Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past week.
Police looking into a homicide of a 59-year-old man who was found dead in the Zamimpilo informal settlement located in Riverlea following a shoot out between illegal miners and police on June 04, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported that the area has been under siege from zama zamas with authorities battling to root out the problem for years. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)
A man detained at the shooting scene in Riverlea after a shoot out between illegal miners and police on June 04, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported that the area has been under siege from zama zamas with authorities battling to root out the problem for years. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)
People walk past an activist from the People’s Ethical Treatment of Animals group (PETA) protesting over reptile skin sales outside a Louis Vuitton store in Hong Kong, China, 05 June 2025. PETA campaigned against the purchase of goods made from reptile skin, demanding that ‘LVMH ‘leave pythons in peace’. EPA-EFE/BERTHA WANG
An aerial view shows a destroyed house in the water from the river Lonza after the formation of a lake on the last houses of the village of Blatten, after a massive avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, in Blatten, Switzerland, 05 June 2025. A large part of the village of Blatten, located in the Loetschental Valley in the canton of Valais, was buried under masses of ice, mud and rocks. Numerous houses were destroyed, and one person is missing. Between May 19 and 28, several million cubic meters of rock fell from the Kleines Nesthorn mountain above Blatten. This created a nine-million-tonne debris cone on the Birch Glacier, which ultimately collapsed on 28 May 2025. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL BUHOLZER
