Best photos of November 18: From a bakery in Gaza to arrests in Bangladesh

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

TOPSHOT - Palestinians wait in a queue to receive bread outside a bakery in Khan Yunis on November 18, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

South African police guard the entrance of a disused gold mine, where thousands of people are thought to be hiding. The site is in the north-western town of Stilfontein. EPA

Chinese artist Kong Ning wears her Purple Shells installation at the Cop29 summit, alongside French climate activist David Ligouy, left. Reuters

A woman returns to her home after it was damaged when a typhoon hit Aurora province, in the Philippines. EPA

Climate activists march outside the Environment Ministry building in Jakarta, Indonesia. EPA

Candles are lit at an event in the Czech capital Prague to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution. AFP

Emergency workers arrive in the Mar Elias area of Beirut, after a deadly Israel air strike. Reuters

Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal, centre, speaks to the media after 13 former senior government officials were arrested over accusations they 'enabled massacres' during an uprising in August. AFP