20 photographs of the week

The death of Diego Maradona, migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, the aftermath of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and the enduring impact of Covid-19: the most striking images from around the world

Main image: Artist Aziz Asmar stands by his painting of Diego Maradona on the wall of a destroyed home in Binnish, Syria. Photograph: Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images

  • Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Employees douse a fire started by protesters inside a Carrefour supermarket during a demonstration against the murder of João Alberto Silveira Freitas on Brazil’s National Black Consciousness Day. Freitas died after being beaten by security guards at a different Carrefour store in Porto Alegre, sparking outrage as videos of the incident circulated on social media
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    Employees douse a fire started by protesters inside a Carrefour supermarket during a protest against the murder of Black man Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas on Brazil’s National Black Consciousness Day.

  • Mediterranean Sea

    Migrants on a rubber dinghy during a rescue operation off the coast of Libya
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    Migrants on a rubber dinghy during a rescue operation off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea.

  • Guatemala City, Central America

    A demonstrator runs after setting fire to an office in the Congress building amid growing demonstrations against President Alejandro Giammattei and the legislature for approving a budget that cut educational and health spending
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    A demonstrator runs after setting fire to an office in the Congress building during a protest demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei.

  • Idlib, Syria

    Fatima Ahmed al-Mustafa, who lost her left leg in an attack by the Assad regime, walks using crutches to her school. Fatima, who moved with her family to a safer zone, walks 3km to school every day to continue her education
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    Idlib, Syria Fatima Ahmed al-Mustafa, who lost her left leg in an attack by the Assad regime, walks using crutches to her school. Fatima, who moved with her family to a safer zone, walks 3km to school every day to continue her education

  • Binnish, Syria

    Artist Aziz Asmar stands by his painting of Diego Maradona on the wall of a destroyed home
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    Artist Aziz Asmar stands by his painting of Diego Maradona on the wall of a destroyed home.

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina

    A father and daughter mourn the death of Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires. A mile-long column of fans turned out to file past the casket of the Argentinian football star
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    A father and daughter mourn the death of Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires. A mile-long column of fans turned out to file past the casket of the Argentinian football star.

  • Qadarif, Sudan

    People who fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region stand on a hilltop overlooking Umm Rakouba refugee camp. Ethiopia’s prime minister ordered federal military forces to launch a ‘final offensive’ on the capital of the restive Tigray region after his 72-hour ultimatum for dissident local leaders to surrender expired
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    People who fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region stand on a hilltop overlooking Umm Rakouba refugee camp.

  • Nagorno-Karabakh

    An ethnic Armenian soldier stands guard on top of a hill near Charektar at a new border in the district of Kalbajar, which has been transferred to Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani army entered the Kalbajar region, which was ceded by Armenian forces in a truce that ended deadly fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh
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    Nagorno-Karabakh An ethnic Armenian soldier stands guard on top of a hill near Charektar at a new border in the district of Kalbajar, which has been transferred to Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani army entered the Kalbajar region, which was ceded by Armenian forces in a truce that ended deadly fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh

  • West Bank

    An Israeli soldier fires a teargas canister towards Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley
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    An Israeli soldier fires a teargas canister towards Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against Jewish settlements in the Jordan Valley.

  • Rafah, Gaza

    A Palestinian boy sits in a car as he waits at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, which was partially reopened amid the spread of Covid-19
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    A Palestinian boy, seen through a fence, sits in a car as he waits at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, which was partially reopened amid the spread of Covid-19.

  • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US

    Supporters of Donald Trump gather outside the Wyndham Hotel, where Rudy Giuliani, his attorney, was speaking at a hearing of the Pennsylvania state senate majority policy committee
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    Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USSupporters of Donald Trump gather outside the Wyndham Hotel, where Rudy Giuliani, his attorney, was speaking at a hearing of the Pennsylvania state senate majority policy committee

  • Jerusalem

    Clowns entertain a Covid-19 patient in the intensive care ward for coronavirus patients at Shaare Zedek medical centre
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    Clowns entertain a Covid-19 patient in the intensive care ward for coronavirus patients at Shaare Zedek medical centre.

  • Barcelona, Spain

    Mortuary workers carry the body of an elderly person who died of Covid-19 in a nursing home
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    Barcelona, SpainMortuary workers carry the body of an elderly person who died of Covid-19 in a nursing home

  • Bangkok, Thailand

    Protesters hold inflatable toys during a pro-democracy rally demanding the prime minister’s resignation and reforms of the monarchy
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    Protesters hold inflatable toys during a pro-democracy rally in Bangkok demanding the prime minister to resign and for reforms on the monarchy.

  • Providencia Island, Colombia

    Residents sit in a Colombian army plane with their belongings as they are evacuated from Providencia Island. The islands of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina were hit by Hurricane Iota this week as a category 5 storm, the strongest to affect the country since records began. According to official sources, 98% of the Providencia infrastructure was destroyed by the hurricane
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    Providencia Island, Colombia Residents sit in a Colombian army plane with their belongings as they are evacuated from Providencia Island. The islands of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina were hit by Hurricane Iota this week as a category 5 storm, the strongest to affect the country since records began. According to official sources, 98% of the Providencia infrastructure was destroyed by the hurricane

  • Mai Kadra, Ethiopia

    A man stands near a ditch on the outskirts of Mai Kadra that is filled with more than 20 bodies of people allegedly killed in a massacre on 9 November. The national rights watchdog reported that a local youth group aided by police and militia killed at least 600 people in a ‘rampage’ during the first week of fighting in the northern Tigray region
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    Mai Kadra, EthiopiaA man stands near a ditch on the outskirts of Mai Kadra that is filled with more than 20 bodies of people allegedly killed in a massacre on 9 November. The national rights watchdog reported that a local youth group aided by police and militia killed at least 600 people in a ‘rampage’ during the first week of fighting in the northern Tigray region

  • Srinagar, Kashmir, India

    A farmer extracts lotus stems from the polluted waters of Anchar lake on a cold day
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    A farmer extracts lotus stems from the polluted waters of Anchar lake on a cold day in Srinagar.

  • Naples, Italy

    Men carry a giant photograph depicting the Gulf of Naples with Diego Maradona topping the Vesuvius volcano
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    Men carry a giant photograph of the Gulf of Naples with Diego Maradona topping the Vesuvius volcano in Naples.

  • Muscat, Oman

    Maryam al-Balushi feeds some of her 480 cats. She also has 12 dogs, and says her pets are mood-lifting
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    Maryam al-Balushi feeds some of her 480 cats. She also has 12 dogs, and says her pets are a mood lifter.

  • Larnaca, Cyprus

    Flamingos at a salt lake near Larnaca. The Mediterranean island is a main stopping point for the birds migrating from Africa
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    Flamingos at a salt lake near Larnaca.
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