A new ceasefire deal for Gaza, the Pope in Vatican City, and more pictures from around the world in this week’s selection.
Oct 9
Palestinian children celebrating in a camp for displaced people in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, following news of a new ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
PHOTO: AFP
Oct 11
Pope Leo XIV giving his blessing to a child as he greeted pilgrims of the dioceses of Tuscany gathered at Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
PHOTO: EPA
Oct 7
Drivers merging onto expressway lanes after passing through Wuzhuang toll station in Chuzhou, in China’s eastern Anhui province, as they made their way back home on the second-to-last day of an eight-day National Day holiday. The Wuzhuang toll station, located on the border between Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, is China’s largest expressway toll station, with a total of 36 lanes.
PHOTO: AFP
Oct 8
Mr La-iat Taengsong, 70, resting on the roof of his house, submerged on the banks of the flooded Noi river due to heavy rainfall in Ayutthaya, one of the worst-hit areas in Thailand.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Oct 10
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (centre) and New Zealand Government House Kaumatua, or Elder, Joe Harawira performing a traditional Maori greeting of hongi – where two individuals press their noses and foreheads together – during a welcome ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Oct 7
The Harvest Moon, the first of three supermoons in 2025, juxtaposed against the Singapore national flag at Fullerton Hotel at 10pm.
ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO
Oct 7
A man (left) being tackled by a member of security after running onto the field in the fourth inning of game 3 of the Major League Baseball American League Division Series play-off game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, in New York, the US.
PHOTO: EPA
Oct 9
Fireworks lighting up the sky during a “Long Live the Workers’ Party of Korea” performance as spectators celebrated the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the sole ruling party in North Korea, in the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang.
PHOTO: AFP
Oct 10
People watching the HulaHoop sound and light installation during the Spotlight international light festival in Bucharest, Romania.
PHOTO: EPA
Oct 8
A man washing himself in a small pond as the sun set over a village on the outskirts of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
PHOTO: REUTERS