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

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:52:18 GMT

Tel Aviv, Israel. People in ‘hostages square’ watch a broadcast of Israelis being released by Hamas from captivity in Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal. Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

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

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

Tel Aviv, Israel. People in ‘hostages square’ watch a broadcast of Israelis being released by Hamas from captivity in Gaza

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

Ramat Gan, Israel. 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

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

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

Poza Rica, Mexico. A pickup truck hangs over a fence in Veracruz state after a tropical storm caused flooding

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

Caracas, Venezuela. People from various Indigenous ethnic groups walk during a rally on Indigenous Resistance Day

Beijing, China. Traffic at a standstill during the morning rush hour

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

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