Week in Pictures: From missile strikes in Kyiv to Indonesia protests
A roundup of some of last week’s events.
Residents gather at the site of an apartment building struck during Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Officials reported at least 21 people killed, including four children, with dozens more wounded in the assault. [Reuters]
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From the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza City by the Israeli army to devastating floods in Pakistan, here is a look at the week in photos.
Displaced Palestinians travel in a vehicle packed with their possessions as they evacuate within Gaza City. [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stands for a photograph with military personnel during his visit to a special operations training facility at an undisclosed location. [KCNA via Reuters]Demonstrators march in protest against US President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in Washington, DC. [Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo]A protester hurls a rock at riot police during demonstrations against excessive parliamentary allowances in Jakarta, Indonesia. Nationwide protests have swept across the country following revelations about lawmakers’ extravagant housing benefits. Violent confrontations between security forces and demonstrators have broken out in several cities, resulting in multiple arrests and injuries. [Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo]Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags during a march in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza, during a film festival in Venice, Italy. [Alessandra Tarantino/Invision via AP]Fleeing the rising waters of the Sutlej River after intense monsoon rains, residents of Chanda Singh Wala village navigate by boat towards higher ground. Their essential belongings accompany them as they evacuate from their homes near the Pakistan-India border in Punjab province’s Kasur district, Pakistan. [Akhtar Soomro/Reuters]
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A fireball erupts from an Israeli air strike location in Sanaa, Yemen. The Houthis have confirmed that the attack killed the prime minister of their government. Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed on Thursday along with “several” other ministers, according to a Houthi statement released on Saturday. [Reuters]Revellers hurl tomatoes at each other during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight fiesta in Bunol village near Valencia, Spain. [Alberto Saiz/AP Photo]Rohingya refugees raise their voices in protest, chanting slogans during a rally within their refugee camp to commemorate the eighth anniversary of their forced exodus, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]
