World in pictures this week, 28th August 2025
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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors
1/18
A firefighter battles the Pickett Fire burning in the Aetna Springs area of Napa County, California.Credit:AP Photo/Noah Berger
2/18
A man hangs up strings of flags to prepare to celebrate Vietnam’s national day under a cloudy sky caused by Typhoon Kajiki in Hanoi.Credit:AP Photo/Hau Dinh
3/18
Aviation buffs observe an Eurofighter Typhoon German Airforce aircraft fly by during a show of military and acrobatic aviation near the Heroes Cross on Caraiman Peak on top of Bucegi mountains, in Busteni, Romania.Credit:AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda
4/18
A staff member holds one of the 16 critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoise hatchlings during their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia.Credit:AP Photo/Matt Rourke
5/18
People walk with a dog along Kuznetsky Most street in Moscow.Credit:AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov
6/18
Tango teachers Laura Murphy and Fransley Marcel explain how to perform a traditional tango pose in a tango school held as part of the Tango Festival in Buenos Aires.Credit:AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd
7/18
Children of the Romanian National Opera’s Ballet Studio outside the National History Museum of Romania during Dance Night, an event featuring a wide variety of dance styles performed on the Calea Victoriei avenue in Bucharest.Credit:AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru
8/18
The sun sets behind buildings destroyed during Israeli ground and air operations in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel.Credit:AP Photo/Maya Levin
9/18
A military school band plays to honor people killed a day earlier by a car bomb explosion outside an Air Force base in Cali, Colombia.Credit:AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga
10/18
In this aerial view, a scientific team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) stands among crevasses on the Rhone Glacier during data collection near Gletsch, Switzerland.Credit:Sean Gallup/Getty Images
11/18
An activist blocks a highway during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, near the city of Lod, Israel.Credit:AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg
12/18
A Ukrainian man shouts slogans during a demonstration to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day down Liberdade Avenue in Lisbon.Credit:AP Photo/Armando Franca)
13/18
A giant dust storm approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air in Phoenix.Credit:AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
14/18
A Texas troopers passes the Texas Seal on the Rotunda of the Texas Capitol before debate on a bill for a redrawn U.S. congressional map during a special session in the Senate Chamber in Austin.Credit:AP Photo/Eric Gay
15/18
A child is passing in front of Graffiti on the wall of the chemical massacre victims’ cemetery bearing the phrase “Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Weapons” in Zamalka, Syria.Credit:Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images
16/18
The barkentine Antigua passes as hundreds of tall ships sailed into the Dutch capital’s harbor for the 10th edition of SAIL, in Amsterdam.Credit:AP Photo/Peter Dejong
17/18
A fan of Arsenal chants inside the stadium during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Leeds in LondonCredit:Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
18/18
Josh Brooks of Australia and DAO Honda Racing rides over ‘The Mountain’ on day two of the 2025 British Superbike Championship in Louth, England.Credit:Alex Pantling/Getty Images
