Cannot delete photos from my desktop

When I try to delete anything from my desktop, I am asked for my password to authenticate. This has never happened before and will not let me delete anything from my desktop saying I do not have sufficient privileges.
Any idea why - last update was for Numbers, Pages & Keynotes .

Hi Dee,
Do you do any Disk/OS maintenance before or after updates?
Do a Get info on the Desktop folder in the Finder, please report the 3 Rights/Privileges.

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