The week around the world in 20 pictures

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  • Gaza City

    A Palestinian girl calls out for food from a charity kitchen amid a hunger crisis in Gaza. At least 15 people, including 10 children, were killed on Thursday by an Israeli strike as they queued outside a medical point, amid intensifying Israeli attacks that left 82 people dead across the strip

    A Palestinian girl calls out for food from a charity kitchen
  • West Bank

    An Israeli soldier searches a young Palestinian man trying to cross into the Tulkarm refugee camp in the West Bank, as Israeli military operations continue in the area in preparation for a planned home demolition. Incidents of settler violence in the West Bank have sharply increased since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza. The rise of the far-right, extremist ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir has provided political cover, allowing settlers to act with virtual impunity

    An Israeli soldier pushes a young Palestinian man up against a wall
  • Gaza City

    Dr Abeer al-Gharbawi performs surgery under the illumination of a battery-powered light during a power outage at al-Shifa hospital

    A doctor performs surgery under the illumination of a battery-powered light during a power outage
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Inside her tent in al-Mawasi, 12-year-old Hala Abu Dahlez displays a photograph of herself taken before the injury that caused her hair to fall out after multiple operations. Hala sustained serious head injuries when a metal swing set collapsed on her after an Israeli airstrike. Progress towards a ceasefire in Gaza this week has been slow, officials in Qatar say, dashing hopes of an end to hostilities in the devastated Palestinian territory

    A young girl shows a photograph of herself taken before the injury that caused her hair to fall out
  • Hunt, Texas, US

    A woman looks through debris after flash flooding in Hunt. At least 120 people have been found dead in the state but 161 are still missing

    A search and rescue worker with a child on her back looks through debris
  • Crosses hang from a wall with flood marks
  • Kerrville, Texas, US

    People attend a prayer service for flood victims in Kerrville. As recovery efforts in Texas continue, questions remain about local jurisdictions’ preparedness. Various news organisations have reported on warning systems in the area, questioning whether they properly alerted locals about the rapidly rising river water

    People attend a prayer service for flood victims
  • Rabia, Syria

    Smoke rises during a wildfire near the town of Rabia in the Latakia countryside. Syria appealed for help from the EU in battling wildfires that have been blazing for six days, sweeping through a vast expanse of forest. Neighbouring Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey have already dispatched firefighting teams to assist

    Smoke rises during a wildfire
  • Hangzhou, China

    Tourists take shelter from sudden heavy rain as Typhoon Danas hits. What began as a tropical depression near the north-west of the Philippines rapidly intensified into a typhoon last weekend

    Tourists trying to walk in heavy rain
  • Mujpur, India

    Rescuers and locals look for survivors after several vehicles fell into a river after the collapse of a portion of a bridge

    A bridge over a river with a section missing
  • Piraeus, Greece

    Shia Muslims flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Piraeus

    Shia Muslims flagellate themselves
  • Pamplona, Spain

    People lie on the ground during an animal rights protest inspired by Michelangelo’s Pietà in Pamplona

    Semi-naked people lie closely together on the ground covered in fake blood
  • Pamplona, Spain

    Bullfighters enter the arena during the San Fermín festival

    Bullfighters enter an arena
  • Los Angeles, California, US

    Federal agents ride on horseback during an immigration raid at MacArthur Park. Immigration enforcement agents have ramped up arrests in southern California, heading to car washes, farms and Home Depot car parks to take people into custody, stoking widespread fear among immigrant communities

    Federal agents ride on horseback during an immigration in a park
  • Mexico City

    A demonstrator throws objects at a restaurant during the first anti-gentrification protest in Mexico City. People gathered to protest against the displacement of residents and an increase in the cost of living and accommodation for local people caused by an influx of foreign people living in the country

    A demonstrator throws a metal object at a restaurant window
  • Mourners including Liverpool players Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez, react as the coffins of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva are carried during their funeral in Gondomar
  • Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz playing tennis at Wimbledon
  • London, England

    Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka plays Germany’s Laura Siegemund in the women’s singles quarter-final at Wimbledon. Sabalenka said she has ‘a hate relationship’ with Wimbledon, and hit out at her opponent, Amanda Anisimova, after the world No 1 lost her third consecutive semi-final at the Championships on Thursday

    Aryna Sabalenka on court at Wimbledon with the crowd blurred
  • Paris, France

    Models wear creations by the designer Iris van Herpen as part of her haute couture autumn/winter collection during Paris fashion week

    Models in dresses on a catwalk
  • Tallinn, Estonia

    Dancers perform during the 28th Laulupidu song and dance festival in Tallinn. The event features more than 40,000 choir singers, musicians and folk dancers across the country

    Rows of dancers in traditional outfits holding hands
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