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Chornobyl, Ukraine
Workers inspect damage to a structure covering the remains of the fourth reactor at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant after it was struck by a Russian drone carrying a high-explosive warhead
Photograph: Efrem Lukatsky/AP
Orikhiv, Ukraine
A police officer looks out from an apartment building damaged by Russian military strikes in the frontline town. Donald Trump said this week that he and Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin negotiations to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, later adding that it was unlikely Kyiv would win back all its territory or join Nato if a deal was to be reached
Photograph: Reuters
New Orleans, Louisiana
Kendrick Lamar performs during the Super Bowl LIX half-time show at Caesars Superdome. The performance was hailed as history-making: Samuel L Jackson was dressed in homage to Uncle Sam; backing dancers wore red, white and blue and stood in an American flag formation, and Serena Williams crip-walked
Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback Jalen Hurts is interviewed at the end of Super Bowl LIX. With an MVP performance from Hurts and a defensive masterclass, the Eagles steamrollered the Kansas City Chiefs for a 40-22 victory on Sunday night
Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
New Orleans, Louisiana
Supporters cheer as a motorcade with Donald Trump departs the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in New Orleans before the Super Bowl. Trump’s attendance at the game offered more evidence that the sporting climate has shifted from resistance to acceptance
Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP
Jabaliya, Gaza
People watch the sunset from their destroyed house. Donald Trump said his plan to ‘take over’ Gaza would not include a right of return for the more than 2 million Palestinians that he has said have ‘no alternative’ but to leave because of the destruction left by Israel’s military campaign
Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA
Deir al-Balah, Gaza
People watch the deployment of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam fighters before a handover of Israeli hostages to the Red Cross. Hamas freed three hostages and Israel released 183 prisoners and detainees last Saturday, the fifth exchange under a fragile ceasefire deal
Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA
Deir al-Balah, Gaza
A girl stands between Hamas fighters as she watches the handover of three Israeli hostages. The gaunt appearance of the three men shocked Israel, sparking anger and dismay that could increase pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the ceasefire agreement to a second stage, bringing home the remaining Israeli captives
Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
Mugunga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
People carry jerrycans on their way to collect water. Rebels from the Rwandan-backed M23 group this week seized the strategically important airport serving Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, after a rapid advance south in recent days
Photograph: Michel Lunanga/AFP/Getty Images
Bulengo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Internally displaced families leave a camp carrying their belongings. The DRC’s president, Félix Tshisekedi, travelled to Germany to attend the Munich Security Conference this week as he seeks international support to end the conflict in the east of his country
Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images
Munich, Germany
Police working at the scene where a vehicle was driven into a demonstration. German police and prosecutors said the Afghan suspect in the incident, which injured at least 36 people, was believed to have had an Islamist motive and would face charges of attempted murder
Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPA
Bethlehem, West Bank
A child plays in front of graffiti representing the reconstruction of Gaza on a section of Israel’s separation barrier
Photograph: Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images
Gaza
Fighters from the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, the armed wing of Hamas, perform the Friday noon prayer during a funeral ceremony for Marwan Issa, a top Hamas commander killed in March 2024, inside a sports stadium in the Bureij refugee camp
Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
London, UK
A Peta protester dumps a bucket of ‘coconut milk’ over herself outside the Thai embassy. The demonstrators were urging embassy officials to help end the exploitation of endangered monkeys in Thailand’s coconut picking industry
Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP
New York, US
Models backstage at the Thom Browne fall 2025 show at the Shed during New York fashion week. Jackets and coats in British-made tweeds, their proportions tweaked rather than distorted, were embroidered with herons and magpies drawn from the luscious watercolours of John J Audubon’s Birds of America anthology
Photograph: Nina Westervelt/WWD/Getty Images
Photograph: Andrés Kudacki/Getty Images
Xian, China
Tourists wearing traditional Hanfu clothing visit the Guangren Tibetan Buddhist temple in Xian
Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Pathum Thani, Thailand
Thai Buddhist monks pray at Wat Dhammakaya temple
Photograph: Guillaume Payen/Anadolu/Getty Images
Sicily, Italy
Lava flows from a crater of Mount Etna. A drone captured footage of the eruption, with plumes of smoke rising from the volcano’s summit and lava flowing from the new Bocca Nuova crater
Photograph: Marco Restivo/Etna Walk/AFP/Getty Images
Space
An image made by the integration of photographs taken over six hours shows Nebula IC 443 over Hinojedo in Cantabria, Spain. This supernova remnant, known as Medusa Nebula, is in the Gemini constellation, 5,000 light years from Earth
Photograph: Pedro Puente Hoyos/EPA
