The Louvre heist, a burning airport and seven new saints: photos of the weekend

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:22:55 GMT

Pope Leo XIV says mass on the day of the canonisation of seven new saints, including former Satanist turned Catholic Bartolo Longo, in St Peter’s Square. Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters

Fujikawaguchiko, Japan. Tourists take pictures as cloud-clad Mount Fuji is seen in the background from Oishi park in Yamanashi prefecture

Kenilworth, UK. Luci, a red tabby and white Persian cat, is judged best in show household pet during the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) Supreme Show at Stoneleigh Park in England

Ji’an, China. A farmer dries moso bamboo sticks at a bamboo product processing factory Jiangxi province

Kyiv, Ukraine. A woman poses as her daughter plays with a huge pumpkin during the festival “Hello, pumpkin” amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. Visitors of the festival could visit a pumpkin museum with descriptions of pumpkin varieties and recipes for cooking with them, and food courts with pumpkin dishes, drinks and desserts, including pumpkin ale, lattes, brownies and pumpkin buns

Paris, France. A basket lift used by thieves outside the Louvre museum. Robbers broke in and fled with jewellery, a source close to the case said, adding that its value was still being evaluated

Gaza City, Palestine. A drone view shows people walking through a destroyed residential neighbourhood, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

Cambridge, US. Gavin O’Dwyer competes in the Head of the Charles Regatta 2025 on the Charles River in Massachusetts

Melbourne, Australia. Police chase anti-racism protestors in the city district after a demonstration calling for a stop to mass immigration was challenged by a counter protest against racism and fascism

Lod, Israel. Relatives of the Nepali national Bipin Joshi, who was taken hostage by Hamas into Gaza, attend a farewell ceremony before his body is flown to Nepal for burial, at Ben Gurion airport

Dhaka, Bangladesh. Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out in the cargo section of Hazrat Shahjalal international airport

Vatican City. Pope Leo XIV says mass on the day of the canonisation of seven new saints, including former Satanist turned Catholic Bartolo Longo, in St Peter’s Square

Caracas, Venezuela. Motorcyclists ride in front of a mural painted in honour of the canonisation of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández and Blessed Carmen Rendiles Martínez. Mother Carmen and José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros – a doctor and scientist, known as the ‘Doctor of the Poor’ – were canonised by Pope Leo XIV during a solemn mass at St Peter’s Basilica and are Venezuela’s first two saints

Tokyo, Japan. A competitor bangs his head during square log rolling (Kiba no kakunori) in Kiba Park as part of the Koto-ku Folk Performing Arts Festival

Los Angeles, US. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets for a coordinated nationwide ‘No Kings’ rally and march against the Trump administration in California

Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, US. Vice-president JD Vance speaks behind bulletproof glass during an event to mark the upcoming Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary

Lauca Eñe, Bolivia. Members of the guard that protects the former Bolivian president Evo Morales guard the gates of headquarters of the coca growers movement in Chapare province. Bolivia chooses between two pro-business candidates in presidential elections on Sunday, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the beleaguered South American nation deep in economic crisis

Broadview, US. Police face off with demonstrators following the close of the ‘Free Speech Zone’ near the immigrant processing and detention centre in Illinois. Demonstrations have been taking place outside of the facility for several weeks as the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz has been under way, arresting and detaining immigrants in the Chicago area

Angers, France. Angers supporters wave flags and cheer their team during the French L1 football match between SCO Angers and AS Monaco at the Stade Raymond Kopa

Phillip Island, Australia. Red Bull KTM Tech3 team’s Spanish Moto3 rider José Antonio Rueda drinks champagne from his boot as he celebrates winning the Moto3 race at the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix

Portland, US. Anti-Ice protesters clash with federal agents at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Oregon. Organisers expected millions to participate in cities and towns across the nation for the second ‘No Kings’ protest to denounce the Trump administration