Los Angeles, US Workers on the closed I-10 freeway following a large pallet fire at a storage yard. Engineers have been assessing the extent of the damage and it remains unknown how long the freeway, which is a major commuter artery through the downtown area, will remain closed. The California governor, Gavin Newsom, said that over 300,000 vehicles used the freeway corridor each day Read More »
London, UK Rishi Sunak at the rear entrance of Downing Street in London after a visit to parliament during his ministerial reshuffle following the sacking of Suella Braverman as home secretary Read More »
Gallery assistants study a detail of Gassed, a 1919 oil painting by the US artist John Singer Sargent, in the new Blavatnik art, film and photography galleries at the Imperial War Museum in Read More »
Salisbury, UK Colourful projections on Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire, part of the installation Sarum Lights: Illuminating Art Read More »
Pampore, Indian Kashmir Kashmiri villagers pick saffron flowers in a field in Pampore, south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Pampore is also known as the saffron town of Kashmir because of the high quality of the flowers. It is also one of few places in the world where saffron, the most expensive of all spices, grows Read More »
Jajarkot, Nepal A woman stands in front of an earthquake-damaged house. Friday night’s earthquake in the district killed more than a hundred people Read More »
Sydney, Australia Carnival Cruise Line’s resident redback, Fangelica, marks Halloween by floating across Sydney Harbour as Carnival Splendor arrives in the city Read More »
Monterrey, Mexico People visit an art installation named Altar Monumental, created for the annual Day of the Dead festivities in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest altar of the dead in history Read More »
South Shields, UK The sun rises over South Shields lighthouse, its top ripped off by Storm Babet which battered the UK and caused widespread flooding and high winds. The Environment Agency has warned that flooding from major rivers could continue until Tuesday, amid widespread disruption that is posing a ‘risk to life’ in some areas Read More »