A commuter sits as members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro in Washington. Photograph: Cheney Orr/ReutersJim PowellFri 10 Jul 2026 14.22 EDTFirst published on Fri 10 Jul 2026 13.53 EDTShare
Gaza City
Palestinian football fans gather to watch the World Cup match between Argentina and Egypt. Mohamed al-Wahidi, a Palestinian aid worker who had organised screenings of World Cup matches in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli missile strike just before the match on Tuesday eveningPhotograph: Mohammed Skaik/TheNews2/Cover ImagesShare
Gaza City
A girl fills containers with water drawn from the leftovers of underground pipes at a camp for people displaced by war. Israel identified about 1,000 potential targets a day during the first two years of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon with its command and control system, according to a presentation by the country’s largest arms supplier, Elbit SystemsPhotograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/GettyShare
Najaf, Iraq
Mourners carry the coffin of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the Imam Ali shrine. The scale of the six-day, five-city funeral in Iran and Iraq was conceived to relay political and religious messages of resistance to the rest of the worldPhotograph: Hussein Faleh/AFP/GettyShare
Kyiv, Ukraine
A woman holds her daughter after a Russian missile strike on a residential building. A wave of Russian missiles and drones struck across Ukraine this week, killing 21 people and heavily damaging apartment blocks and other buildings in an attack on the eve of a Nato summit in Turkey that has exposed widening gaps in Ukraine’s air defencesPhotograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/GettyShare
A resident waits for rescuers who are searching for her relative inside an apartment building hit during Russian missile and drone strikes. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has argued for Ukraine to be allowed to join Nato at its annual summit, saying it would be wrong to exclude a country that had built strong defences in its long struggle against the Russian invasionPhotograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/ReutersShare
La Guaira, Venezuela
People transport belongings inside a damaged building in the aftermath of the 24 June earthquakes. Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, defended her country’s emergency response to the twin earthquakes that have killed more than 3,000 people, vowing Venezuela would not descend into social unrestPhotograph: Adriano Machado/ReutersShare
La Guaira, Venezuela
Nuns gather after accompanying a burial for earthquake victims in the aftermath of the 24 June earthquakes at La Esperanza cemetery. Many Venezuelans have expressed anger at what they see as the US-backed government’s inadequate response to the disaster before international teams arrivedPhotograph: Adriano Machado/ReutersShare
Washington DC, US
A commuter sits as members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of US independence on the Fourth of July. The neo-fascist hate group has gained visibility as those connected to white supremacy organisations have been widely embraced by the Trump administrationPhotograph: Cheney Orr/ReutersShare
Washington DC, US
Children sit on the floor as Donald Trump speaks on the first day of trading for Trump Accounts in the Oval OfficePhotograph: Shawn Thew/UPI/ShutterstockShare
Washington DC, US
Fireworks explode during the Great American State Fair on the National Mall. Donald Trump hailed the ‘unmatched achievement and unlimited potential’ of the US in a triumphalist address marking the country’s 250th anniversaryPhotograph: Rod Lamkey/APShare
Washington DC, US
Disappointed fans watch the World Cup match between USA and Belgium at the National Mall. The buildup to the match had been tinged with controversy after Fifa suspended the red card the US striker Folarin Balogun was given in the last 32 against Bosnia and HerzegovinaPhotograph: Eric Lee/ReutersShare
Havana, Cuba
A street vendor uses a portable lamp to sell goods along the Malecón during a nationwide blackout. Cuba was already struggling to keep the lights on before Donald Trump imposed an oil blockade in January, which has depleted the already dwindling supply of fuel for Cuba’s power plantsPhotograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP/GettyShare
Die, France
A resident opens her window as a wildfire burns during a heatwave. Europe is facing its third heatwave in six weeks and widespread dryness is helping small wildfires explode into unchecked blazesPhotograph: Manon Cruz/ReutersShare
Cercosa, Portugal
Firefighters battle the flames of the Vouzela wildfire. Raging infernos have laid waste to large areas of southern Europe in recent days, prompting the EU to scramble firefighters and water-bearing planes to help national services overwhelmed by simultaneous blazesPhotograph: Paulo Cunha/EPAShare
Calonge, Spain
A person points towards a wildfire near Calonge. Barcelona set a new heat record this week with temperatures of 40.5C, Spanish meteorologists said, while in France a 22-year-old firefighter died after tackling a blaze in the Alps, the French interior ministry reportedPhotograph: Bruna Casas/ReutersShare
Paris, France
Coralie holds her pet parrot, Dali, up to a mist fountain to cool him down on the banks of the SeinePhotograph: Tom Nicholson/ReutersShare
Nairobi, Kenya
Rodgers Oloo Magutha, known as the Nairobi Birdman, balances a black kite on his head as he prepares to collect plastic at a dumpsite in Kayole. Magutha has gained attention for rescuing injured and orphaned wild birds which he rehabilitates and, whenever possible, releases back into the wildPhotograph: Luis Tato/AFP/GettyShare
Paris, France
A model presents a creation by the designer Manish Malhotra as part of his haute couture fall/winter 2026-27 at Paris fashion weekPhotograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/ReutersShare
London, England
Philippines’ Alexandra Eala returns to Poland’s Iga Swiatek during their third round match at WimbledonPhotograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/GettyShareExplore more on these topics
