Week in Pictures: From river erosion in Bangladesh to protests in Mexico
A global roundup of some of last week’s events.
Brazilian Indigenous leader and environmentalist Chief Raoni displays a sign reading ‘Climate emergency. The answer is us’ during a news conference on board a protest vessel, on the sidelines of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para state, Brazil [Pablo Porciuncula/AFP]
By News Agencies
Published On 16 Nov 202516 Nov 2025
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From communities in the Philippines battling climate-driven displacement and devastating floods, to solemn mass burials of Palestinians in Gaza, and demonstrations in Brazil as it hosts COP 30 – here is a look at the week in photos.
Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel as part of the ceasefire deal are buried in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
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Iranian women gather at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran to offer prayers for rainfall, as the nation grapples with severe water shortages. Officials in the capital have issued warnings about potential intermittent water supply cuts due to what they describe as “the worst drought in decades”. [AFP]Participants showcase their vibrant costumes at the National Dancing Masks Festival in Coscomatepec de Bravo, Veracruz state, Mexico. [Marco Antonio Perez/AFP]Relatives of Rosiclaire Lenchise grieve during the funeral for victims of a landslide caused by Hurricane Melissa in Petit Goave, Haiti. [Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo]An aerial view shows homes submerged in floodwaters in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province, north of Manila, after a river breached its banks following the torrential rainfall brought by Super Typhoon Fung-wong. [John Dimain/AFP]Sudanese refugees who escaped from el-Fasher traverse the tent-lined pathways at al-Afad camp for displaced persons in northern Sudan’s town of al-Dabba. The conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands and forced nearly 12 million people from their homes. Last month, the paramilitary group captured el-Fasher, ending a brutal 18-month siege for this strategic center in western Sudan’s Darfur region – a campaign characterised by documented mass killings and sexual violence. [Ebrahim Hamid/AFP]
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Protesters clash with police during a youth-led antigovernment demonstration in Mexico City. [Marco Ugarte/AP Photo]Kosim Uddin, 50, gazes at the empty space where his home once stood, as he poses for a photograph on an island in the Brahmaputra River. He recently relocated to this spot in Kurigram, Bangladesh, after erosion claimed his previous dwelling. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]A healthcare worker accompanies a patient at the Spanish field hospital in Falmouth, Jamaica. The facility has started accepting its first patients, including a newborn, providing critical support to the country’s health services in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s devastating effect. [Orlando Barria/EPA]
