Relief, an arrest and Beijing rush hour: photos of the day – Monday

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  • West Bank, Palestine

    People gather to watch from a hilltop near Ofer military prison in the occupied West Bank, located north of Jerusalem, before the Israeli release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for hostages held by Hamas in Gaza

    Men sitting and crouching on a hilltop
  • West Bank, Palestine

    A freed Palestinian prisoner is greeted in Ramallah after their release from an Israeli jail as part of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel

    Woman and man hugging amid a crowd of people
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

    People in ‘hostages square’ watch a broadcast of Israelis being released by Hamas from captivity in Gaza

    People cheering and hugging
  • Petah Tikva, Israel

    Freed Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital after he was released from Hamas captivity

    Man smiling, holding a hand to his forehead
  • Ramat Gan, Israel

    Ziv Berman, one of the Israeli hostages released by Hamas, gestures from the window of an Israeli helicopter

    Ziv Berman, one of the Israeli hostages released by Hamas, gestures from the window of an Israeli helicopter
  • Jerusalem

    Donald Trump, the US president, and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, at the Knesset, which Trump addressed

    Donald Trump, the US president, and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, greeting each other at the Knesset
  • Portland, US

    A protester is detained outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Oregon

    Woman with arms twisted back being forced forward by two officers wearing gas masks
  • Pyongyang, North Korea

    The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, addresses a crowd gathered to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ party at the May Day stadium

    The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, addresses a people at a stadium, flanked by rows of military officers
  • Poza Rica, Mexico

    A pickup truck hangs over a fence in Veracruz state after a tropical storm caused flooding

    A pickup truck hangs over a fence outside a house
  • Paris, France

    The singer Carla Bruni rides a bike near her home in Paris. Her husband, the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, is due in court on 13 October when a date for his imprisonment is to be set. Sarkozy and 12 others, including three former ministers, stood trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for a presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

    Carla Bruni riding an unusual standing-bicycle down a hill
  • Caracas, Venezuela

    People from various Indigenous ethnic groups walk during a rally on Indigenous Resistance Day

    People wearing traditional clothes and holding traditional weapons parade through a city street
  • Beijing, China

    Traffic at a standstill during the morning rush hour

    A man stands by his car amid a traffic jam on a motorway
  • Timbuktu, Mali

    The annual, public replastering of Djinguereber Mosque. The 2025 replaster marks the 700th anniversary of the mosque’s construction

    A crowd watches people standing on ladders, applying plaster to the outer walls of the mosque.
  • Lagos, Nigeria

    Dancers perform at the Slum Party, an initiative founded in 2019 to curb gang violence in the Oworonshoki suburb

    A dancer’s head pokes out of a wheelie bin, as another dancer sits behind them
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