The week around the world in 20 pictures
The Ebola outbreak, Israeli strikes in Gaza, Putin in Beijing and Arsenal win the Premier League – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
Fri 22 May 2026 14.31 EDT
Last modified on Sun 24 May 2026 11.56 EDT
London, England
Protesters gather on the day of a ‘unite the kingdom’ rally organised by British anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon in London. The rally failed to get the huge numbers it hoped for, with police confident that the crowd at the protest last Saturday was less than half the size of that at a similar event last year.Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
Arlington, Virginia, US
1st Sgt Kosovare Fain carries her daughter, Reagan Fain, as she and fellow soldiers from the US Army 3rd Infantry Regiment participate in the annual Flags-In event at Arlington National Cemetery.Photograph: Matt McClain/Reuters
Rwampara, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Medical staff prepare to escort a body from the hospital to the cemetery. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo poses a ‘very high’ risk to the country, the World Health Organization said on Friday, revising its threat assessment upwards.Photograph: Seros Muyisa/AFP/Getty Images
Prague, Czech Republic
A US doctor, who was in contact with people infected with Ebola in Uganda, arrives at a hospital in Prague.Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP
Rwampara
Medical staff carry a patient on a stretcher. The Ebola outbreak is spreading rapidly, WHO leaders said on Friday, with almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths, up from 246 cases and 65 deaths when it was first reported a week earlier.Photograph: Seros Muyisa/AFP/Getty Images
Khan Younis, Gaza
A wedding dress on display outside a shop in Khan Younis as brides in Gaza turn to reused gowns amid soaring prices and shortages caused by the war. Gaza is in a grim limbo more than seven months after Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire deal: no reconstruction is under way, the so-called Board of Peace is struggling with funding and Palestinian technocrats chosen to run the strip have been sidelined in Egypt.Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters
Tehran, Iran
A woman poses for photographs during a mass wedding ceremony for self-sacrificing couples, organised by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. ‘Self-sacrificing’ refers to individuals who are prepared to take up arms in defence of the Islamic Republic in the event of a military attack.Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Gaza
Technicians work on a 3D-printed transparent face mask to treat the burns of a Palestinian child affected by the war at a clinic run by Médecins Sans Frontières in Gaza City.Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
Gaza
Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the slain chief of the Qassam Brigades, his wife and daughter, all killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City.Photograph: Omar al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
West Bank
A Bedouin child rides a donkey in the village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank. Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered the evacuation of Khan al-Ahmar as part of measures against the Palestinian Authority.Photograph: Mahmoud Illean/AP
Athens, Greece
Protesters hang a huge Palestinian flag on a building facing the Israeli embassy in Athens during a protest over the interception of the Gaza aid flotilla. Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on the flotilla were subjected to abuse, organisers have alleged, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape.Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters
Simi Valley, California, US
Fire crews conduct an operation to control the Sandy fire in Simi Valley. More than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in southern California as the wildfire threatened suburban homes.Photograph: Ethan Swope/AP
Simi Valley, California, US
A firefighter looks at a charred hillside during the Sandy fire in Simi Valley.Photograph: Daniel Cole/Reuters
Achica Arriba, Bolivia
Protesters clash with police during an operation to clear a roadblock in Achica Arriba. In response to the protests, the centre-right Bolivian president, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, said he would carry out a cabinet reshuffle and would not ‘dialogue with vandals’ involved in acts of violence, but would set up a council to allow Indigenous groups, farmers, miners and other workers who have been on the streets ‘to be part of the decision-making process’.Photograph: Luis Gandarillas/EPA
Nairobi, Kenya
A protester chants anti-government slogans on a road blocked with stones during a nationwide transport strike over rising fuel prices. Kenya is one of many African countries dependent on fuel imports from the Gulf, and heavily hit by Iran’s effective closure of the strait of Hormuz.Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images
Lagos, Nigeria
A worker arranges hair extensions at a workshop in the Ojota neighbourhood of Lagos.Photograph: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images
Seoul, South Korea
South Korean Buddhists celebrate the Buddha Era (BE) 2570 Lotus Lantern festival in Seoul.Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA
Beijing, China
Members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army honour guards march during a welcome ceremony for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and Putin issued a joint condemnation of ‘irresponsible’ US foreign policy, warning of ‘a drift back to the law of the jungle’.Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
Nantes, France
Nantes’ football supporters holding flares attempt to invade the pitch during their team’s match against Toulouse. The match was abandoned after just 22 minutes. The club’s owners did not attend due to safety fears. Those fears were justified when ultras threw ominous black flares and stormed the pitch in great numbers.Photograph: Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP/Getty Images
London, England
Jubilant Arsenal supporters celebrate outside the Emirates Stadium after the Gunners became Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years.Photograph: Marcin Nowak/LNPExplore more on these topics