Jojutla, Mexico
A woman walks past a collapsed building after an earthquake in central Mexico left 282 people dead. The death toll from the 7.1 magnitude quake included at least 137 in the capital, and was set to rise as rescue workers search the precarious ruins amid the threat of aftershocks, collapsing rubble and gas leaks.
Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP
Mexico City
Rescuers remove rubble and debris from a collapsed office building where people are believed to be still alive in the neighbourhood of Roma Norte. There was growing anger towards the armed forces, who started to raze collapsed buildings less than 72 hours after the earthquake – prompting fears that buildings where survivors remained trapped could be destroyed.
Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Pyongyang, North Korea
Residents gather to watch a television news broadcast of a statement delivered by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. US president Donald Trump is “mentally deranged” and will “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea, Kim Jong-Un said as his foreign minister hinted the regime may explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean.
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Idlib, Syria
Smoke rises after an airstrike on the rebel-held town of Kafr Nabl.
Photograph: Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Damascus, Syria
Students walk in a damaged classroom on the first day of school in the rebel-held neighbourhood of Douma.
Photograph: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters
Barcelona, Spain
Two men wearing donkey masks and wrapped in pro-independence flags rest during a protest. Thousands gathered at the gates of Catalonia’s judiciary body in Barcelona to demand the release of a dozen officials arrested in connection with a vote on independence that Spanish authorities are challenging as illegal.
Photograph: Manu Fernandez/AP
Milan, Italy
Models walk the runway at the Moschino show during Milan fashion week.
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Martinique, French Caribbean
Rocks are swept on to a road by strong waves in Le Carbet after it was hit by Hurricane Maria.
Photograph: Lionel Chamoiseau/AFP/Getty Images
Bavaro, Dominican Republic
A gift shop on Cofrecito beach is damaged after being hit by Hurricane Maria.
Photograph: Tatiana Fernandez/AP
Mumbai, India
A girl walks on a pavement in a waterlogged street as the rain falls in Mumbai.
Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters
Western Amazon, Brazil
Fishermen pull up a crocodile which was caught in their net as they fished for arapaima.
Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Rohingya refugees shelter from the rain at a camp in Cox’s Bazar.
Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Rohingya refugees sleep at an informal refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. Nearly 400,000 Rohingyas have fled into Bangladesh during an outbreak of violence in the state of Rakhine.
Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images
Paris, France
A protester is silhouetted during clashes with riot police at a demonstration against the French government’s labour reforms.
Photograph: Etienne Laurent/EPA
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Police officers disperse protesting students with teargas during a demonstration against the rising costs of education at the Félix Houphouët Boigny University.
Photograph: Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images
Al-Sharqat, Iraq
Iraqi forces advance towards the city of al-Sharqat where they are preparing to retake the jihadist-held city of Hawijah, backed by Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries.
Photograph: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A woman squeezes against a wall as soldiers patrol in an alley during an operation in the Rocinha slum. Shootouts erupted in several areas of Rio de Janeiro, prompting Brazilian authorities to shut roads, close schools and ask for the Army to intervene.
Photograph: Leo Correa/AP
Sunbury, England
Police officers stand guard by a property being searched in connection with the alleged terror attack on Parsons Green station in London. An 18-year-old Iraqi orphan appeared in court this week accused of planting the bomb that half-exploded on a rush-hour London tube train, injuring 30 people.
Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images
Manila, Philippines
A boy walks on a rubbish-filled creek to reach his ball in Manila. Greenpeace allege that western brands such as Nestlé, Unilever and Procter & Gamble cause serious ocean pollution by packaging products in cheap and disposable plastics. The environmental watchdog ranked the Philippines as the “third worst polluter into the world’s oceans” behind China and Indonesia in a report released in Manila.
Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images
Athens, Greece
Oil which leaked from a small oil tanker pollutes the beach of Agios Kosmas.
Photograph: Giorgos Moutafis/Reuters
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