A selection of news photographs from around the world.
Ethan Swope/AP
Wildfires ripped across parts of Los Angeles, California, leading to at least 10 deaths, destroying thousands of buildings and prompting mass evacuation orders. In this photograph, a firefighter battles the Eaton fire in Altadena.
Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
The Pacific Palisades fire has become the most destructive in the history of Los Angeles.
Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
The Eaton fire destroyed the Altadena Community Church. While strong winds and a lack of rain are driving the blazes, experts argue that climate change is worsening the underlying conditions, making such fires more common.
SALVAMENTO MARITIMO/Handout via REUTERS
A baby was born on a crowded migrant dinghy which travelled from Africa to the Canary Islands this week, the Spanish coastguard says. It has published a picture of the baby boy who was rescued alongside his mother and scores of other migrants.
Jonathan Lanza/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Venezuela’s opposition said its leader, María Corina Machado, was briefly arrested and then freed. It came after she had addressed a protest rally in Caracas on the eve of President Nicolás Maduro’s disputed inauguration. The UN expressed its alarm after it had received reports of arbitrary detentions and intimidation in Venezuela ahead of the opposition marches.
SAUL LOEB/AFP
Former US President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington DC. The 39th US president died at the age of 100 on 29 December, 2024, at his home in Plains, Georgia.
Ben Birchall/PA
Artist Luke Jerram during the unveiling of his latest astronomical sculpture, Helios, at the Bath Assembly Rooms in England.
OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP
A devotee dances in the sacred forest in Ouidah, during the first day of the Voodoo Festival. In Benin, voodoo, or vodou, is recognised as an official religion and is followed by some 40% of the population.
Eduardo Munoz / REUTERS
Revellers parade through the streets of New Orleans on a streetcar on Twelfth Night, which kicks off Carnival season.
Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Runners start the 32nd Egyptian Marathon in front of Queen Hatshepsut’s temple while hot air balloons rise over the west bank of the Nile river in Egypt’s southern city of Luxor.
Valery HACHE / AFP
A driver competes in stage 2B of the 47th Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.
TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP
A man cleans snow-covered boats on the Dal Lake after a spell of fresh snowfall in Srinagar, India.
Don Arnold/WireImage
Elvis impersonator Alfred Vaz poses prior to boarding a train, departing for the Parkes Elvis Festival, at Sydney’s Central Station in Australia.
The order comes days after a Swedish government minister announced that aid to Mali would be ‘phased out’. Sweden’s ambassador to Bamako has been summoned and ordered to leave the country within 72 hours because of a “hostile” statement by a Swedish minister, Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says. Mali’s…
In presenting his conclusions at the end of a 10-day visit to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Battambang, the UN independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, urged authorities to legally recognize LGBT families. “Without exception, State agents with whom I held…
Exit poll projections of big wins by Modi’s alliance sent stock markets surging a day before votes were counted. Opposition Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has demanded a parliamentary investigation into sharp stock market moves towards the end of the just-ended national elections, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Poll in nation threatened by climate change closely watched as China and the United State vie for influence in region. The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has voted in a national election that is being closely watched by China, Taiwan, the United States and its ally Australia, amid a…
Australia has warned travellers not to drink some liquors in Laos, following a spate of deaths linked to suspected methanol poisoning. Australians should avoid drinking Tiger Vodka and Tiger Whisky “due to serious safety concerns”, Australia’s foreign affairs department said on its travel advisory website on Friday. It added that…
Fears about the health of the US economy are hitting Japan’s stock market and share indices around Asia. Japanese stocks have recorded their biggest losses since October 1987, extending last week’s sell-off spurred by concerns the United States’ economy may be in weaker health than previously thought. The Nikkei share…
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Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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SAUL LOEB/AFP
Ben Birchall/PA
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Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
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