Twenty photographs of the week

The week around the world in 20 pictures

Flash floods in Spain, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon and the New York Halloween parade: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists

Valencia, Spain

People pick up goods in a supermarket affected by flooding. The death toll from the floods in Spain this week has risen to 205, as people in the region were warned to brace for more rain and a further 1,000 soldiers were earmarked to help with the rescue operations

Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP

Valencia, Spain

People clean up after flooding in the Paiporta municipality of Valencia. The flash floods swept away bridges, cars and streetlights. The number of missing people is unknown

Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images

Sidon, Lebanon

A Lebanese girl stands inside her home which was heavily damaged in an Israeli attack. Senior US officials have held talks in Israel aimed at brokering a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon in a week when more civilians in both countries were killed in the year-long war

Photograph: Murat Sengul/Anadolu/Getty Images

Gaza Strip

A Palestinian family living in Bureij camp struggles to survive in cold weather and difficult conditions. US state department officials have identified nearly 500 potential incidents of civilian harm during Israel’s military operations in Gaza involving US-furnished weapons

Photograph: Moiz Salhi/Anadolu/Getty Images

Ukraine

An injured Ukrainian soldier lies onboard a military evacuation train transporting service personnel wounded in frontline areas to hospitals. The train evacuations began when the war did, in February 2022, reviving a process used in the second world war

Photograph: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images

Kyiv, Ukraine

Vita Tkachenko, who was injured by flying debris while asleep, inspects the damage to her apartment after a Russian drone strike in Kyiv. About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now stationed in Russia on the border with Ukraine, the US secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, said this week, warning that Moscow was preparing to deploy them in combat

Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

Nowshera, Kashmir

Villagers watch the funeral of Mushtaq Ahmad, an army porter who was among those killed in a rebel ambush last week in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Nowshera, Kashmir

A woman tends to a relative of Mushtaq Ahmad, the army porter killed in a rebel ambush last week

Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

Tapachula, Mexico

Mayra Torres, a migrant from Honduras, hugs her sister at a shelter

Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP

Tecun Uman, Guatemala

Venezuelans cross the Suchiate River, which marks the border between Guatemala and Mexico

Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP

Sangatte, France

People board a smuggler’s dinghy in an attempt to cross the Channel to England. One person died this week in an attempted crossing, bringing the number of deaths this year to 57

Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images

Neufchatel-Hardelot, France

People arrive to check on their relatives after being rescued from a failed attempt to cross the Channel. The number of people who have crossed the Channel in small boats so far this year has exceeded the total number who arrived in the UK in the whole of 2023, according to figures published by the Home Office

Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images

Imias, Cuba

People clear up after Hurricane Oscar

Photograph: Ariel Ley/AP

Deir al-Balah, Gaza

Palestinians living in Nuseirat refugee camp wait in long queues to receive food from soup kitchens. Israel is not addressing the ‘catastrophic humanitarian crisis’ in Gaza, the US envoy to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said this week as a deadline imposed by Washington looms for it to improve the situation or face potential restrictions on military aid

Photograph: Moiz Salhi/Anadolu/Getty Images

Abbasiyeh, Lebanon

The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the town’s industrial zone

Photograph: Kawnat Haju/AFP/Getty Images

Utiel, Spain

A man begins to clean up his flooded home. Flags flew at half-mast on government buildings and a minute of silence was observed nationwide after flash floods swept away bridges, roads and railway tracks and submerged farmland in Valencia

Photograph: Manu Fernández/AP

Valencia, Spain

Cars piled up after being swept away by floodwaters. As rescuers scrambled to comb the devastated areas, politicians sought to blame each other for the delay in the civil protection service alert warning people to stay in their homes. It was sent only after the flooding had begun

Photograph: Alberto Saiz/AP

Beijing, China

A man looks out from a container restaurant near a sculpture depicting a sleeping Chinese astronaut in the art district of Songzhuang

Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Lagos, Nigeria

A model wearing a creation by the Nigerian designer Bubu Ogisi poses for a photograph during Lagos fashion week

Photograph: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images

New York City

A person dressed as the Statue of Liberty pays for a hot dog on a side street near the 51st annual Halloween parade

Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA