The week around the world in 20 pictures

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:14:28 GMT

Residents leave an area targeted by Israeli forces in Gaza City. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Kyiv, Ukraine. A woman looks out from inside a heavily damaged residential building after a Russian air attack on the outskirts of Kyiv. An overnight Russian barrage on the city killed at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl. in a bombardment that lasted more than 12 hours on Saturday night and Sunday morning

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Residents stand near their apartment building which was damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia. the last remaining power line into the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, after satellite imagery of the damaged area showed no sign of Ukrainian shelling that Moscow says is preventing a repair

Kyiv. A view through a destroyed window shows the site of heavily damaged residential buildings after a Russian air attack on the outskirts of Kyiv. The US will provide with intelligence on , according to several media reports this week, a move that would signal a significant shift in White House support for Kyiv

Portland, Oregon. A protester reacts after getting sprayed by a Department of Homeland Security officer outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland. Republican members of Congress have rallied behind – jailing migrants for a decade at a time

Washington DC. President Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference in the state dining room of the White House. for Donald Trump’s to end the war in Gaza

Gaza City. Relatives of 17 Palestinians killed by an Israeli attack on the neighbourhood of Tuffah mourn next to their bodies at al-Ahli Baptist hospital in Gaza City. in Gaza on Thursday

Gaza City. Residents leave an area targeted by Israeli forces in Gaza City. , issuing a last evacuation warning for residents on Wednesday and sealing the route to northern Gaza for those living in the south. Israel Katz, the defence minister, said his troops were close to encircling the city and any residents remaining would be considered ‘terrorists or supporters of terror’

Gaza City. Injured Palestinians are brought to al-Awda hospital for medical treatment after Israeli attacks on a market in Nuseirat

Gaza. Palestinian children wait to receive hot meals distributed by charity organisations, as people struggle with hunger due to the Israeli food blockade, at Nuseirat refugee camp. that sought to breach Israel’s 16-year maritime blockade was intercepted by Israeli forces on Friday

Bnei Brak, Israel. A child carries a chicken as ultra-Orthodox Jewish people perform the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Bnei Brak

Manchester, England. People react near a synagogue in Manchester after two people were killed and three were seriously injured on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar

Manchester. Jewish people stand in the street outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, after Thursday’s attack. after a car was used to ram into the grounds of the synagogue, before the attacker sought to stab worshippers in a six-minute rampage that ended only when armed officers shot him

Gravelines, France. A migrant wades into the sea to try to board smugglers’ boats in an attempt to cross the Channel off the beach of Gravelines. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, said this week that in an effort to tackle small boats, which he labelled ‘Farage boats’ because of their increase in number since Brexit

Bogo, Philippines. Jesiel Malinao, 34, who survived a magnitude 6.9-earthquake, sits between the coffins of her two children during their wake in Bogo. , near Bogo, a city of 90,000 people, and killed at least 69 people

Mexico City. Demonstrators and riot police face off during a protest commemorating the anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco killings, when soldiers fired on student protesters, in Mexico City

Vancouver, Canada. Aileen Michel (L’il Bear) wears a bear hide before performing a dance during a gathering to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Vancouver

Kolyuchin Island, Russia. Polar bears take over the abandoned Soviet-era research station on Kolyuchin Island in the Chukchi Sea

Paris, France. A model wears a creation as part of the Stella McCartney spring/summer 2026 collection presented at Paris fashion week

Melbourne, Australia. Taylor Swift fans dance during a listening event for Swift’s new album at the Astor theatre in Melbourne

London, England. England’s Natasha Hunt pours champagne into the mouth of Zoe Aldcroft as she holds the trophy in the Women’s Rugby World Cup final at Twickenham. England became world champions on Saturday in front of 81,885 spectators at Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium, while overall 444,465 tickets were sold during the tournament