The week around the world in 20 pictures

Palestinians return to Gaza, the shooting in Sweden, earthquakes in Greece and Charli XCX at the Grammy awards: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

• Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing

Main image: Children walk hand in hand before a church service at the Notre Dame d’Afrique church in Goma. Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images

  • Jabaliya, Gaza

    A sofa sits in a heavily damaged building. In a week in which Donald Trump called for the US to ‘take over’ Gaza, the issues of how, if and when the territory will be reconstructed have returned to the fore
    A sofar in a heavily damaged building in Jabaliya

  • Jabaliya, Gaza

    Fatima Rehan carries her two-year-old son Mohammed as she and other members of her family search in the rubble of their home destroyed by the Israeli army. Israel’s defence minister ordered the military to prepare plans to allow Palestinians ‘who wish to leave’ Gaza to exit, after Trump’s comments
    A woman carries her young son as she and other members of her family search in rubble

  • Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Displaced children find refuge in the courtyard of the Notre Dame d’Afrique church in Goma. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who seized the city last week declared a unilateral ceasefire on Tuesday
    Displaced children lie on a mattress in a church courtyard

  • Örebro, Sweden

    People light candles at a makeshift vigil near Campus Risbergska after a mass shooting at the adult education centre. Sweden’s government has announced plans to strengthen its gun laws, including by restricting access to semi-automatic weapons
    People crouch to light candles at a makeshift vigil

  • Altadena, California

    Homes burned by the Eaton fire. Nearly half of Black homes in Altadena were destroyed or majorly damaged by the fire, according to estimates from researchers at the University of California
    Aerial view of homes burned by the Eaton fire in Altadena

  • Altadena, California

    Workers in protective suits collect burnt asbestos at a destroyed school. Less than a month after wildfires devastated southern California, including destroying eight schools across the Los Angeles area, districts are taking steps to rebuild and recover
    Workers in protective suits collect burnt asbestos at a destroyed school

  • Juárez Valley, Mexico

    Members of the national guard patrol the border wall with the US
    Members of the Mexican national guard patrol a border wall

  • Washington DC, US

    Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House
    Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu face a press conference audience

  • Jabaliya, Gaza

    A man sells bread from the rubble of his bakery destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya
    A man sells bread from a ruined building

  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Yarden Bibas, who had been held hostage in Gaza since 7 October 2023, is escorted by Hamas fighters before being handed over to the Red Cross
    Hamas fighters escort an Israeli hostage

  • Hasakah, Syria

    A man accused of being an Islamic State fighter sits inside a cell at the Syrian Democratic Forces-run Gweiran prison, now called Panorama, in Hasakah
    A man in a prison cell, seen through the bars of the cell door

  • Kharkiv, Ukraine

    Emergency services work at the site of a drone strike on a factory
    Emergency services work at the site of a drone strike on a factory in Kharkiv

  • Santorini, Greece

    People board a ferry at the island port after recurring earthquakes. Greek civil protection authorities declared a state of emergency on Santorini amid mounting fears over ‘intense’ seismic activity
    People board a ferry

  • Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    A group of children walk hand in hand before a church service at the Notre Dame d’Afrique church
    Children dressed for church walk hand in hand

  • Dakar, Senegal

    Dressed in white robes to symbolise purity and equality before God, followers from the Layene brotherhood gather near a sacred grotto where they believe their prophet received divine inspiration
    People dressed in white robes on a rocky shoreline

  • Los Angeles, California

    Finneas O’Connell and Billie Eilish perform Birds of a Feather during the 67th annual Grammy awards
    Finneas O’Connell and Billie Eilish perform in front of a mountain backdrop

  • Los Angeles, California

    Charli xcx performs with the Dare at the Grammys
    Charli xcx and the Dare on stage

  • Seoul, South Korea

    A woman wearing a traditional Hanbok costume takes a selfie during heavy snowfall at Gyeongbok Palace
    A woman wearing a traditional Hanbok costume takes a selfie during heavy snowfall at Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul

  • Lausanne, Switzerland

    A dancer rehearses backstage during the first day of the 53rd Prix de Lausanne at the Theatre de Beaulieu. At the end of the six-day event, scholarships granting free tuition at a world-renowned dance school or company are awarded to the best dancers out of 85 participants – 44 girls and 41 boys
    A dancer in a tutu rehearses backstage

  • Brentford, England

    Djed Spence of Tottenham Hotspur runs with the ball under pressure from Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo during a Premier League match at Brentford Community Stadium
    Djed Spence and Bryan Mbeumo are picked out in light in an otherwise dark scene
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