Mount Semeru erupts in East Java, heavy flooding in Vietnam, and more pictures from around the world in this week’s selection.
Nov 19
An aerial photo showing a pyroclastic flow during the eruption of Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia.
PHOTO: AFP
Nov 20
People wading through flood waters in Nha Trang, in Vietnam’s coastal province of Khanh Hoa, after heavy flooding.
PHOTO: AFP
Nov 21
US President Donald Trump shaking hands with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as they speak to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
PHOTO: ERIC LEE/NYTIMES
Nov 17
Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death after a court found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising in 2024. The verdict was delivered in her absence, as she had fled to India in August that year. Heavy security was deployed in the capital Dhaka ahead of the ruling, with police firing sound grenades to disperse demonstrators.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Nov 20
People using fire extinguishers to put out a fire that broke out at a pavilion in the Blue Zone of the COP30 climate summit venue in Belem, Brazil.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Nov 21
Sergeant 3 Muhammad Zayyani Shamsuddin of the Singapore Civil Defence Force’s Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team sprinting to the finish line while carrying a 35kg dummy in a race that pitted firefighters from various countries against one another.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Nov 17
Retirees wearing coordinated outfits as they perform synchronised callisthenics to music at Beiling Park in Shenyang, China.
PHOTO: AFP
Nov 20
A model train crossing a botanical replica of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge during a preview of the Christmas Train Show at Gardens by the Bay.
ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
Nov 18
The Singapore team celebrating at Kai Tak Stadium after beating Hong Kong 2-1 in their Asian Cup Group C qualifier.
ST PHOTO: MAGDALENE FUNG
Nov 22
Race winner Max Verstappen of Oracle Red Bull Racing lifting his trophy while on the podium at the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix in Nevada.
PHOTO: AFP