Madagascar
World in pictures this week, October 22, 2025
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors
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Madagascar’s military coup leader says he is ‘taking the position of president’
Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who led the rebellion that ousted president Andry Rajoelina, says the armed forces will be in charge of the African island nation for up to two years.
- Sarah Tetaud and Gerald Imray
Trump pointed the finger at a country where the average wage is $11 a day. The crowd laughed
“They made a fortune with the United States of America,” the US President declared, as he imposed tariffs on some of the world’s poorest countries, in a move that could open the door for China.
- Philip J. Heijmans and Antony Sguazzin
This remarkable place feels like another planet, or another dimension
Spiky forests, dancing lemurs, giraffe weevils – no matter how many Attenborough documentaries you’ve seen, nothing prepares you for the real thing.
- David McGonigal
Cyclone Freddy smashes records, becomes Earth’s most energetic storm
Cyclone Freddy has repeatedly caused havoc since it formed off Australia more than a month ago.
- Matthew Cappucci
Really tiny chameleon a contender for title of smallest reptile
Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say, despite its size, the genitals of the new specimen were almost one-fifth of its body length, possibly to allow it to mate with the larger female.
Cash and a cult leader: How Russia meddles abroad
Madagascar has little obvious strategic value for the Kremlin or the global balance of power. But Russians were there offering bribes, spreading disinformation and recruiting an apocalyptic cult leader.
- Michael Schwirtz and Gaelle Borgia
'Unprecedented': African countries boycott South Africa over xenophobia claims
Attacks on foreigners have become common in South Africa. Now pop stars, businesses and sporting bodies from neighbouring countries have had enough.
- Julie Turkewitz
More than 900 dead in Madagascar measles epidemic
Most of those who died were children, according to the World Health Organisation.
Extinct bones may have solved mystery of human arrival on Madagascar
Under quarantine in a laboratory at the Australian National University lies a graveyard of extinct animals.
- Sherryn Groch