Week in Pictures: From Israeli air raids in Gaza to protests in Serbia
A global roundup of some of last week’s events.
Palestinians run for cover during an Israeli air raid on a high-rise building in Gaza City. [Yousef al-Zanoun/AP Photo]
Published On 7 Sep 20257 Sep 2025
From a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan and Israel’s destruction of Gaza City to a tourist railcar derailment and a deadly crash in Lisbon, here is a look at the week in photos.
Afghan boys sit amid the rubble of a destroyed house in Lulam village, Nurgal district, Kunar province, following a devastating magnitude 6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan. Rescue teams have recovered hundreds of bodies from the mountainous southeastern region after the weekend disaster, taking the death toll to more than 2,200, according to a Taliban government spokesperson. [Sayed Hassib/Reuters]
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People march during the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights’ “Chicago Says No Trump No Troops” protest. [Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo]Front row, left to right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrive at a military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, in Beijing, China. [Sergei Bobylev/Sputnik/Kremlin via AP]A child, having lost an arm, extends a flower while six Palestinian families with injured children arrive at Beirut international airport in Lebanon, seeking medical treatment. [Mohamed Azaki/Reuters]An idol of the Hindu God Ganesha is taken for immersion on the final day of the 10-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India. [Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo]A police officer helps Maria Hodus, 90, to come out of a van during an evacuation from Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo]
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Exiled Tibetan children wait to perform a dance during an event to mark the 65th anniversary of the formation of the parliament-in-exile as Tibetan Democracy Day at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India. [Ashwini Bhatia/AP Photo]Antigovernment protesters clash with the riot police during a protest against increasing police brutality in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad. [Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo]People gather around a tourist streetcar that derailed and crashed in Lisbon, Portugal. At least 15 people were killed when Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railcar derailed and crashed, according to emergency services. [Armando Franca/AP Photo]
