Black River, Jamaica
A young man walks on the rubble left on the street following the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Black River. The death toll reached 49 as the storm continued to tear through the Caribbean and workers in Jamaica ramped up efforts to clear roads and reach people in isolated and cut-off areasPhotograph: Ricardo Makyn/AFP/Getty Images
Gaza City
Palestinians, who returned to their homes after the ceasefire agreement, try to build new lives in the city devastated by Israeli attacks. On Tuesday, Israeli airstrikes killed more than 100 Palestinians in the deadliest day since Donald Trump declared the war was over. Israel said the bombings were in response to an attack in Rafah that killed a soldier carrying out demolitions therePhotograph: Hassan Jedi/Anadolu/Getty Images
Khan Younis, Gaza
Mourners react during the funeral of relatives killed in an Israeli army strike at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Israel carried out another strike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least two peoplePhotograph: Jehad Alshrafi/AP
Gaza City
A Palestinian woman carrying her child walks past a destroyed mosque in Gaza City. Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said intensive diplomatic efforts were being made to ensure the ceasefire did not collapse. He said that challenges were to be expected and that both sides acknowledged the agreement must holdPhotograph: Jehad Alshrafi/AP
Jerusalem
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand on a roof in Jerusalem during a rally against plans to force them to serve in the Israeli militaryPhotograph: Léo Corrêa/AP
Gaza City
Two Palestinian boys walk in the heavily damaged al-Nasr neighbourhood. Hamas handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by deadly Israeli strikes across the stripPhotograph: Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim al-Arini/Anadolu/Getty Images
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Police officers escort suspects arrested during Operacao Contencao [Operation Containment] from the Vila Cruzeiro favela. At least 64 people were reportedly killed in Rio’s day of violence as more than 2,500 officers and special forces stormed an area of favelas considered the headquarters of one of Brazil’s most powerful organised crime groupsPhotograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
A woman holds a child at the site of a Russian strike on a residential area in Zaporizhzhia. A UN rights commission has concluded that Russia’s drone attacks on civilians in south-eastern Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimesPhotograph: Oleg Movchaniuk/EPA
Kyiv, Ukraine
Residents clean glass from their broken windows after a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, which killed three people and wounded dozens. Russian commanders are executing or deliberately sending to their deaths soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine, according to a new investigation by the independent outlet Verstka, which paints a bleak picture of internal violence within the Russian armyPhotograph: Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP/Getty Images
Busan, South Korea
US president Donald Trump and China’s president Xi Jinping shake hands as they leave after their talks at the Gimhae airbase in Busan. Trump described crucial trade talks with the Chinese president as ‘amazing’, saying their dispute over the supply of rare earths had been settled and that he would visit China in AprilPhotograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
Chicago, Illinois, US
Federal agents detain a man in a parking lot in the Avondale neighbourhood after a confrontation during immigration raids in Chicago. Illinois advocates sued federal authorities on Friday over alleged ‘inhumane and torturous’ conditions at a Chicago-area federal immigration facilityPhotograph: Jim Vondruska/Reuters
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Supporters of Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary gather materials to build barricades after the announcement of presidential election results in Yaoundé. Tchiroma rejected the re-election of Cameroon’s longtime ruler Paul Biya following the declaration of official resultsPhotograph: AFP/Getty Images
Tawila, Sudan
A woman from El Fasher looks on at a displacement camp where residents have sought refuge from fighting between government forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Tawila. Another devastating chapter in Sudan’s brutal civil war has taken place as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured El Fasher from the army after an 18-month siege that trapped tens of thousands of civilians in the city in DarfurPhotograph: Mohammed Jamal/UNICEF/AP
Tawila, Sudan
A family sit at a camp for displaced people who fled from El Fashir. Diplomats and senior UN figures speaking at the UN security council have condemned mass killings by the Rapid Support Forces after the Sudanese city ‘descended into an even darker hell’ following the paramilitary group’s takeover at the weekendPhotograph: Mohammed Jamal/Reuters
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
A boy sells eggs on a tray in GomaPhotograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images
Ashford, England
Luca, an Amur tiger, is prepared for a CT scan to investigate locomotion abnormalities at the Big Cat Sanctuary near Ashford in KentPhotograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Rennes, France
Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen competes in the men’s singles quarter-final against his compatriot Anders Antonsen during the French Open badminton tournament in RennesPhotograph: Shi Tang/Getty Images
San Salvador, El Salvador
Devotees smoke tobacco outside a chapel during the holiday of Saint San Simon, who is synonymous with prosperity and happiness, while others associate him with witchcraft, paganism and a protector for drunkardsPhotograph: José Cabezas/Reuters
Karachi, Pakistan
A family, who collect recyclables for a living, work amid smog and air pollution along the Malir River in KarachiPhotograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
Lacovia, Jamaica
Residents walk through Lacovia in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Jamaica was hit first and hardest this week when Melissa made landfall on Tuesday. It was the country’s strongest hurricane since records began in 1851Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP
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