Week in pictures: 12-18 November 2023
A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.
Former senator Leila De Lima reacts after attending a court hearing in Manila. The critic of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was granted bail on Monday after almost seven years in jail on charges related to his bloody war on drugs. Many witnesses against her have retracted their testimony since Mr Duterte’s term ended last year.
A Ukrainian serviceman jumps on to a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer at a position on a front line in the Zaporizhzhia region. Ukraine’s military has claimed that its troops have crossed onto the Russian-occupied left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River.
Chelsea Pensioners gather at the Saluting Base on Horse Guards Parade during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
A mural in memory of Sir Bobby Charlton has been painted on the side of a pub near Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium. The Red Devils legend, who made 758 appearances for the club, died at the age of 86 last month.
Britain’s Tyson Fury (l) launched a tirade of abuse towards Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk at their face-off in London before the two were separated by security. The pair will fight in Riyadh on 17 February – the winner will be crowned the first undisputed boxing heavyweight champion in the four-belt era.
Riot police officers pass demonstrators during a protest near Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE) headquarters in Madrid, after Spain’s socialists reached a deal with the Catalan separatist Junts party for government support, which includes amnesties for people involved with Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence bid.
King Charles III hands Kelvin, a Big Issue seller, a £10 note for a copy of the latest issue which features a portrait of the monarch by Rankin on the cover. The King was highlighting his Coronation Food Project, which aims to help those in need of food.
A group of girls react as they gather to plant tree seedlings in an urban forest during a nationwide tree planting public holiday in Nairobi, Kenya.
A customer looks at marigold flowers at a shop along a roadside in Mumbai on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are stranded on a boat after a community reportedly decided not to allow them to land after giving them water and food in Pineung, Aceh Province, Indonesia.
Fluminense football fans celebrate as the team bus passes by during the victory parade for winning the Copa Libertadores in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fluminense won the title for the first time in their history by beating Boca Juniors in a dramatic final.
Huge cracks have appeared in the Icelandic town of Grindavik after it was hit by earthquakes. Thousands of people have been evacuated, as officials fear the many tremors may indicate an imminent volcanic eruption.
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a working session during the One Planet – Polar Summit at the French National Museum of Natural History (Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, MNHN) in Paris.
