Grim childhood in Gaza and more from the world

Children practice parkour on a sand dune near tents housing displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on 1 February 2026.

A woman holds a Palestinian child receiving treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on 2 February 2026.

A young boy sits overlooking destroyed buildings at Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on 31 January 2026.

Aircraft of Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force's Bayi aerobatic team perform an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on 3 February 2026.

A sled dog of musher Nukaaraq Lennert Olsen jumps at the "dog town" of Sisimiut, Greenland on 31 January 2026.

Swans gather at the bank of the partially frozen Dnipro River during subzero temperatures, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 2 February 2026.

A firefighter works to extinguish a forest fire burning in the mountains of the rural area of Epuyen, in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, Argentina, on 2 February 2026.

Dressed up revellers sail their decorated boats on the Grand Canal during the traditional parade at Venice Carnival, on 1 February 2026.

Worshippers take part in the traditional ceremony of Iemanja, the Goddess of the Sea of the syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda, at Arpoador Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 2 February 2026.

A chunk of snow and ice hangs on the edge of the partially frozen Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 31 January 2026.