The past seven days have been captured by the world's leading photojournalists in a series of 20 images covering the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster, Russian strikes in Kyiv, the Plaskett Fire in California and the Notting Hill carnival.
Nepal flood disaster
In Devighat, Nepal, women viewed the widened channel of the Trishuli River following flash floods. Rescuers have built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to rescue hundreds of trapped workers, as the death toll passed 1,000 nearly a week after devastating floods left a trail of destruction across the country's towns and valleys.
At the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Rasuwa, a member of a search and rescue team rescued a man. Two people were pulled out alive from the hydropower tunnel nine days after deadly flash floods buried the project in deep mud and left them trapped.
In Kathmandu, relatives mourned during the symbolic cremation of four members of the Magar family who remain missing after the flash floods at Pashupatinath Temple. The bodies of some of those killed in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster may never be found, and some of those who are may never be identified, a world-renowned forensic scientist, Prof Richard Bassed, said this week.
Rescue and aftermath
Rescue workers inspected damaged structures following the recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Devighat. The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud through Nepal's border region with China, posing a massive challenge for the country's six-month-old government.
In Galchi, a mark showed the mud level on a wall inside a classroom at Bageshwori secondary school after flash floods. The Himalayas – spanning Nepal, India, China, Bhutan and Pakistan – are warming twice as fast as the global average, putting the region at increased risk of avalanches, landslides and floods.
Kyiv under attack
In Kyiv, Ukraine, children played with bubbles during the traditional back-to-school celebrations. People visited a McDonald's restaurant, which was the first to open in Ukraine in 1997, at an area hit by numerous Russian missile attacks. Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week declared that Russia's airspace is becoming unsafe for commercial airlines, as Vladimir Putin promised to increase strikes against Ukraine's energy facilities in the run-up to winter.
People searched through debris and rubble following a Russian strike in the Bucha district of Kyiv. At least 12 people were killed in and around the city on Monday night as Ukraine's capital endured a sixth consecutive night of Russian drone and missile attacks aimed at shattering infrastructure and lowering the morale of the city.
Regional conflicts and global events
Smoke billowed from houses hit during Israeli attacks in the town of al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon. In the West Bank town of Sinjil, a Palestinian scanned a valley with a flashlight during a volunteer night watch to help prevent Israeli settler attacks. Israelis shot dead two teenagers in the Palestinian village of al-Mughayyir and Israeli troops razed the village of Khirbet al-Taban outside Hebron, in the latest attacks of Israeli terror and ethnic cleansing across the occupied West Bank.
In Gaza, Palestinian children watched a film screening organised by the Little Wings Cinema initiative. Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, set out a plan this week for the illegal forced expulsion of all Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, with the intention of sending them abroad. Earlier this year, an independent UN inquiry found that Israel continued to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza.
Fires, carriers and other stories
In Big Sur, California, Sage Harvey threw a rope off the roof of his house as the Plaskett Fire approached. In Pattaya, Thailand, a crew member walked on the flight deck of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as it headed towards Laem Chabang port. The aircraft carrier has been plagued by reports of deteriorating living conditions and poor mental health onboard, including attempted suicides, making headlines around the world and provoking criticism of Donald Trump's war against Iran.
In Menab, Iran, a child received treatment at a hospital after being wounded, according to Tasnim news agency, in a strike on a home where a wedding was being held in the city of Kuhestak. Iran accused the US of a war crime after a missile blast killed at least four people and injured 68 who were attending the wedding at a private home in Kuhestak, as the fresh exchange of strikes prompted fears of a wider renewal of hostilities.
In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a woman, overwhelmed with grief, was carried out of a funeral service for more than 20 people killed by armed gangs last week in Kenscoff, a neighbourhood near Port-au-Prince. In Washington, DC, a demonstrator dressed as a blood-covered Lady Justice attended a Defend the Vote rally at the Lincoln Memorial. A new system to screen millions of mail-in ballots for this November's US midterm elections was thrown together so hastily, and tested so little, that a single scanning glitch could see entire batches of ballots turned away, a whistleblower has told Congress.
In London, England, costumed participants travelled on the London underground to attend the Notting Hill carnival. In Basra, Iraq, a young Iraqi dived into the Shatt al-Arab River amid soaring temperatures. At Lake Baringo, Kenya, a community member held a Nile crocodile where the Kenya Wildlife Services is facilitating the capture and translocation of the animals in a bid to reduce cases of human-wildlife conflict near Marigat.
In space, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot worked during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Sophie and Nasa astronaut Anil Menon completed the installation and activation of a spare space-to-ground antenna.
