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Hong Kong, China
A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai arrives at the West Kowloon magistrates court, where the founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was set to take the witness stand for the first time in his national security collusion trial
Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
Catarroja, Spain
A resident walks past piled-up vehicles destroyed by the floods in the Valencia region triggered by the Dana weather phenomenon that hit the east of the country on 29 October, killing at least 227 people with 11 still missing
Photograph: Kai Forsterling/EPA
Ollague, Chile
Pink flamingos feed at Ascotán salt flat, where the Orestias ascotanensis fish live in extreme conditions in the Andean highlands
Photograph: Iván Alvarado/Reuters
Lahore, Pakistan
Children make their way to school by crossing a railway track amid thick smog in the capital
Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
North Tyneside, UK
Overnight snow covers Cullercoats Bay. Heavy snowfall and ice affected parts of the UK, causing widespread travel disruption, with the Met Office advising that vehicles could be stranded, power cuts may occur and rural areas could be cut off
Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
Avignon, France
Gisele Pelicot arrives at the courthouse as the trial continues of her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, who is accused of drugging her for nearly 10 years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home
Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images
Llangollen, UK
A canal boat passing over the Pontcysyllte aqueduct after snowfall. The Met Office has issued further severe weather warnings across Scotland, the north-east of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as arctic air brings a second consecutive day of snow and ice
Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA
Rovaniemi, Finland
A projectile – seen as a dark streak – is fired from a British army howitzer during a training exercise in the Arctic Circle
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
Wertach, Germany
The wintery weather of southern Bavaria fails to deter a cyclist from going out on a ride
Photograph: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AP
London, UK
Frost sits on foliage in the early morning after a cold night on Hampstead Heath
Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian
Binan, the Philippines
Residents walk over a wooden footbridge in Dela Paz village, which is still flooded after the Tropical Storm Trami hit a month ago in Laguna province. Storm-weary communities in the Philippines are beginning to rebuild after the Super Typhoon Man-yi and five other storms in the past month devastated homes, displaced hundreds of thousands of people and killed more than 160
Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
Kyriat Shmona, Israel
Local people inspect the damage to a building hit by a rocket launched from southern Lebanon. The Israeli army reports that sirens sounded in the upper Galilee, northern Israel, as several projectiles were identified crossing the border
Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA
Khan Younis, Gaza
A huge crowd queues outside a bakery for fresh bread in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. After more than a year of relentless war with Israel, almost all of Gaza’s population have been displaced at least once, the UN says
Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Somali refugee women at a protest call for better treatment and respect of their rights outside the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) office
Photograph: Fazry Ismail/EPA
Texas, US
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is launched on its sixth test at the company’s Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville
Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters
Athens, Greece
A firefighter demonstrates with his children during a 24-hour nationwide strike organised by GSEE and ADEDY unions to protest against squeezed living standards and demand higher wages. The Greek General Confederation of Labour said the strike was a ‘riposte to the government’s refusal to take measures to guarantee a decent life for workers’
Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lionel Messi fights for the ball with Peru’s forward Álex Valera and defender Luis Advíncula during the 2026 Fifa World Cup South American qualifier between Argentina and Peru at the La Bombonera stadium
Photograph: Alejandro Pagni/AFP/Getty Images
