Ukrainian military personnel fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions in Donetsk. Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/ReutersJim PowellFri 29 May 2026 15.31 EDTLast modified on Fri 29 May 2026 16.20 EDTShare
Kyiv, Ukraine
A man looks at heavily damaged buildings after Russian strikes in Kyiv. Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region this week that killed at least four people and injured about 100Photograph: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
Kyiv, Ukraine
Red Cross volunteers help an injured woman in a shelter after a Russian strike on a residential neighbourhood of Kyiv. The intense barrage on Kyiv came after Putin vowed revenge on Ukraine, having accused its forces of a deadly drone attack on a student dormitory in Luhansk, a Russian-controlled region in eastern UkrainePhotograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/APShare
Newark, New Jersey, US
Federal agents detain a protester after using a Taser on him outside the federal immigration centre at Delaney Hall. Protests against immigration enforcement at the facility where detainees are on a hunger and labour strike erupted in violence this week as federal officers sprayed chemicals and charged at demonstrators outside the jail in New JerseyPhotograph: Adam Gray/Getty ImagesShare
Newark, New Jersey, US
People wave from inside the Delaney Hall detention centre to protesters supporting a hunger strike among those detained. According to activists, between 300 and 400 detainees are participating in the strike, demanding improved food, ventilation and medical care – and for their immigration cases to proceed.Photograph: Ryan Murphy/ReutersShare
South Gate, California, US
Veronica Smith watches from her doorstep as firefighters battle a fire on a commercial structure in South GatePhotograph: Ethan Swope/APShare
Paris, France
A woman jumps off a bridge into the Canal de l’Ourcq as temperatures reached up to 35C (95F) in Paris. The UN climate chief said an extreme early heat event sweeping parts of western Europe was ‘a brutal reminder of the spiralling impacts of the climate crisis’, after France and the UK set new temperature records for May on two consecutive daysPhotograph: Tom Nicholson/ReutersShare
Paris, France
Italy’s Jannik Sinner reacts to the heat during his match against Juan Manuel Cerúndolo of Argentina at the French Open in Paris. Sinner described his second-round loss against Cerúndolo and the physical difficulties that scuppered him as ‘tough to accept’ considering his formPhotograph: Mohammed Badra/EPAShare
Lagos, Nigeria
A worshipper uses a fan inside the compound of the Celestial Church of Christ international headquarters in the neighbourhood of Ketu in LagosPhotograph: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
A coordinator with U-Reporters takes part in a campaign to raise awareness against Ebola in Goma. The death rate of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is between 30% and 50%, the World Health Organization has said, as its head arrived in the country this week to support efforts to contain the diseasePhotograph: Marie Jeanne Munyerenkana/EPAShare
Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo
Community members watch as health workers wearing protective equipment prepare for a safe burial during the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The outbreak is the 17th recorded Ebola epidemic in the vast central African country, which has a population of more than 100 million. The disease was first identified there in 1976 and its death rate has averaged 50% across all outbreaks, according to the WHOPhotograph: Michel Lunanga/Getty ImagesShare
Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
An internally displaced woman who has been living in a camp on the property of Bunia’s Institut Supérieur Pédagogique for eight years sits in her room with her childrenPhotograph: Moses Sawasawa/APShare
Wonosobo, Indonesia
Muslim women take photographs of Mount Sindoro before offering Eid al-Adha prayers in the village of ButuhPhotograph: Dwi Oblo/ReutersShare
Khan Younis, Gaza
Displaced Palestinian children play on a swing at a tent camp during Eid al-Adha in GazaPhotograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/APShare
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Muslim pilgrims pray on Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat, where the prophet Mohammad is believed to have delivered his last sermon, during the climax of the hajj pilgrimage. Global heating has ‘fundamentally altered’ the climate of Mecca and is exposing millions of hajj pilgrims to extreme and dangerous heat even in months outside summer, new analysis has foundPhotograph: Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
El Rocío, Spain
Riders from the Moguer Brotherhood cross shallow water during the annual Romería de El Rocío pilgrimagePhotograph: Fran Santiago/Getty ImagesShare
Gardiner, Montana, US
Horseback riders participate in the Hell’s A-Roarin’ horse drive, a fundraiser for disabled veterans, in GardinerPhotograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesShare
Bridlington, England
Seabirds including Fulmar and Northern Gannet fly over the sea at the RSPB’s Bempton Cliffs reserve in Bridlington on the East Yorkshire coast. Multiple exposures were combined in-camera to produce this imagePhotograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesShare
Yellowstone, Wyoming, US
Visitors view the Grand Prismatic Spring, the largest hot spring in the US at more than 90 metres (300ft) wide and 37 metres deep. The vibrant colours surrounding its waters are created by thermophiles – microorganisms that thrive in hot environmentsPhotograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesShare
Donetsk, Ukraine
Artillerymen of the 30th Separate Mechanised brigade fire a self-propelled howitzer 2S22 Bohdana toward Russian positions on a frontline in Donetsk. The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said this week that ‘Russia is on the back foot’ and ‘the dynamics of the war are shifting in Ukraine’s favour’, as she called for Europe to keep pressure on MoscowPhotograph: Anatolii Stepanov/ReutersShare
Kyiv, Ukraine
People walk past a building in flames following Russian strikes in Kyiv. The Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, has said the alliance is ‘ready to defend every inch’ of its territory this week after a Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania, a member state, during an attack on neighbouring UkrainePhotograph: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty ImagesShareExplore more on these topics
