IN PICTURES: Pope Leo XIV joins youth in prayer celebration, and more from around the world
IN PICTURES
Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... A selection of recent images from our planet.
11 Nov 2026
Pope Leo XIV watches dancers perform during a youth prayer vigil at Monumento de los Espanoles in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 10 November 2026. (Photo: EPA / Daniel Dal Zennaro)
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is greeted by an indigenous delegate at the Leaders Summit Event on Forests at the COP31 annual UN climate conference in Antalya, Turkey, on 11 November 2026. The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) takes place from 9 to 20 November 2026 and is hosted by Turkey, with delegates from more than 190 countries gathering. (Photo: EPA / Tolga Akmen)Performers on the stage at the Opening Ceremony of the COP31 Antalya Leaders Summit in Turkey on 11 November 2026. (Photo: EPA / Antonio Bat) Activists take part in a climate protest on the second day of the COP31 annual UN climate conference in Antalya, Turkey, on 10 November 2026. (Photo: EPA / Tolga Akmen) Police officers disperse demonstrators outside a bank during a general strike called in Pamplona, Spain, on 11 November 2026. Spain faces a nationwide general strike demanding better access to housing and decent wages, two-and-a-half weeks before the 29 November early general election. (Photo: EPA / Inaki Porto) A Palestinian man sits amid damaged cars at a car repair shop and junkyard in the West Bank village of Luban al-Sharkiya, south of Nablus, on 11 November 2026. According to the owner, Israeli settlers carried out an overnight attack, setting fire to the car repair shop and junkyard. Several dozen cars were damaged. (Photo: EPA / Atef Safadi) Railway officials walk past a derailed train near Digaru Railway Station on the outskirts of Guwahati, Assam, India, on 11 November 2026. The locomotive and five coaches of the Kolkata-Sairang Express derailed after the driver lost control of the train while entering the station. All passengers were reported safe, with no fatalities, according to Northeast Frontier Railway. (Photo: EPA / Anuwar Hazarika) Israeli soldiers fire tear-gas canisters to disperse Israeli settlers attacking Palestinian farmers and solidarity activists harvesting olive groves in the village of Qusra, near Nablus, West Bank, on 10 November 2026. A Palestinian photojournalist and an international activist sustained bruises and contusions when stone-throwing settlers assaulted harvesters between the towns of Qusra and Jalud, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. (Photo: EPA / Alaa Badarneh) A masked man walks on a street during the Singles’ Day in Shanghai, China, on 11 November 2026. Singles’ Day, launched by the Alibaba e-commerce platform in 2009, has become the largest online shopping festival in the world, with Chinese consumers expected to spend billions on bargains during the one-day e-commerce shopping spree. (Photo: EPA / Alex Plavevski) Replica poppies line Martin Place for a Remembrance Day service at The Cenotaph, in Sydney, Australia, on 11 November 2026. (Photo: EPA / Bianca de Marchi) Students take part a rally in support of public broadcasters Czech Television and Czech Radio, in Prague, Czech Republic, on 10 November 2026. The protest follows a proposal by the Czech government to abolish television and radio licence fees and fund both broadcasters through the state budget. Critics warn that the proposed change could threaten the independence of public service media. (Photo: EPA / Martin Divisek) A man waves the national flag as French students, teachers and other education staff march during a national day of protests to demand better school conditions, in Paris, France, on 10 November 2026. (Photo: EPA / Firas Abdullah) An Iranian female volunteer participates in a training session at the Jan-Fada (‘Self-Sacrificed for Iran’) military training camp for women during its opening at Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran, on 10 November 2026. The camp opened in Tehran as part of a state-sponsored mobilisation movement for civilian volunteers amid continued tensions between the US and Iran. (Photo: EPA / Abedin Taherkenareh) The world's largest statue, honouring Pope Leo XIV, which stands 14m high, is unveiled in Callao, Peru, on 9 November 2026. (Photo: EPA / Paolo Aguilar) A man places flowers in a joint of concrete segments of a remaining part of the Berlin Wall after a commemoration at the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany, on 9 November 2026 – the 37th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The wall stood from 1961 to 1989 as a symbol of the Cold War division between West Germany and communist East Germany. (Photo: EPA / Hannibal Hanschke) A Kashmiri farmer spreads freshly harvested red cockscomb flowers to dry inside his house in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, India, on 27 October 2026. The red cockscomb flower is harvested, sun-dried, and crushed into a powder to produce a natural colouring agent essential to signature Kashmiri culinary specialties such as Rogan Josh. (Photo: EPA / Farooq Khan) Delivery workers ride scooters during Singles’ Day in Shanghai, China, on 11 November 2026. Singles’ Day, launched in 2009, has become the largest online shopping festival in the world. (Photo: EPA / Alex Plavevski) A student clashes with riot police during an anti-government protest in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 28 October 2026. Hundreds of students staged a protest urging the government to declare a national disaster over wildfires and haze, control over the state budget, and lower fuel and basic necessities prices. The protesters also demanded a review of the government's flagship Free Nutritious Meals programme. (Photo: EPA / Mast Irham) ‘Comando’, a Chihuahua dog serving in the National Guard, performs a demonstration at the 1A Military Camp in the municipality of Naucalpan, in the State of Mexico on 24 October 2026. Standing just 20cm tall, weighing 7kg, wearing a custom-made tactical uniform, and making a massive splash on social media, Comando Chihuahua, a one-year-and-three-month-old dog, has become the most popular community liaison officer in Mexico’s National Guard. (Photo: EPA / Jose Mendez) Birds gather along the coastline in Karachi, Pakistan, on 10 November 2026. (Photo: EPA / Rehan Khan) A participant wearing historical attire rides a high-wheel bicycle during the traditional ‘Prague Mile’ race in Prague, Czech Republic, on 7 November 2026. The Czech high-wheel bicycle club was founded in 1880, and its members met for their annual race. (Photo: EPA / Martin Divisek) Tenerife’s players attend a tribute in memory of the Tenerife player Jesus de Miguel in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, on 7 November 2026. De Miguel died after sustaining a blow during a match against FC Andorra on 3 November. (Photo: EPA / Alberto Valdes) A tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo before a press conference to announce Portugal’s squad for the upcoming Uefa Nations League matches against Wales and Denmark, in Oeiras, Portugal, on 6 November 2026. (Photo: EPA / Rodrigo Antunes) Ivana Lolesio of Fetu Samoa is tackled by Chantay Kiria-Ratu of the Kiwi Ferns during the Women’s Rugby League World Cup Semi Final match between New Zealand and Samoa at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle, Australia, on 7 November 2026. (Photo: EPA / Dan Himbrechts)