World in pictures this week, July 24, 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 stork stands on a straw bale on a field in the outskirts in Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:AP
2/16
Pedestrians walk across a crossing in Tokyo.Credit:AP
3/16
A man stands at the broken windows of his house after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine.Credit:AP
4/16
Tianchen Lan of Team China competes in the Mixed 4x1500m Open Water Final on day 10 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at The Palawan @ Sentosa in Singapore.Credit:Getty Images
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Onlookers are seen through a burnt classroom window of a school building after a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into it Monday in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Credit:AP
6/16
A gust of wind blows Pope Leo XIV’s mantel at the end of the noon Angelus prayer in the square in front of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.Credit:AP
7/16
A rider drives his motorcycle along a flooded road following tropical storm Wipha fueled monsoon rains in Manila, Philippines.Credit:AP
8/16
A tourist takes photos in an open-air studio with a view of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.Credit:AP
9/16
Simone Mencarelli of Italy competes against Kendrick Jean Joseph of France during the Fencing competition Men’s Epee Team Bronze Medal Match between France and Italy at day 6 of the FISU World University Games Rhine-Ruhr 2025 at Messe Essen in Essen, Germany.Credit:Getty Images
10/16
Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (L) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz view a geostationary telecommunication satellite during a visit to the Airbus factory in Stevenage, United Kingdom.Credit:Getty Images
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Fans catch a two-run home run hit by Salvador Perez #13 of the Kansas City Royals (not pictured) during the fourth inning at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.Credit:Getty Images
12/16
Dark clouds hang over the European Central Bank as a thunderstorm approaches in Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:AP
13/16
The sun sets over damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel.Credit:AP
14/16
Maiia Doroshko and Tatiana Gayday of Team Neutral Athletes B compete in the Women’s Duet Free Preliminaries on day 13 of the Singapore 2025 World Aquatics Championships at World Aquatics Championships Arena in Singapore.Credit:Getty Images
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Children play on Pele Island, Vanuatu.Credit:AP
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Newlyweds Jade Rick Verdillo right, and Jamaica walk hand in hand during their wedding at the flooded Barasoain church in Malolos, Bulacan province, Philippines.Credit:AP
