Mandalay, Myanmar
People inspect the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay. At least 144 people died and 732 were injured when a powerful earthquake struck Myanmar, killing at least nine more in neighbouring Thailand where a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed
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Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Volunteers look for survivors near a damaged building in Naypyidaw. A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar at 12.50pm local time on Friday at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles). Its epicentre was about 11 miles (17.2km) from Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city
Photograph: Aung Shine Oo/AP
Kyiv, Ukraine
People look out of a damaged apartment building after an overnight Russian drone attack in Kyiv. Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of being insincere about making peace as he reported an attack by 117 drones on Wednesday
Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP
Kyiv, Ukraine
Relatives and friends mourn next to the coffin of Oleksandr Oliinyk, a Ukrainian serviceman from the Hospitallers battalion, at his funeral ceremony
Photograph: Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP/Getty Images
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
People run during a protest to demand the departure of the transitional presidential council due to insecurity and gang violence in Port-au-Prince. The year-old criminal insurrection in Haiti’s capital has plumbed new depths in recent days, fuelling speculation that the entire city may be on the verge of falling into the hands of a coalition of heavily armed gangs called Viv Ansanm (Live Together)
Photograph: Guerinault Louis/Anadolu/Getty Images
Beit Lahiya, Gaza
Palestinians attend an anti-war and anti-Hamas protest in Beit Lahiya. Hundreds of Palestinians joined protests in northern Gaza, shouting anti-Hamas slogans and calling for an end to the war with Israel, in what has been described as the largest protest against the militant group inside the territory since the 7 October attacks
Photograph: Jehad Alshrafi/AP
Gaza
Palestinians take shelter during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. This week, Benjamin Netanyahu repeated threats to seize territory in Gaza if Hamas refuses to release the remaining Israeli hostages
Photograph: Reuters
Gaza
Members of the al-Kahlout family mourn over the bodies of relatives killed during an Israeli strike before their burial at the Baptist hospital in Gaza City
Photograph: Jehad Alshrafi/AP
Sana’a, Yemen
A woman walks on debris at the site of a US strike. Senior members of Donald Trump’s cabinet were involved in a serious security breach this week while discussing secret military plans for recent US attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen
Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
Gravelines, France
Migrants board a smuggler’s boat in an attempt to cross the Channel
Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images
Istanbul, Turkey
Police officers use pepper spray on a demonstrator during a protest on the day that Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, was jailed as part of a corruption investigation. Turkish authorities arrested more than 1,100 people including journalists after tens of thousands took to the streets in the largest anti-government protests in years
Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/Reuters
Jakarta, Indonesia
A demonstrator prepares to throw a Molotov cocktail during a protest against revisions to the country’s military law which will allocate more civilian posts for military officers
Photograph: Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters
Kabul, Afghanistan
A member of Taliban security stands guard as Afghan women wait in a queue to receive food supplies donated during Ramadan
Photograph: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Women wear white scarves made iconic by the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights group, during a march to commemorate the anniversary of Argentina’s 1976 coup
Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kahindo, an internally displaced woman who said that her home was destroyed during fighting, gathers volcanic gravel to sell at a camp emptied after the M23 rebels ordered many displaced people to leave the camps in the district of Mugunga, near Goma
Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
Uiseong, South Korea
A man films a wildfire devastating a mountain in Uiseong. At least 27 people have died and hundreds of buildings have been destroyed in the south-eastern province of North Gyeongsang, with South Korea’s disaster chief saying the fires had exposed the ‘harsh reality’ of global heating
Photograph: Yonhap/Reuters
Columbus, North Carolina, US
The Deep Woods fire blazes in Columbus. Evacuation orders were issued last Sunday for parts of Polk County where three large wildfires have burned more than 3,000 acres combined. Wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina were being fuelled by dry conditions, wind and trees knocked down by Hurricane Helene in September
Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images
Camajuaní, Cuba
People set off fireworks during the Parrandas de Camajuaní. Residents of the neighbourhoods San José, represented by a toad, and Santa Teresa, represented by a goat, participate in a contest with huge floats and fireworks
Photograph: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images
Galicia, Spain
People pin a wild horse down and cut its mane before deworming it during the rapa das bestas or ‘shearing of the beasts’ near Amil. Every summer, locals round up the region’s roughly 10,000 wild horses for their annual health checkup, but the costs are multiplying. ‘We are guardians doing it as a hobby. Our only aim is to preserve this animal that we believe is an ecological jewel,’ said horse owner Javier Alvarez-Blazquez.
Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
Galicia, Spain
A Galician wild horse grazes on spiny gorse in the Serra da Groba in Galicia. Fire prevention is one of several roles wild horses play in preserving Galicia’s delicate ecosystems, but Europe’s largest herd of wild horses has dwindled to fewer than half the 22,000 that roamed its mountains, forests and heathlands in the 1970s
Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
