20 photographs of the week

The explosion in Nashville, the enduring impact of Covid-19 and the Kilauea volcano reactivates: the most striking images from around the world

Main image: People watch an eruption from Kilauea volcano on the Big Island, Hawaii.

  • Istanbul, Turkey

    A nurse holds an 11-day-old baby boy infected with Covid-19 at the intensive care unit of the Dr Feriha Oz emergency hospital in Istanbul. The hospital is a new infirmary offering some of the most advanced intensive care treatment in the country. When the pandemic first struck, Turkey was credited for quickly bringing infection rates under control. It is now experiencing an explosion in Covid cases that is putting a serious strain on its health system
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    A nurse holds an 11-day-old baby boy infected with Covid-19 at a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

  • Nashville, Tennessee

    Emergency personnel work in downtown Nashville after a large explosion destroyed several buildings on Christmas morning in what local police said was an ‘intentional act’
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    The scene of a large explosion in downtown Nashville, Tennessee

  • Basra, Iraq

    A demonstrator moves burning tyres during anti-government protests in Basra
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    A demonstrator moves burning tyres during anti-government protests in Basra, Iraq

  • White Plains, New York

    Karin Casciano, a community paramedic, speaks to a patient during a home visit. The patient said the Christmas stockings were for his adult children, although he would not see them this Christmas because of the pandemic
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    A community paramedic speaks to a patient during a home visit in White Plains, New York

  • Ramsgate, England

    Lorries are parked on the runway at Manston airport as part of Operation Brock to stack lorries waiting to cross the Channel
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    Lorries are parked on the runway at Manston airport near Ramsgate, England

  • Prague, Czech Republic

    Dancers of the Czech national ballet perform during a rehearsal for a live broadcast of The Nutcracker: A Christmas Carol at the National Theatre
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    Dancers of the Czech national ballet take part in a rehearsal at the National Theatre in Prague

  • Santiago, Chile

    A jet of water is blasted during an anti-government protest
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    A jet of water is blasted during an anti-government protest in Santiago, Chile

  • Gaza City

    Children play outside their home in the Jabalia camp
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    Children play outside their home in the Jabalia camp in Gaza City

  • Dover, England

    Security guards patrol the entrance to the ferry terminal after the port of Dover was closed when the French government banned all travel from the UK for 48 hours
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    Security guards patrol the entrance to the ferry terminal at the port of Dover in England

  • Rome, Italy

    Relatives touch each other through a plastic film screen to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 at the San Raffaele hospital
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    Relatives touch each other through a plastic film screen at the San Raffaele hospital in Rome, Italy

  • Ghaemshahr, Iran

    A volunteer wearing protective clothing prepares a grave for a person who died from coronavirus at a cemetery on the outskirts of the city
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    A volunteer prepares a grave at a cemetery on the outskirts of Ghaemshahr, Iran

  • Bergamo, Italy

    Residents of a care home attend a Christas concert from behind a glass window
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    Residents of a care home in Bergamo, Italy, attend a Christas concert from behind a glass window

  • Havana, Cuba

    People play at a basketball court
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    People play at a basketball court in Havana, Cuba

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Billy Briggs changes a sign to read ‘George Floyd Trial In 76 Days’ during a snowstorm at George Floyd Square
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    Billy Briggs changes a sign to read ‘George Floyd Trial In 76 Days’ in Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    A worker sprays disinfectant inside a cinema before it reopens after closing during the coronavirus pandemic
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    A worker sprays disinfectant inside a cinema in Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Hawaii

    People watch an eruption from Kilauea volcano on the Big Island. The volcano had been inactive for the past two years but has reactivated this week
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    People watch an eruption from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii

  • Mission Viejo, California

    Nurse Nicole Grecco looks through a window while working in a Covid-19 unit at Mission hospital
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    A nurse looks through a window at a hospital in Mission Viejo, California

  • Sydney, Australia

    A boy jumps into the water from Manly Wharf. A growing cluster of Covid-19 cases on the northern beaches of Sydney prompted health officials to urge people to stay at home
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    A boy jumps into the water from Manly Wharf in Sydney, Australia

  • Barcelona, Spain

    A homeless man covered by a sheet sleeps on a bench at a public park
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    A homeless man covered by a sheet sleeps on a bench at a public park in Barcelona, Spain

  • Larnaca, Cyprus

    A man dressed as Santa Claus paddles on a board
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    A man dressed as Santa Claus paddles on a board in Larnaca, Cyprus
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