Aurora Borealis, endangered crocodiles and more

Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, illuminates the sky over Rovaniemi, Finland, on 10 October 2026.

A critically endangered Philippine crocodile, considered the rarest in the world, looks out from its newly opened enclosure at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on 12 October 2026.

Palestinians inspect a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike late Saturday in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, on 11 October 2026.

Palestinian children peek through a tent cover at the site of an Israeli strike on a tent in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 12 October 2026.

A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, on the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza, in Athens, Greece.

Fishermen are silhouetted aboard a boat as the sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon, on 8 October 2026.

A man rides a horse along a street in Sanaa on 11 October 2026.

A farmer carries dates in a container during the harvest season in Badrshein village, south of Giza, Egypt, on 7 October 2026.

Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 12 October 2026.

A member of Mexico's National Guard stands on the Puerto Vallarta boardwalk as waves crash against the shoreline ahead of the potential impact of Hurricane Simon in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco state, Mexico, on 11 October 2026.