World in pictures this week, September 11, 2025
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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors
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A protester wearing flak jacket and carrying a shield snatched from a policeman shouts slogans at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal’s government’s various ministries and offices during a protest against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu.Credit:AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha
2/19
Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza carry their belongings along the coastal road toward southern Gaza.Credit:AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi
3/19
Palestinians run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City.Credit:AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoon
4/19
Clouds surround the Himalayan township of McLeodganj in Dharamshala, India.Credit:AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia
5/19
Chinese President Xi Jinping takes a drink at a reception following a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing.Credit:AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar
6/19
King Charles III laughs with Fathers during a tour of The Oratory of St. Philip Neri following the canonisation of Cardinal John Henry Newman in Birmingham.Credit:Chris Jackson/Getty Images
7/19
Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol the National Mall in Washington.Credit:AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
8/19
Demonstrators march at a protest opposing “Operation Midway Blitz” and the presence of ICE in Chicago.Credit:AP Photo/Erin Hooley
9/19
First Minister John Swinney reacts as he delivers a speech on Scotland’s future at the Blue Drill Hall in Edinburgh.Credit:Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
10/19
A model presents a Xiangyuzaowu creation by Xiangyu Kong during the SS2026 China Fashion Week in Beijing.Credit:AP Photo/Andy Wong
11/19
A firefighter extinguishes a hot spot next to a giant sequoia as the Garnet Fire burns through the McKinley Grove of Big Trees in the Sierra National Forest, California.Credit:AP Photo/Noah Berger
12/19
The full moon rises behind a sculpture of a chariot at the Palace Square for a total lunar eclipse in St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit:AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky
13/19
A mourner looks trough a curtain during the funeral of Levi Yitzhak Pash, who was killed along with five other Israelis in a shooting attack by two Palestinian gunmen at a bus stop in Jerusalem.Credit:AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
14/19
A debutante poses during the Queen Charlotte’s 246th Anniversary Ball at One Whitehall Place in London.Credit:Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images
15/19
An idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha is taken for immersion on the final day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India.Credit:AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
16/19
Stand up paddlers navigate the river Main near the European Central Bank, right, in Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:AP Photo/Michael Probst
17/19
Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore prepares to take the field before an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Chicago.Credit:AP Photo/Erin Hooley
18/19
Luke Poulter hits from the 17th tee during Walker Cup golf matches at Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach, California.Credit:AP Photo/Thien-An Truong
19/19
Gary Hunt dives from the 27.5 metre platform on Stari Most (Old Bridge) during the final competition day of the third stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Credit:Romina Amato/Red Bull via Getty Images