Pictures of the week: From a memorial in Krakow to UAE women’s cricket in Dubai

  • A rose is left in a bullet hole in a window at the Main Market Square of Krakow, Poland, following a mass shooting. Reuters
    A rose is left in a bullet hole in a window at the Main Market Square of Krakow, Poland, following a mass shooting. Reuters
  • Climate activist Greta Thunberg leaves a press conference on day two of Cop31 in Antalya, Turkey. EPA
    Climate activist Greta Thunberg leaves a press conference on day two of Cop31 in Antalya, Turkey. EPA
  • Russell Brand supporters outside his sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court in London. Brand was sentenced to 10 and a half years in jail. Getty Images
    Russell Brand supporters outside his sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court in London. Brand was sentenced to 10 and a half years in jail. Getty Images
  • Visitors sit at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. AFP
    Visitors sit at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. AFP
  • Devotees attend Diwali prayers at the Hindu Temple Dubai in Jebel Ali. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Devotees attend Diwali prayers at the Hindu Temple Dubai in Jebel Ali. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia attend a state funeral for the 69 people killed in the Urda train crash, at Toledo Cathedral, Spain. Reuters
    Spanish King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia attend a state funeral for the 69 people killed in the Urda train crash, at Toledo Cathedral, Spain. Reuters
  • A re-enactor fires a cannon at an Armistice Day commemoration at the Saluting Battery overlooking Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta. Reuters
    A re-enactor fires a cannon at an Armistice Day commemoration at the Saluting Battery overlooking Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta. Reuters
  • Iranian women volunteers at a military training centre for ordinary citizens, at Azadi Square in Tehran. Reuters
    Iranian women volunteers at a military training centre for ordinary citizens, at Azadi Square in Tehran. Reuters
  • A man bathes in the Ganges as the sun sets in Kolkata, India. Reuters
    A man bathes in the Ganges as the sun sets in Kolkata, India. Reuters
  • An android robot sits among the audience during the Web Summit opening ceremony in Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon. AFP
    An android robot sits among the audience during the Web Summit opening ceremony in Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon. AFP
  • A dumpsite at Agbogbloshie, Accra. Thousands of tonnes of refuse have accumulated over decades, overwhelming the fragile wetlands in Ghana, overlooking a slum of around 80,000 residents. AFP
    A dumpsite at Agbogbloshie, Accra. Thousands of tonnes of refuse have accumulated over decades, overwhelming the fragile wetlands in Ghana, overlooking a slum of around 80,000 residents. AFP
  • President Donald Trump speaks during an unscheduled appearance in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. AFP
    President Donald Trump speaks during an unscheduled appearance in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. AFP
  • Senegalese spectators cheer on the athletes during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, at Saly Plage Ouest in Saly. AFP
    Senegalese spectators cheer on the athletes during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, at Saly Plage Ouest in Saly. AFP
  • Smoke rises as participants burn flares and wave Polish flags during an Independence Day march in Warsaw. AFP
    Smoke rises as participants burn flares and wave Polish flags during an Independence Day march in Warsaw. AFP
  • Members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee burn a copy of Belonging, a memoir by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, during a protest over what they say is the book's inaccurate account of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in New Delhi. Reuters
    Members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee burn a copy of Belonging, a memoir by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, during a protest over what they say is the book's inaccurate account of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in New Delhi. Reuters
  • Pope Leo XIV arrives to lead Mass in the square in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Lujan, Argentina. AFP
    Pope Leo XIV arrives to lead Mass in the square in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Lujan, Argentina. AFP
  • Egyptian actor Farouk Falawkas receives the Golden Pyramid Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement during the opening ceremony of the Cairo International Film Festival. EPA
    Egyptian actor Farouk Falawkas receives the Golden Pyramid Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement during the opening ceremony of the Cairo International Film Festival. EPA
  • Settlers stand by scattered belongings and damaged structures after Israeli authorities attempt to evacuate Kfar Tarfon outpost, near Atara village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
    Settlers stand by scattered belongings and damaged structures after Israeli authorities attempt to evacuate Kfar Tarfon outpost, near Atara village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • A staff member salvages medical equipment from Nasser Hospital following an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza. AFP
    A staff member salvages medical equipment from Nasser Hospital following an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza. AFP
  • Artisanal gold miners wait for a repatriation vehicle bound for Burkina Faso, in Kanadjiguilla, Mali. AFP
    Artisanal gold miners wait for a repatriation vehicle bound for Burkina Faso, in Kanadjiguilla, Mali. AFP
  • Visitors sit inside the newly opened Shamash Jewish Museum, housed in the former Shamash Jewish School, on Al Rashid Street in central Baghdad. Reuters
    Visitors sit inside the newly opened Shamash Jewish Museum, housed in the former Shamash Jewish School, on Al Rashid Street in central Baghdad. Reuters
  • Violence breaks out at protests in Barcelona during a general strike over soaring housing costs in Spain. Getty Images
    Violence breaks out at protests in Barcelona during a general strike over soaring housing costs in Spain. Getty Images
  • Inmates exercise in Tamara National Penitentiary, Honduras. Reuters
    Inmates exercise in Tamara National Penitentiary, Honduras. Reuters
  • A mass wedding ceremony has been held for 250 Palestinian couples on the Gaza city beachfront. Ahmed Khmis for The National
    A mass wedding ceremony has been held for 250 Palestinian couples on the Gaza city beachfront. Ahmed Khmis for The National
  • Possible Landscapes by Charlotte Colbert stands near the Giza pyramid complex during the Forever Is Now exhibition on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    Possible Landscapes by Charlotte Colbert stands near the Giza pyramid complex during the Forever Is Now exhibition on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Children look at a damaged bus that was carrying Cambodian school pupils when it crashed into a pond. Reuters
    Children look at a damaged bus that was carrying Cambodian school pupils when it crashed into a pond. Reuters
  • Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is greeted by an indigenous delegate at the Cop31 UN climate conference in Antalya Turkey. EPA
    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is greeted by an indigenous delegate at the Cop31 UN climate conference in Antalya Turkey. EPA
  • A member of the UAE women's cricket team training ahead of the Emerging Nations Trophy, at the ICC Academy in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A member of the UAE women's cricket team training ahead of the Emerging Nations Trophy, at the ICC Academy in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National