Gaza hostage swap, climate action and digital art show

MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP
MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP

A digital presentation of paintings by French impressionist painter Claude Monet in Les Carrieres des Lumières in southern France on January 30, 2025.

Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over an Israeli-American hostage to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on February 1, 2025, as part of the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange.

REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

Palestinians wait to receive aid from an UNRWA distribution point, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 4, 2025.

GREG BAKER / AFP
GREG BAKER / AFP

A woman wearing a traditional costume poses for photos outside the Forbidden City on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing on February 2, 2025.

REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

A climate activist wears a scold's bridle as they demonstrate on January 29, 2025, outside the Royal Courts of Justice at a hearing brought by 16 climate activists who have been jailed for their actions in London.

REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha
REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha

Members of the Animal Heroes organisation take part in an anti-bullfighting protest in front of the Plaza de Toros Mexico in Mexico City on February 2, 2025.

REUTERS/Feisal Omar
REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Puntland Security Forces parade newly trained soldiers and equipment to combat the Islamic State (IS) in Bosasso, Bari Region, Puntland region, Somalia January 30, 2025.

RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP
RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP

A juggler rides a unicycle past monks, or Hindu holy men, taking part in the Nagar Yatra procession in Johannesburg on February 1, 2025.

Ousmane Makaveli / AFP
Ousmane Makaveli / AFP

Two traditional Dogon wrestlers fight at the Ogobagna Festival in Bamako on January 30, 2025.

SPA/AFP
SPA/AFP

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L), his wife Latifa al-Droubi (R), and Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (2nd-L), exit the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine while performing Umrah in the city of Mecca on February 3, 2025.