Week in pictures 5 October 2024
BAQA AL-GHARBIYA:
Projectiles are intercepted by Israel near the northern city of Baqa al-Gharbiya on Tuesday, October 1. Iran launched dozens of missiles toward Israel on Tuesday in what it said was a response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and others (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
MEXICO CITY:
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, at center wearing the sash, is congratulated at her inauguration in Mexico City on Tuesday, October 1. She is the country’s first female president (Luis Antonio Rojas/The New York Times/Redux)
SANIBEL ISLAND:
In this screengrab taken from a United States Coast Guard body cam, a man and his dog are rescued after their sailboat became disabled and started taking on water off Sanibel Island, Florida, on Friday, September 26 (US Coast Guard/Handout/Reuters)
RAPA NUI:
The moon moves across the sun during an annular solar eclipse seen from the southeastern Pacific territory of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, on Wednesday, October 2. The eclipse was seen in parts of South America on Wednesday, creating a blazing “ring of fire” in the sky (Esteban Felix/AP)
KALLITHEA:
People near the Greek village of Kallithea watch flames rise from a nearby wildfire on Sunday, September 29 (Vassilis Psomas/Reuters)
ASHEVILLE:
Debris is seen in Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday, September 30. Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage there (Mike Stewart/AP)
ROME:
Bishops attend a Mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday, October 2 (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)
CONYERS:
Smoke billows from a fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, Georgia, on Sunday, September 29. The fire caused a chemical reaction that prompted 17,000 people to evacuate the area around the plant (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP)
LISBON:
Police in Lisbon, Portugal, detain a woman that was protesting Sunday, September 29, against a demonstration called by the far-right party Chega against “uncontrolled immigration” (Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images)
KATHMANDU:
A man sits inside a concrete pipe meant for municipal use after his shelter was swept away by flooding in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, October 1 (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)
BAQA AL-GHARBIYA: Projectiles are intercepted by Israel near the northern city of Baqa al-Gharbiya on Tuesday, October 1. Iran launched dozens of missiles toward Israel on Tuesday in what it said was a response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and others (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, at center wearing the sash, is congratulated at her inauguration in Mexico City on Tuesday, October 1. She is the country’s first female president (Luis Antonio Rojas/The New York Times/Redux)
SANIBEL ISLAND: In this screengrab taken from a United States Coast Guard body cam, a man and his dog are rescued after their sailboat became disabled and started taking on water off Sanibel Island, Florida, on Friday, September 26 (US Coast Guard/Handout/Reuters)
RAPA NUI: The moon moves across the sun during an annular solar eclipse seen from the southeastern Pacific territory of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, on Wednesday, October 2. The eclipse was seen in parts of South America on Wednesday, creating a blazing “ring of fire” in the sky (Esteban Felix/AP)
KALLITHEA: People near the Greek village of Kallithea watch flames rise from a nearby wildfire on Sunday, September 29 (Vassilis Psomas/Reuters)
ASHEVILLE: Debris is seen in Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday, September 30. Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage there (Mike Stewart/AP)
ROME: Bishops attend a Mass led by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday, October 2 (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)
CONYERS: Smoke billows from a fire at the BioLab facility in Conyers, Georgia, on Sunday, September 29. The fire caused a chemical reaction that prompted 17,000 people to evacuate the area around the plant (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP)
LISBON: Police in Lisbon, Portugal, detain a woman that was protesting Sunday, September 29, against a demonstration called by the far-right party Chega against “uncontrolled immigration” (Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images)
KATHMANDU: A man sits inside a concrete pipe meant for municipal use after his shelter was swept away by flooding in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, October 1 (Niranjan Shrestha/AP)