It has become a cliché in Israel to say the country is “stuck on October 7”: unable to move on to 8 October; unable to return to 6 October. Moving…
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Human towers, air shows and brush fires
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Members of Castellers Colla Vella form a "castell," or human tower, during the 30th Concurs de Castells, or Human Tower Competition, in Tarragona, Spain, on 4 October 2026.
EON HEON-KYUN / AFP
A South Korean Apache AH-64E helicopter takes part in the 78th Armed Forces Day at a military base in Gyeryong on 1 October 2026.
REUTERS/Toby Melville
People fish off the harbour wall at sunrise as warm Autumn weather continues, while Britain's Environment Agency said areas of England remain in drought status, in Hastings, southern Britain, on 5 October 2026.
ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP
This photograph shows the art installation 'Selva' by Italian sculptor Edoardo Tresoldi in Piazza Mignanelli, central Rome, on 2 October 2026.
JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP
Palestinian farmers try to extinguish fires on their land after Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at them as they harvested their olives, resulting in the dry fields catching fire near Nablus, on 3 October, 2026.
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Peruvian firefighters watching a fire in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, near the main access road to Machu Picchu on the outskirts of Yanahuara populated centre, Cusco department, Peru, on 3 October 2026.
AFP
A monument to the Soviet Union founder, Vladimir Lenin sits in front of a business centre damaged by a Ukrainian drone strike in Russian-controlled Donetsk on 5 October 2026.
BASHAR TALEB / AFP
A Palestinian man cleans the roof of a building at the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on 5 October 2026.
AP / Vahid Salemi
Iranian army members prepare to rappel down a wall during the opening ceremony of one of the military training centers for volunteers being set up throughout squares in downtown Tehran, Iran, on 3 October, 2026.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry and the Turkish presidency both denied a Reuters report that a Syrian Foreign Ministry delegation had met Hezbollah…
The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. In our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books, Al Majalla reviews its choice picks,…
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces and de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Somalia's President Hassan…
From the Strait of Hormuz to Bab al-Mandab, an Iranian-directed pressure arc has targeted both the world's energy needs and Saudi Arabia's…
Saudi Arabia has the resources and ambition to build a major minerals industry. Australia has the expertise and resources to help it move further up…
Lawyer Fatima Zahra Mansouri could soon become Morocco’s first female prime minister and only the third in the Arab world after King Mohammed VI…
**Update since publishing: Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva…
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