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  1. Two men in military-style green fatigues climb a ladder onto a balcony, watched by police officers in yellow reflective jackets with the Spanish word Policia on the back.

  2. Police officers escort suspects arrested during the Operacao Contencao (Operation Containment) out of the Vila Cruzeiro favela, in the Penha complex, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 28, 2025.

  3. Brazilian indigenous leader stands during interview with BBC at COP30

  4. A frame from a video showing a wrecked passenger bus at the bottom of a deep ravine. The terrain is rocky and sandy with a shallow river snaking across the bottom of the ravine. The bus looks utterly destroyed.

  5. Colombian Defence Minister Pedro Sánchez speaks at a news conference. He is flanked by two high-ranking members of Colombia's military. The minister is standing at a podium bearing the Ministry of Defence's official seal.

  6. Careers adviser Jo Kerr stands next to a car with red and green shoeboxes loaded up in the boot. She is wearing a dress and black cardigan and a lanyard.

  7. Yellow-shirted protesters clash with security guards inside the conference venue

  8. Cars and a motorbike drive on a street in the Dominican Republic amid rain. Power lines can be seen overhead

  9. Aircraft on board the USS Gerald R Ford while underway in the North Sea in September 2025

  10. Mauricio Hoyos looks at the camera, while holding a wave-shaped award

  11. Four men in red t-shirts sit and stand on a large tree trunk in the sunshine. A chainsaw is resting on the trunk.

  12. A vampire bat flies in a cave with wings spread. It has large ears and two central pointed upper teeth.

  13. Two police officers stand with their backs to the photographer in front of El Oro prison in the city of Machala, in Ecuador. Behind them, a police pick-up truck and several other police cars can be seen.

  14. A house made of wood painted purple and green with a wooden door. There is a small brick building behind it. There is a mattress in front of the house and debris on the ground. The building has no rood. There are fallen trees. The sky is grey and cloudy.

  15. Benika has curly red-brown shoulder-length hair and black glasses. She is wearing a black jumper, and there are green leaves behind her.

  16. Buildings destroyed by tornado in southern Brazil

  17. Man putting debris on hospital bed

  18. A family of capybaras sits together surrounded by vegetation

  19. A man with short black hair stands besides four large bins that are filled with food. He is wearing a black hoodie and a high viz jacket.

  20. Two women wearing black tops looking into the camera. There are water bottles behind them and they are not smiling.

  21. A woman in her 40s has long blonde hair swept back behind her ears and wears a white T-shirt. She is sitting in a living room with a pensive look on her face. Wood and glass doors and a grey sofa can be seen in the background, which is out of focus.

  22. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stands at a podium, making a gesture with her hand.

  23. Tree surgeons with chainsaws clear fallen trees on thw hurricanw-ravaged island of Jamaica.

  24. A boat is shown in the water below through a radar-type screen before the US military struck it