Gaza homage to Macklemore and more from the world

A Palestinian artist paints a mural honouring US rapper Macklemore on a building damaged during the war, in Gaza City, on 19 September 2026.

Palestinian children walk to school past the rubble of a destroyed building as the academic year begins in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on 19 September 2026.

People ride a swing carousel on the opening day of the 191st Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, on 19 September 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of a shopping mall hit by an overnight Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on 21 September 2026.

A mahout watches over a tame Sumatran elephant playing, surrounded by haze caused by forest and land fires, at the Buluh Cina Nature Tourism Park in Kampar, Riau, on 17 September 2026.

A woman holding an umbrella poses for a picture as she visits the Shanghai International Light Festival in a park in Shanghai on 17 September 2026.

A devotee carries an idol of the Hindu deity Ganesha for immersion in a river during the 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival, on the outskirts of Amritsar on 18 September 2026.

A scene of the movie "Jurassic Park" made of pumpkins and wood is photographed at the exhibition "Pumpkin Goes to Hollywood" at the Asparagus and Adventure Farm in Klaistow, Germany, on 17 September 2026.