Trump and Xi in South Korea, Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, and more pictures from around the world in this week’s selection.
Oct 30
US President Donald Trump shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Oct 31
An aerial view showing cars and damaged property along a flooded stretch of road from Holland Bamboo to Middle Quarters in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which killed at least 19 people after roaring ashore this week.
PHOTO: AFP
Oct 31
Displaced Palestinians, including children, holding metal pots and pans while gathering to receive food from a charity kitchen in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
PHOTO: EPA
Oct 30
Ukrainian rescuers helping residents after a Russian strike killed at least one person and injured 15 others, including four children, in Zaporizhzhia, in south-eastern Ukraine.
PHOTO: EPA
Nov 2
Italy’s Jonathan Milan (right) edging out Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay (centre) in a sprint finish to claim victory in the professional criterium race during the Tour de France EFGH Singapore Criterium 2025 in Singapore.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Oct 30
A man sitting at the entrance of a flooded shop after heavy rain in Hoi An, Vietnam, where coastal provinces have been lashed by torrential rain since Oct 26, with up to 1.7m falling over 24 hours.
PHOTO: AFP
Oct 29
Shan ethnic artists performing a traditional dance on the opening day of the week-long Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights in Taunggyi, in Myanmar’s north-eastern Shan State.
PHOTO: AFP
Nov 1
People releasing white doves to mark the first anniversary of the November 2024 railway station canopy collapse, which killed 16 people and sparked nationwide accusations of corruption and negligence, in Novi Sad, Serbia.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Oct 27
A woman dressed as a “Catrina” posing for a picture at the Day of the Dead mega offering, held to mark the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan, at Zocalo Square in Mexico City, Mexico.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Oct 27
An albino squirrel sizing up a visitor in the Company’s Garden in Cape Town, South Africa.
PHOTO: REUTERS