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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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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits before a meeting with President Donald Trump, from right, Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Cabinet Room of the White House.Credit:AP Photo/Alex Brandon
2/18
People react during the viewing of the body of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Kisumu, Kenya.Credit:AP Photo/Samson Otieno
3/18
Donah Falia, a 20-year-old student pursuing an accounting course at ABC College, sits inside his aunt’s house in Anosimahavelona informal settlement in Antananarivo, Madagascar.Credit:AP Photo/Brian Inganga
4/18
Tymofii Lifyrynko, 11, holds his hockey stick while waiting out an air raid alarm in an underground shelter in Shostka, Ukraine.Credit:AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
5/18
Police disperse protesters outside Bangladesh’s national parliament complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Credit:AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu
6/18
Released hostage Avinatan Or, arrives to hundreds of people cheering his return during a homecoming celebration in Shilo, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.Credit:Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images
7/18
From a damaged building turned into a shelter, Palestinian women observe members of the Hamas militant group searching for bodies of the hostages in an area in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.Credit:AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana
8/18
Mourners gather around the bodies of Palestinians, killed by Israeli fire after crossing the ceasefire line according to the Hamas-run Civil Defense, as they brought to Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City.Credit:AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun
9/18
Lisebo Lechela, 53, an HIV-positive sex worker, poses for a portrait in her house in Maputsoe, Lesotho.Credit:AP Photo/Bram Janssen
10/18
A cyclist pedals through morning smog near the India Gate monument as he transports used home appliances a day after Diwali festival in New Delhi, India.Credit:AP Photo/Manish Swarup
11/18
Models wear creations from the Dario Mittmann collection during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week.Credit:AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini
12/18
A Nepal’s Armed Police Force dog displays skills at their kennel division during Kukkur Tihar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal.Credit:AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha
13/18
Fishermen sort fish during a traditional fish haul of the Rozmberk pond near the town of Trebon, Czech Republic.Credit:AP Photo/Petr David Josek
14/18
Farmer Jesus Cuaxospa works on his farm where he grows cempasúchil flowers in San Luis Tlaxialtemalco on the outskirts of Mexico City.Credit:AP Photo/Claudia Rosel
15/18
People paddle board in the Mediterranean Sea in the Gador Sea and Nature Reserve in Hadera, Israel, after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.Credit:AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
16/18
Silja Stoehr competes in the uneven bars during the Women’s qualification on day two of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta.Credit:Getty Images
17/18
Greenwich Crew ‘B’ boat competes in the Women’s Youth Eights division of the Head of the Charles Regatta 2025 on the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Credit:Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
18/18
Kyle Ryde celebrates winning the championship after the final race on day three of the 2025 British Superbike Championship Finale at Brands Hatch, England.Credit:Ker Robertson/Getty Images