A regatta, protesters and Palestinians return home: photos of the weekend

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 13:52:24 GMT

Boats sailing past the lighthouse Vittoria Light during the start of the 57th Barcolana regatta in the Gulf of Trieste Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images

Nuseirat, Gaza Strip. Humanitarian aid trucks drive past Palestinians’ temporary shelters

Gaza City, Gaza Strip. A drone view of the destruction caused by Israel’s assault on the territory’s largest urban area

Chaman, Pakistan. Afghan refugees wait to return home at a border crossing that was closed after an exchange of fire between Afghan and Pakistani security forces

Kandahar, Afghanistan. Taliban forces patrol the de facto Afghan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak

Sydney, Australia. Pro-Palestine protesters holding posters of killed Palestinian journalists gather in Hyde Park, after a court blocked their plans to demonstrate at the Sydney Opera House

Changchun, China. Tourists enjoy the autumn scenery at the Changchun botanical garden in the country’s north-eastern Jilin province

Vatican City. Pope Leo XIV greets crowds in St Peter’s Square on the day he leads mass for the jubilee of Marian spirituality

Trieste, Italy. Sailing boats participate in the 57th Barcolana regatta in the Gulf of Trieste

Veracruz, Mexico. An aerial view of the Cazones River, which overflowed its banks after heavy rains in Poza Rica on Saturday. Floods have killed at least 23 people in Mexico in recent days

Antananarivo, Madagascar. Soldiers from an elite military unit are welcomed by protesters, who are calling for the resignation of the country’s president, after announcing it would refuse any orders to shoot demonstrators

Haiyang, China. A Gravity-1 rocket lifts off from the waters of China’s eastern Shandong province. The rocket carried a wide-field satellite and two experimental satellites into orbit

Tel Aviv, Israel. The US Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, flanked by the senior advisor to the US president, Jared Kushner, and the president’s daughter Ivanka Trump, addresses a jubilant crowd at ‘hostage square’ on Saturday evening

Deir al-Balah, Gaza. Security forces under Gaza’s ministry of interior begin operations to maintain safety and order after the implementation of the ceasefire

Gaza City, Gaza. Palestinians return to devastated roads, buildings, and infrastructure in the al-Karama neighbourhood on the second day of the ceasefire

Hawaii, US. Athletes compete in the running portion of the 2025 Ironman world championship women’s race in Kailua-Kona

New York, US. A cosplayer poses as Diva Plavalaguna from the Fifth Element film during New York Comic Con 2025

Haining City, China. An overhead view of the tidal flat after the tidal bore of Qiantang River receded in east China’s Zhejiang Province

Chicago, US. Illinois State police apprehend a protester during a demonstration outside a US immigration and detention facility

Massachusetts, US. Farmhands harvest cranberries at the Hiller Bog in Rochester, Massachusetts