UN walkouts, environmental protests and more

R. Satish BABU / AFP
R. Satish BABU / AFP

A SpiceJet aircraft flies past a rainbow during the dusk in Chennai, India, on September 29, 2025.

 REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a nearly-empty hall at the UN General Assembly in New York on September 26, 2025, after a walkout by most delegates.

Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP
Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP

A parody Mount Rushmore sculpture depicts the faces of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, China's President Xi Jinping, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, and US President Donald Trump in Bangkok on September 24, 2025.

AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman
AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman

A Houthi supporter chants slogans as he carries a rocket replica during an anti-US and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, September 26, 2025.

Zain JAAFAR / AFP
Zain JAAFAR / AFP

An Israeli soldier stands guard as Palestinians protest a new road under construction for the use of Israeli settlers near the Palestinian village of Beit Ur al-Fauqa, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on September 29, 2025.

REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

People attend the 'Love the Environment' Festival, held on the Ciliwung River (one of the world's most polluted) in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 28, 2025.

REUTERS/Remo Casilli
REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Greenpeace activists stage a protest at a UN conference to call for a just transition from industrial agriculture outside the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy, on September 29, 2025.

Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP
Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP

Migrants wait to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on September 27, 2025.

Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP
Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP

Devotees visit a 'pandal' (a temporary structure for worship) decorated with used plastic bottles, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Durga, in Kolkata on September 24, 2025, ahead of the Durga Puja festival.

Olga MALTSEVA / AFP
Olga MALTSEVA / AFP

Cadets of the Admiral Makarov State University of sea and river fleet take part in the cadet initiation ceremony on Dvortsovaya Square in Saint Petersburg on September 27, 2025.