Photographs of the Week
Desk Report
Published: 15 Jul 2021, 08:38 pm
(Roma, Texas, US) A smuggler pulls an inflatable raft across the Rio Grande and into the US from Mexico. Republican lawmakers have criticized President Joe Biden for reversing Trump programmes, including his ‘remain in Mexico’ policy, which had forced thousands of asylum seekers from Central America to stay south of the US border until their claims were processed. (Photograph: AFP)
(Gateshead, England) Visitors walk by the Angel of the North statue looking out over the northeast region, which is currently the area in England worst affected by coronavirus. (Photograph: The Guardian)
(Tosa Maidan, Kashmir) A shepherd woman watches villagers being vaccinated as she stands outside her hut during a Covid-19 vaccination drive in Tosa Maidan in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The challenge for health workers travelling long distances for vaccinating mostly shepherds and nomadic herders in the remote meadows of the Himalayan region has not been the treacherous terrain but to persuade women to get Covid-19 vaccines. Fuelled by misinformation and mistrust, many residents, particularly in remote rural areas, believe vaccines cause impotence and serious side effects, and could even kill. (Photograph: AP)
(Troodos mountains, Cyprus) Firefighters attempt to put out a fire in a forest on the slopes of the Troodos mountain range. The blaze killed four Egyptian labourers, destroyed 50 homes, damaged farms and power lines, and forced the evacuation of 10 villages. (Photograph: AFP)
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti) A crowd surrounds the Pétion-Ville police station where armed men, accused of being involved in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, are being held. (Photograph: AFP)
(Pyongyang, North Korea) People bow before a mosaic of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in the Taedonggang district of Pyongyang on the 27th anniversary of the death of Kim Il-sung. (Photograph: AFP)
(Dhaka, Bangladesh) People queue for discounted food given out by a government programme. Bangladesh enacted a nationwide lockdown this week in an effort to contain a third wave of coronavirus as cases have surged, fuelled by the Delta variant first detected in neighbouring India. (Photograph: Allison Joyce)
(Dhaka, Bangladesh) Medical workers distribute doses of the Pfizer vaccine. (Photograph: Allison Joyce)
(London, England) Fans celebrate on the roof of Leicester Square underground station after England won the Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark. (Photograph: Matt Dunham)
(Herat, Afghanistan) Members of an internally displaced Afghan family who left their home during the ongoing conflict between Taliban and Afghan security forces arrive in the Emil district of Herat from Qala-i-Naw. (Photograph: AFP)
Fires in Cyprus, England football fans celebrate in London, reaction to the assassination of the Haitian president: the most striking images from around the world this week.