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Week in pictures: From Israeli strikes in Gaza to floods in Vietnam

02 November 2025

This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.

Week in Pictures: — Palestinians retrieve a body from the debris of a residence demolished during an Israeli air strike on Gaza City. According to Gaza's Civil Defence, nighttime air raids killed at least 50 people across the Palestinian territory on October 29, 2025. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]

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Week in Pictures: — Drivers try to find the least submerged areas to park their cars on a road from Holland Bamboo to Middle Quarters in St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. [Ricardo Makyn/AFP]

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Week in Pictures: — Shan ethnic artists perform a traditional dance on the opening day of the weeklong Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival in Taunggyi in northeastern Myanmar's Shan State. [Sai Aung Main/AFP]

Week in Pictures: — People look at the bodies of those killed during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Penha Complex favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At least 132 people were killed. [Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo]

Week in Pictures: — People fill the streets of Novi Sad, Serbia, before observing 16 minutes of silence for the victims of a train station roof collapse on the first anniversary of the disaster, which killed 16 people. [Armin Durgut/AP Photo]

Week in Pictures: — A woman rows a boat on a flooded street after heavy rains in Hoi An, Vietnam. Coastal provinces have been lashed by heavy rains since October 26, 20025, with a record of up to 1.7 metres (67 inches) falling over 24 hours. [Nhac Nguyen/AFP]

Week in Pictures: — Residents hold rubber bullets and used tear gas canisters following a protest a day after Tanzania's presidential election. Demonstrations were held against the exclusion of two leading opposition candidates, which led to President Samia Suluhu Hassan being declared the winner with 98 percent of the votes. [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]

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Week in Pictures: — An Iraqi firefighter works at the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq. One person was killed and at least nine were injured on October 26, 2025, in a fire caused by a gas leak. [Hussein Faleh/AFP]

Week in Pictures: — A member of the Taliban security forces stands guard as deported Afghan refugees from Pakistan arrive at a border crossing to return to Afghanistan. [Sanaullah Seiam/AFP]

Week in Pictures: — Presidential guards walk on the ancient Acropolis after the lowering of the Greek flag as the city of Athens spreads out below. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]

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