A migrant caravan in Mexico, parkour in Gaza, refugees on the border between Belarus and Poland, and smog in Lahore: the most striking images from around the world this week
Grodno, BelarusMigrant children at the Kuznitsa checkpoint at the border between Belarus and Poland. A Polish government official said migrants camped on the Belarusian side of Poland’s eastern border were being taken away by bus in a sign the tense standoff could be easing Photograph: Maxim Guchek/AP
Gaza CityPalestinian youth practice parkour in Al-Shati refugee camp. For many young people living in Gaza, the years of living under a blockade effectively cutting them off from the outside world has taken a heavy toll with mental health issues rising among young people. Many of them turn to sport and other recreational activities to relieve the pressures of everyday life, from boxing to horse riding Photograph: Fatima Shbair/Getty Images
Gaza CityPalestinian youths perform a show with fire in front of people in the Al-Shejaiya neighbourhood Photograph: Fatima Shbair/Getty Images
thens, GreeceDemonstrators take part in a march towards the US embassy, during a rally marking the 48th anniversary of the 1973 Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military junta Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Gran Canaria, SpainEmergency personnel assist migrants disembarking from a maritime rescue vessel in the port of Arguineguín, after their rescue off the coast of Gran Canaria Photograph: Lluís Gené/AFP/Getty Images
Inke, Democratic Republic of Congo A family of Central African refugees waits to leave for a transit centre before a repatriation flight to Bangui. This week 453 among Inke’s 18,444 refugees were flown back to Bangui by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Most of them fled the Central African Republic during the 2013 coup and subsequent civil war. Today, nearly 685,000 Central Africans are still living in exile and cannot return home because of the ongoing conflict Photograph: Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty ImagesPalomares, MexicoMigrants walk through Palomares as they head in a caravan towards the US Photograph: Claudio Cruz/AFP/Getty Images
Jesus Carranza, Mexico Migrants help fellow migrants on to the bed of a trailer in Jesus Carranza. A group of mainly Central American migrants are attempting to reach the US-Mexico border Photograph: Félix Márquez/AP
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA supporter of Kyle Rittenhouse argues with a Black Lives Matter supporter in front of the Kenosha County courthouse while the jury deliberates over the Rittenhouse trial. Rittenhouse is accused of shooting three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while he was being arrested in August 2020 Photograph: Nathan Howard/Getty Images
Sofia, BulgariaElectoral staff carry ballot boxes as they visit people in self-quarantine to collect their votes for the first round of the presidential election and the parliamentary elections in Sofia. Bulgarians voted for the third time this year, but there was little hope the latest general election will bring a stable government to fight the country’s deadliest coronavirus wave Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images
Kabul, AfghanistanA young girl looks at loaves of bread for sale at a bakery in Kabul Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP
Liverpool, EnglandForensic officers work outside Liverpool Women’s hospital, following a car blast. Police declared the explosion a terrorist incident Photograph: Ed Sykes/Reuters
Lima, PeruHealth workers carry coolers for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima Photograph: Guadalupe Pardo/AP
Port-au-Prince, HaitiStudents attend class at the Le Grand Createur school in the gang-controlled Cité Soleil neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince Photograph: Matias Delacroix/APAlaminos, PhilippinesElementary students sit inside dividers as a preventive measure against Covid-19, as they attend the first day of physical classes at Longos elementary school. After almost two years, the Philippines resumed limited face-to-face classes in 100 schools across the country this week Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty ImagesLahore, PakistanPeople commute along a street in heavy smog conditions in Lahore Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty ImagesZinal, SwitzerlandMountain guide Daniel Ruppen visits an ice cave formed at the end section of the Zinal glacier. Over the last 60 years the overall glacier volume in Switzerland has shrunk by almost 50%, losing between 2% and 3% volume a year over the last four years, according to the glacier monitoring in Switzerland project Photograph: Valentin Flauraud/EPAMelbourne, AustraliaA model showcases Jaton designs during the Fashion x Art at the Ian Potter centre in Melbourne Photograph: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images
La Palma, SpainLava expelled by Cumbre Vieja volcano reaches the sea Photograph: Miguel Calero/EPA
Nice, FrancePeople walk and ride horses in front of the Mediterranean Sea Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images
