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The week around the world in 20 pictures


The floods in Texas, hunger in Gaza, wildfires in Syria and Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

  • [h2]Gaza City[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]West Bank[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA/Shutterstock

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]Khan Younis, Gaza[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]Hunt, Texas, US[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]Kerrville, Texas, US[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/Reuters

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]Rabia, Syria[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Ghaith Alsayed/AP

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]Hangzhou, China[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Lin Yunlong/Zhejiang Daily Press/VCG/Getty Images

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]Los Angeles, California, US[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]Mexico City[/h2]

    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

    Photograph: Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu/Getty Images

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]London, England[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • [h2]Tallinn, Estonia[/h2]

    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
    Photograph: Raigo Pajula/AFP/Getty Images

    The week around the world in 20 pictures



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