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The week around the world in 20 pictures

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Twenty photographs of the week

The week around the world in 20 pictures

Attacks on police in Southampton, Russian strikes in Kyiv, the Ebola outbreak and PSG win the Champions League – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

Warning: this gallery contains images some readers may find distressing

Demonstrators attack a police van in Southampton, England, after a protest held in reaction to the police’s actions in restraining Henry Nowak after he had been stabbed by Vickrum Digwa. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
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Kyiv, Ukraine

Teenagers Yaroslav and Darina hug at the site of a Russian missile strike on a residential building. Russia is exploiting a global shortage of Patriot air defence interceptor missiles as it increases attacks on Ukraine amid warnings that the shortfall is creating a ‘window of vulnerability’ for the countries that rely on themPhotograph: Efrem Lukatsky/APShare

Kyiv, Ukraine

Residents look out from a broken window in a residential building damaged by a Russian strike. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked Donald Trump to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine after a devastating attack killed at least 18 people and injured dozens morePhotograph: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Kramatorsk, Ukraine

An injured woman walks out of her shop after a Russian airstrike. Russia launched 73 missiles and 656 drones at Ukraine on Monday night, according to the air force, including eight hypersonic Tsirkon missilesPhotograph: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu/Getty ImagesShare

St Petersburg, Russia

Black smoke billows over the city’s port after a Ukrainian drone attack. The drones hit energy and military sites on Wednesday, hours before international guests gathered for Vladimir Putin’s flagship economic forumPhotograph: APShare

Southampton, England

A child watches as demonstrators clash with police near Portswood police station during a a protest held in reaction to the death of Henry Nowak after the conviction of his murderer, Vickrum Digwa. The police watchdog is examining the conduct of the officers who handcuffed Nowak after Digwa had stabbed him. They had gone to the scene after Digwa falsely claimed that Nowak had racially abused and attacked himPhotograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Southampton, England

Demonstrators attack a van after a protest march held in reaction to the police’s actions in restraining Henry Nowak after he had been stabbed. Eleven officers and a police dog were injured during the disorder, the chief of Hampshire police said, accusing those involved of being ‘determined to spark fear and division’Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Budapest, Hungary

Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhães reacts after missing the penalty which resulted in victory for Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Arsenal lost on penalties after three hours of high-grade and tense football in the humid green bowl of the Puskas ArenaPhotograph: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC/Getty ImagesShare

Paris, France

A car is set ablaze as Paris Saint-Germain supporters celebrate their team’s win in the Champions League final against Arsenal. French police detained 780 people involved in violent clashes that erupted in Paris and other French cities on SaturdayPhotograph: Lou Benoist/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Jerusalem

Israeli mounted police disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road during a protest against military servicePhotograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/APShare

Gaza City, Gaza Strip

Palestinian children play near buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes during Eid al-Adha. Palestinians in Gaza, already grappling with limited supplies of food and medicine, face new threats to their day-to-day existence: shortages of engine oil, spare parts and gas. The knock-on effects are affecting everything from bread production to water supplies and emergency response efforts, producing one crisis after anotherPhotograph: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty ImagesShare

Tyre, Lebanon

A woman walks past the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike. Hezbollah rejected a US-brokered ceasefire plan agreed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments, throwing the future of a truce in Lebanon and regional peace negotiations into questionPhotograph: Adri Salido/Getty ImagesShare

Kfar Kela, Lebanon

An Israeli flag flies over a destroyed building. Thousands fled their homes after Israel issued forced evacuation orders for nine villages in southern Lebanon before strikes that killed six people on Friday, a day after Hezbollah rejected a ceasefire agreement between Israel and LebanonPhotograph: Jalaa Marey/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Probolinggo, Indonesia

Hindu devotees of the Tengger community ascend the active Mount Bromo volcano to present offerings of rice, fruit and livestock during the Yadnya Kasada festivalPhotograph: Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Birao, Central African Republic

Women and children fetch water at dusk at the Korsi refugee campPhotograph: Caitlin Kelly/APShare

Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

After completing a shift monitoring patients in the isolated red zone of an Ebola treatment centre, a Médecins Sans Frontières doctor in personal protective equipment is sprayed with disinfectantPhotograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Munigi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

A child returning from school stops to look at Ebola awareness posters outside the town’s Ebola treatment centre. The Ebola outbreak in the DRC could have begun as early as January, the head of the World Health Organization said, giving the virus ‘a big head start’Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Women take part in the annual Ni Una Menos, or Not One Woman Less, anti-femicide march. Argentina has reacted with fury after the bodies of two murdered teenage girls were found just two days apart. The latest killings underscore the South American country’s enduring femicide crisis despite years of feminist campaigning, and have prompted alarm over the decision to cut support for victims of gender-based violence under the far-right administration of Javier MileiPhotograph: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty ImagesShare

Edinburgh, Scotland

The former chief executive of the Scottish Nationalists, Peter Murrell, arrives at the high court in a prison van to attend a hearing after his admission that he embezzled more than £400,000 from the party. The luxury motorhome that Murrell bought using the stolen money was driven for only four miles, sitting unused for more than two yearsPhotograph: Murdo MacLeod/The GuardianShare

Edinburgh, Scotland

Performer Fintan McCarney poses with cut-out of the Edinburgh Fringe festival programme in Camera Obscura’s giant kaleidoscopePhotograph: Jane Barlow/PAShare

Vlora, Albania

Flamingoes in the Vjosa-Narta protected area where a luxury resort is planned by a company linked with Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Protests in Albania over the proposed resort are expected to intensify after opponents rejected an offer from the country’s prime minister ‘to discuss solutions’Photograph: Florion Goga/ReutersShareExplore more on these topics