A robot sits among the audience at Web Summit's opening ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal. More unusual pictures of the week: reut.rs/4AmRsaU 📷 Pedro Nunes

Fires and tear gas mark clashes across France as nationwide protests continue reut.rs/3UJtvvt 📷 Hannah McKay/Denis Balibouse

People line up to vote during the US midterm elections at Scelebrations, a quinceanera boutique in Chicago, Illinois reut.rs/4yUP8H5 📷 Octavio Jones

Anti-government protests across Europe, Russia’s war in Ukraine, extreme weather, Halloween, and more of our best photography from October 2026 reut.rs/4iTlMUK

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a Halloween event at the White House in Washington reut.rs/48uUON7 📷 Eric Lee

Mexico’s Catholic Church says impostor priests are offering baptisms, funerals and other sacraments, and families may have to repeat them. reut.rs/4ihdypq 📷 Bernat Parera

Students take part in a foam fight as part of "Raisin Monday" at St Andrews university in Scotland, Britain. More unusual pictures of the week: reut.rs/4yAYQOA 📷 Lesley Martin

Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4yGkBNh 📷 Evan Vucci

Fans dressed as Spider-Man gather at New York Comic Con for an unsuccessful Guinness World Records attempt. 🕷️ More unusual pictures of the week: reut.rs/4B94hqK 📷 Adam Gray

His wife lost a leg to an elephant attack. Sri Lankan wildlife officer Thilakaratne Bandara doesn't blame the animal: 'He is innocent.' 🐘 Inside one of the world's deadliest human-elephant conflicts: reut.rs/4scmPT2 📷 Thilina Kaluthotage

People protest near a burning fire as plumes of black smoke rise amid an anti-government protest by students in Tirana, Albania reut.rs/4B72XVk 📸 Florion Goga

Towers of humanity: Soaring pyramids and dramatic tumbles at Spain's castells competition reut.rs/4dq9Y9A 📷 Albert Gea

From ziplines to AK-47s: Inside Iranian women's combat training in Tehran reut.rs/3TL57ZI 📷 Majid Asgaripour/WANA

A man escapes a burning building at Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv following a Russian drone strike reut.rs/4xN2XqE 📷 Alina Smutko/Gleb Garanich/Thomas Peter

President Trump after watching a military demonstration from a balcony of the White House with first lady Melania Trump and Chinese President Xi. reut.rs/3VfEDQA 📸 Evan Vucci

A pigeon walks the red carpet for the film "Evil Genius" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto. See more unusual pictures from the week: reut.rs/3VCTtRe 📷 Carlos Osorio

An empty migrant boat floats after its occupants were rescued by Italy's Guardia di Finanza, near the Ocean Viking in the central Mediterranean Sea reut.rs/3Txd7gW 📷 Stephane Mahe

Fighter jets took off and landed on the USS George Washington during night flight operations in the Middle East, where the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was deployed to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln amid tensions with Iran reut.rs/46Yzpv1 📷 Ed Ou

Nepal floods aftermath through the lens of Reuters photographers. See more here: reut.rs/4iVEICK 📷 Francis Mascarenhas, Adnan Abidi, Navesh Chitrakar

Revelers bath in tomatoes during the annual 'La Tomatina' food fight festival in Bunol, Spain. More unusual pictures from the past week: reut.rs/4hTUBJz 📷 Thomas Peter

Devastating flooding struck the Nepal-Tibet border after a massive mudslide collapsed into a Himalayan river, sweeping away villages and leaving hundreds missing as rescue teams race to reach affected areas reut.rs/4cM44iz 📷 Navesh Chitrakar

A drone view shows damaged houses a day after a tornado struck the village of Pomas in the Aude region of southwestern France reut.rs/4gjqCcJ 📷 Manon Cruz

Police assist residents during an evacuation from the frontline village of Lysogirka, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, amid Russia's ongoing attack on the country. reut.rs/4bZpgBk

A child observes damage at the St. Fransiskus Asisi-Karot church in the aftermath of an earthquake in Ruteng, Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia reut.rs/3TZ4QCt 📷 Willy Kurniawan

People take part in paddleboarding festival on the Yauza River in Moscow, Russia. More unusual pictures from the past week: reut.rs/4x9goBF 📷 Yulia Morozova

Residents and emergency personnel inspect the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Dosquebradas, Colombia reut.rs/45kk7Ag 📷 Juan David Duque

Drone images capture the scale of destruction after wildfires near Spokane, Washington, destroyed more than 900 homes and forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate reut.rs/4fTBjRG 📷 David Ryder

Lara Grbac, 14, rides a horse named 'Perlaz' in the water during a heatwave in Supetar on the island of Brac, Croatia. More unusual pictures of the week: reut.rs/4xkPF4K 📷 Antonio Bronic

Daimel Rodriguez and his wife collect drinking water in plastic tanks after Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late Sunday, plunging the island of about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent, in Havana reut.rs/4gesQtL 📷 Norlys Perez

A commuter helps another woman after she fell due to the force of floodwaters following torrential rains in Ahmedabad, India. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4vRQ0uP 📷 Amit Dave