom protective equipment in Mexico City on September 29.

At Munich’s Oktoberfest on September 28, Markus Söder of the CSU and Dominik Krause of the Greens celebrated the city’s bid to host the Olympics on a spinning ride.

Floodwater covered a market in Bangkok on September 28, where a woman was transported through the water in a shopping cart.

An immersive exhibition in Lausanne, “Les derniers jours de Pompéi,” uses projections and soundscapes to recreate the drama of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It opened on September 30 and runs until January 2027.

The Rhine’s water level at Eschenz in the canton of Thurgau fell to its lowest point since records began in 1885, exposing gravel and temporarily leaving Werd Island without its island character. The scene was photographed on September 30.

SpaceX sent its Starship spacecraft on its 14th test flight on September 28. The system was expected to reach Earth’s orbit for the first time and deploy 26 satellites from the latest generation of Starlink.

At Switzerland’s final training session in Glasgow on September 28, Davide Callà carried the free-kick wall across the field. The next day, Switzerland beat Scotland 3-0.

A shark that had drawn visitors to a harbor basin in Busan, South Korea, for 11 days was guided back to the open sea by firefighters on September 29.

An AH-64E Apache attack helicopter flew in formation during South Korea’s 78th Armed Forces Day on October 1. The air display was intended to demonstrate the country’s military readiness.

Simonetta Sommaruga, the new president of KHBK, examined historically charged cultural heritage on September 30, at one point viewing it upside down.