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Week in Pictures: From fatal US plane crash to Russia’s prisoner exchange

A roundup of some of last week’s events.

Palestinian carry the bodies of their relatives including children who were killed in an Israeli army airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza
Palestinians carry the bodies of their relatives, including children, killed in an Israeli army air attack in Deir el-Balah, Gaza. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
Published On 25 May 2025

From the scorching heatwave in Pakistan to mass displacements caused by escalating gang violence in Haiti, here is a look at the week in photos.

A Ukrainian serviceman Alexander, 45, hugs his wife Elena, 39, after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine
A Ukrainian serviceman, Alexander, 45, embraces his wife Elena, 39, following his release from captivity during a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine. [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]
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A firefighter sets the forest ablaze as part of a controlled plan to prevent wildfires in the Cerrado region, at a national park in Brasilia, Brazil
A firefighter deliberately ignites the forest as part of a strategic controlled burn, designed to prevent wildfires in Brazil's Cerrado region, within a national park in Brasilia. [Eraldo Peres/AP Photo]
Gul Khattab, 35, awakens during a heatwave which forced residents to seek shelter outdoors in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Gul Khattab, 35, wakes during an intense heatwave that drove residents to find refuge outdoors in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. [Adrees Latif/Reuters]
A woman combs the hair of another at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
A woman combs another's hair at a shelter housing families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo]
Authorities work the scene where a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood, setting several homes on fire and forcing evacuations along several blocks
Authorities investigate the site where a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighbourhood, igniting several homes and prompting evacuations across multiple blocks. At least six people were killed in the crash. [Gregory Bull/AP Photo]
Marcel Walker and her husband Graeme Walker react as they visit their farm for the first time since it flooded on Tuesday, in Ghinni Ghinni, Australia
Marcel Walker and her husband, Graeme Walker, show visible emotion as they inspect their farm in Ghinni Ghinni, Australia, for the first time since Tuesday's devastating floods. The deluge has left approximately 50,000 people cut off by floodwaters along New South Wales state's northern coastal parts above Sydney, following several days of intense rainfall. [Hollie Adams/Reuters]
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A woman sits on speakers playing music during a Red Devils bus exhibition in La Chorrera, Panama
A woman perches atop speakers pulsing with music during a Red Devils bus exhibition in La Chorrera, Panama. These Red Devils - former US school buses that once served the Panama Canal Zone before becoming public transport - have now been transformed into vehicles for private and cultural expression. [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]
Indian army soldiers carry out a military drill at an undisclosed location along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan
Indian army soldiers conduct a military exercise at an undisclosed location along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan during a media tour in Indian-administered Kashmir. [Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo]
Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) rangers handle a tranquillised and blindfolded endangered black rhino as it charges into a crate for translocation from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy to establish a new breeding population at the Segera Conservancy near Mount Kenya in Laikipia County, Kenya
Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) rangers carefully manage a sedated, blindfolded endangered black rhino, guiding it into a transport crate. This delicate operation is part of a translocation effort from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy to the Segera Conservancy near Mount Kenya in Laikipia County, where the animal will help establish a new breeding population. [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]