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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A woman tends to a relative of Mushtaq Ahmad, the army porter killed in a rebel ambush last week
Cover photo: Cars are piled up after being swept away by floods in Valencia, Spain. Photograph: Alberto Saiz/AP
