The week around the world in 20 pictures
Wildfires in Hawaii and Portugal, Russian strikes on residential buildings in Ukraine, the funeral of Sinéad O’Connor in Ireland and the cycling world championships in Glasgow: the most striking images this week
@jimpowell2002 Main image: Two people walk down Front Street, Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in Hawaii. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesFri 11 Aug 2023 14.56 EDT Last modified on Fri 11 Aug 2023 16.23 EDT
Reguengo, Portugal
A helicopter fights a wildfire. Nearly 1,000 firefighters in Portugal scrambled to contain a wildfire that has raged for days and forced the evacuation of about 1,400 people as it spread towards the Algarve, one of the country’s top tourist destinationsPhotograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPort-au-Prince, Haiti
A man runs past burning tyres during a protest against insecurity. About 300 women and minors were kidnapped in Haiti by criminal gangs in the first half of this year, Unicef said this week, warning of a disturbing rise in abductions that leave ‘deep physical and psychological scars’Photograph: Richard Pierrin/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPokrovsk, Ukraine
A man carries an injured Ukrainian woman after an explosion in the city of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian authorities said five people were killed and 18 wounded after a Russian strike on residential buildings. ‘An ordinary residential building was hit,’ President Zelenskiy posted, along with a video showing people clearing rubble from a typical Soviet-era five-storey building whose top floor had been destroyedPhotograph: Stanislav Krupar/EPA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterNablus, West Bank
A youth inspects the remains of a house demolished by Israeli soldiers at the Asker camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army demolished the house of Abdel Fatah Khroushah who was accused of an attack which killed two Israelis at the end of FebruaryPhotograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterOdeceixe, Portugal
Columns of smoke rise from a wildfire in Portugal. Countries across southern Europe continue to grapple with record-breaking temperaturesPhotograph: Patrícia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterGlasgow, Scotland
Riders take part in the men’s elite elimination race during the cycling world championshipsPhotograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterBrisbane, Australia
Lauren James of England stamps on Nigeria’s Michelle Alozie during their Women’s World Cup match. James’s sending‑off in the 85th minute for stepping on Alozie as her opponent lay on the ground was symptomatic of a frustrated England, who scraped past a tactically superior Nigeria on penalties to progress to the World Cup quarter-finalsPhotograph: Matt Roberts/FIFA/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterBray, Ireland
People throw flowers as the hearse carrying Sinead O’Connor’s coffin passes by her former home on the seafront. O’Connor’s family had invited the public to pay their final respects on the Bray seafront, where she had lived for 15 years. ‘With this procession, her family would like to acknowledge the outpouring of love for her from the people of Co Wicklow and beyond, since she left last week to go to another place’Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
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é, ChadSudanese children, who fled the conflict at Murnei in Darfur, ride a cart while crossing the border between Sudan and ChadPhotograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
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A shepherd tries to save his flock of sheep during an aggressive wildfire that hit the village of Posada. A number of homes and resorts in the area were evacuated as strong mistral winds helped fuel the flamesPhotograph: Emanuele Perrone/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterKyiv, Ukraine
Steeplejacks install the coat of arms of Ukraine on the shield of the 62-metre Motherland monument. The Ukrainian trident replaced the coat of arms of the former Soviet Union, which was removed earlier this monthPhotograph: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterCatania, Italy
Smoke rings, composed of a mixture of smoke, steam and other gases expelled at high speed, rise above the Etna volcano. The rings are emitted from a single vent located in one of its most active craters.Photograph: Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPort-au-Prince, Haiti
Demonstrators run past tyres set on fire during a protest against insecurityPhotograph: Odelyn Joseph/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterZhuozhou, China
A man holding a child walks across a damaged bridge after the rains and floods brought by the remnants of Typhoon DoksuriPhotograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterNiamey, Niger
A woman walks across a road. Despite the restrictions on freedoms, the coup in Niger is welcomed by many inhabitants of the Nigerien capital opposed to the fallen regimePhotograph: AFP/Getty Images
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ém, BrazilA girl looks on as indigenous people await the start of the presentation ceremony of the most recent census of ancestral communities at the Theatro da PazPhotograph: António Lacerda/EPA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDonetsk, Ukraine
A firefighter climbs a ladder while extinguishing a fire in the university building after a reported shelling in Donetsk in Russian-controlled UkrainePhotograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterYogyakarta, Indonesia
The Mount Merapi volcano spews hot lava and smoke, as seen from TuriPhotograph: Hendra Nurdiyansyah/Antara Foto/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterHebron, West Bank
Palestinian trainer Mayar Ayaydeh leads her trainees during a training session near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West BankPhotograph: Mussa Issa Qawasma/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLahaina, Hawaii, US
Two people walk down Front Street in the aftermath of wildfires in Hawaii. The loss of life from three fires that have ravaged the island of Maui and obliterated the village of Lahaina is expected to rise above the official tally of 55 dead, officials have warned, as crews continue a desperate search for survivorsPhotograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images
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