All posts tagged: The week in pictures

The week in pictures: Massive daytime attack on Ukraine, ‘No Kings’ and France’s adieu to Jospin

The week in pictures: Massive daytime attack on Ukraine, ‘No Kings’ and France’s adieu to Jospin

Published by Sam Flores

Home Europe France held its national tribute to former prime minister Lionel Jospin, Russia launched one of its largest daytime attacks on Ukraine, and protesters across the US and some world capitals held a third round of “No Kings” mass protests against President Donald Trump: here’s a look back at the week’s most striking images. Issued on: 29/03/2026 – 15:26Modified: 29/03/2026 – 16:34 2 min Reading time Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi published this picture after a Russian strike hit on the historic centre of the city in western Ukraine on March 24, 2026. © Handout / TELEGRAM /@andriysadovyi/AFP Family members mourn as they take part in the funeral of two first aid responders and a third person the day after they were killed in an Israeli air strike in the southern city of Nabatieh on March 25, 2026. © Abbas Fakih, AFP French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a national homage ceremony to late French prime minister Lionel Jospin at the Invalides monument in Paris, France, Thursday, March 26, 2026. © Thibault Camus, …

The week in pictures: Strikes on Iran, the Oscars and the UEFA Champions League

The week in pictures: Strikes on Iran, the Oscars and the UEFA Champions League

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Home Middle East From continuing US and Israeli strikes on Iran to Nowruz celebrations and a volcanic eruption on the French island of Reunion, FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the week’s most powerful images. Issued on: 22/03/2026 – 12:03 3 min Reading time Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men watch as Israeli security forces and first responders inspect a building hit by an Iranian projectile strike at a residential neighbourhood in Bnei-Brak, on the eastern outskirts of Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2026. © Jack Guez, AFP An Iranian woman walks through the destroyed kitchen in a home following a military strike in the Iranian capital Tehran on March 15, 2026. © Atta Kenare, AFP Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men watch as Israeli security forces and first responders inspect a building hit by an Iranian projectile strike at a residential neighbourhood in Bnei-Brak, on the eastern outskirts of Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2026. © Jack Guez, AFP A man uses a mobile phone to take a picture of Iranian mourners gathered during the funeral of Iran’s …

The week in pictures: War in the Middle East, Milan Cortina Paralympic Games and Holi celebrations

The week in pictures: War in the Middle East, Milan Cortina Paralympic Games and Holi celebrations

Published by Sam Flores

Home Middle East From Israeli strikes on Lebanon and tributes to Iranian victims of the new war in the Middle East to celebrations of Purim in Israel, Holi in India, and the Paralympic Games’ kickoff in Milan-Cortina, FRANCE 24 takes a look at the week’s most striking images. Issued on: 08/03/2026 – 12:51 2 min Reading time Plumes of smoke rise after Israeli air strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, March 2, 2026. © Ibrahim Amro, AFP   Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men celebrate Purim in Jerusalem on March 4, 2026. © Ohad Zwigenberg, AP Mourners attend the funeral of victims of the Israeli-American war against Iran in the Iranian city of Qom on March 5, 2026. © Mehdi Alavi, AFP A boy plays with his sheep near an unexploded missile that landed in a field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, on March 5, 2026. © Delil Souleiman, AFP A woman is covered in coloured powder during Holi celebrations in Hyderabad, India on March 4, 2026. © Mahesh Kumar A., AP Migrants attempt to board a …

The week in pictures: Winter Olympics open in Milan, storms flood Spain and Israel batters Gaza

The week in pictures: Winter Olympics open in Milan, storms flood Spain and Israel batters Gaza

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Home Culture From the star-studded opening of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics to deadly storms ravaging the Iberian Peninsula, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week’s most striking images. Issued on: 08/02/2026 – 13:34 2 min Reading time Mariah Carey performs at the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, February 6, 2026. © Francisco Seco, AP Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud competes during women’s freestyle skiing slopestyle qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy on February 7, 2026. Abbie Parr, AP A flooded children’s playground near the Guadalquivir River in Cordoba on February 7, 2026. Spain and Portugal are bracing for another storm heading for the Iberian Peninsula, just days after the floods caused by Storm Leonardo killed at least one person in each country. © Jorge Guerrero, AFP Far-right National Rally leader Marine Le Pen walks alongside her lawyer Sandra Chirac Kollarik during a break in the appeal trial for her earlier conviction on charges of embezzling European public funds on February 4, 2026. The prosecution has requested …

The week in pictures: ICE In Minnesota, tractors in Paris and Trump gets a second-hand Nobel

The week in pictures: ICE In Minnesota, tractors in Paris and Trump gets a second-hand Nobel

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Home Culture Iran’s protests go international amid a deadly crackdown, ICE agents terrorise US citizens in Minnesota, far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeals her embezzlement conviction, French farmers protest with tractors in Paris and US President Donald Trump gets his long-coveted Nobel Prize – albeit second-hand. FRANCE 24 looks back at the week’s most striking images. Issued on: 18/01/2026 – 12:24 2 min Reading time Protesters demonstrate with signs reading “Make America Go Away” (MAGA) – a play on the Trump movement’s slogan – to show support for Greenland in Copenhagen on January 17, 2026. © Tom Little, Reuters A protester lights a cigarette with a burning photo of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration in Berlin in support of mass anti-government protests in Iran on January 14, 2026. © Ebrahim Noroozi, AP ICE agents seize US citizen Aliya Rahman after smashing her window and dragging her from her car while she was on her way to an appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center in Minneapolis. Rahman, who is disabled, later …