Week in pictures: From forced displacement in Gaza to floods in DR Congo
A roundup of some of last week’s events.
Displaced Palestinians flee from the east to the west of Gaza City after the Israeli military issued orders to leave the area or face attack. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
Published On 13 Apr 202513 Apr 2025
From new Israeli forced displacement orders for Palestinians in Gaza to protesters calling for the release of political prisoners in Venezuela, here is the week in photos.
Couples celebrate during a mass wedding ceremony at the Cheong Shim Peace World Center in Gapyeong, South Korea. [Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo]
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An Indigenous man attends a march called “We are the answer” in Brasilia, Brazil, during the annual Free Earth camp, where Brazil’s Indigenous people discuss rights, territorial protection and their role in the COP30 world climate conference, which will take place for the first time in the Amazon. [Eraldo Peres/AP Photo]People walk through the flooded streets of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [Samy Ntumba Shambuyi/AP Photo]Protesters condemn Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip at a rally in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. An estimated 100,000 people rallied in solidarity with Palestinians. [Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo]Mary Lopez cries while holding an image of her brother, journalist Luis Lopez, during a vigil calling for the freedom of political prisoners near the National Intelligence Service in Caracas, Venezuela. Lopez has been jailed for nearly a year on charges of “terrorism”, inciting hatred and criminal association. [Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo]A labourer loads belongings of Afghan refugees onto the roof of a bus as the refugees prepare to return to Afghanistan from at a terminal in Karachi, Pakistan. [Fareed Khan/AP Photo]
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A man serving with Marharyta Polovinko, 31, a Ukrainian artist, paramedic and volunteer killed recently on the front line, hugs her mother during her funeral in Krivyi Rih, Ukraine. [Alex Babenko/AP Photo]A porter takes a break while on his way to Everest base camp at Lobuche in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, in Nepal. [Purnima Shrestha/Reuters]Romanian Orthodox priests hold flowers during an Orthodox Palm Sunday pilgrimage in Bucharest, Romania. [Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo]
