The 25th anniversary of 9/11, Russian strikes in Kyiv, wildfires in Indonesia and Sabalenka at the US Open – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
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Liudmyla Ryzhak prepares for her wedding in her damaged apartment after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv. Photograph: Francisco Seco/APJim PowellFri 11 Sep 2026 14.51 EDTLast modified on Fri 11 Sep 2026 15.21 EDTShare
A US army warrant officer stands by a reflecting pool during a memorial on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Family members of victims gathered at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza as the names of those killed in the 9/11 attacks and the bombing of the World Trade Centre in 1993 were read aloud.Photograph: Adam Gray/APShare
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Girls attend a class at a primary school in Kandahar at the start of a new school year. Hundreds of thousands of Afghan women and girls have been deported from Iran and Pakistan in the past year to a life of severe restrictions.Photograph: Sanaullah Seiam/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
Deir al-Balah, Gaza
A Palestinian child looks at the funeral of three-year-old Saadi Ghalia, who was killed by an Israeli tank shell, in Deir al-Balah. Testimony from 24 Israeli military insiders on the secret systems used in the war on Gaza has been revealed in a new documentary film about the mass killing of Palestinian civilians.Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/ReutersShare
Gaza
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, carried out after the Israeli military warned residents to evacuate the area, at al-Shati camp in Gaza City.Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/ReutersShare
Taybeh, West Bank
Members of the Bedouin community from the West Bank village of Taybeh keep guard to prevent attacks by Israeli settlers from the nearby outpost. Prominent British rabbis have backed sanctions by Ed Miliband, the foreign secretary, on Israeli settlements, warning that the time for inaction on settler violence must come to an end.Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPAShare
Ceuta, Spain
People look on as firefighters and police work in an area where a fire broke out, burning improvised migrant shelters.Photograph: Max Cavallari/ReutersShare
Barcelona, Spain
Police officers use batons to disperse far-left Catalan separatists trying to disrupt a rally by a far-right Catalan separatist party.Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/APShare
Kyiv, Ukraine
Liudmyla Ryzhak prepares for her wedding to her fiance, Leonid Ryzhak, in their damaged apartment after a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv. A temporary truce between Moscow and Kyiv to ensure the safe passage of US negotiators over the weekend ended abruptly on Monday night when jet-powered drones and ballistic missiles pounded Ukraine’s capital.Photograph: Francisco Seco/APShare
Kyiv, Ukraine
Firefighters deal with the aftermath of a huge Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv. Recent Russian strikes on food warehouses and logistics supply chains around several Ukrainian cities have left gaps on supermarket shelves and fears of price increases.Photograph: Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty ImagesShare
A firefighter uses a tree branch to try to extinguish flames amid a wildfire in Palembang.Photograph: Abriansyah Liberto/ReutersShare
Surakarta, Indonesia
A helicopter drops water in an attempt to put out a fire at the Putri Cempo landfill.Photograph: Devi Rahman/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
Devighat, Nepal
Residents commute across the Trishuli River on a newly installed zip wire in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat. Nepal is demanding $20m (£15m) in climate compensation for the recent devastating floods, as a senior minister called on the world’s most polluting countries to ‘wake up’ and accept shared responsibility for a disaster that led to the death or disappearance of more than 6,000 people.Photograph: Niranjan Shrestha/APShare
A girl stands among the debris of a fire that ravaged a school in Bukavu. The fire caused a stampede that killed at least 14 children.Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Health workers prepare to transfer the body of Abineno Justine, a 38-year-old woman who died of the Ebola virus, to a coffin before her burial.Photograph: Dieudonne Dirole/APShare
Havana, Cuba
Followers of the Virgin of Regla – Yemayá in the Yoruba religion – take part in a procession during her feast day in Havana.Photograph: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
New York City, US
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus serves to Czechia’s Linda Nosková during the women’s quarter-final at the US Open in Flushing Meadows. There has been little evidence of vulnerability from Sabalenka during the tournament. She swept through Camila Osorio, Polina Iatcenko, Kamilla Rakhimova and Taylor Townsend without dropping a set before surviving her first serious examination against the Wimbledon champion Nosková in Tuesday’s quarter-final, coming through 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 after 2 hours and 22 minutes.Photograph: Al Bello/Getty ImagesShare
