Global Flash Floods, Conflict, and Carnival: 20 Photos
This week's photo essay captures the catastrophic flash floods in Nepal, which have claimed more than 1,000 lives. In Devighat, rescuers constructed makeshift bridges and sifted through the debris of hydropower facilities to assist trapped workers. At the Trishuli-3A hydropower site in Rasuwa, two individuals were saved from a tunnel nine days after being entombed. In Kathmandu, a symbolic cremation for four missing members of the Magar family took place at Pashupatinath Temple. The floods, caused by a glacier collapse, are associated with the rapid warming of the Himalayas, which is occurring at twice the global average rate. Meanwhile, in Kyiv, children returned to school amidst missile strikes, as President Zelenskyy deemed Russian airspace hazardous. A Russian attack in Bucha resulted in at least 12 fatalities.
Key facts
- Flash floods in Nepal killed over 1,000 people.
- Rescuers saved two people from a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa after nine days.
- Symbolic cremation held for four missing Magar family members in Kathmandu.
- Forensic scientist Prof Richard Bassed said some bodies may never be found.
- Floods triggered by glacier collapse; Himalayas warming twice as fast as global average.
- Russian strikes in Kyiv and Bucha killed at least 12 people.
- Israeli attacks hit Lebanon and West Bank; two teenagers killed in al-Mughayyir.
- Itamar Ben-Gvir proposed forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
- Plaskett Fire approached Big Sur, California.
- USS Abraham Lincoln faced morale issues en route to Thailand.
- US accused of war crime after strike on wedding in Iran killed four.
- Haiti funeral for gang victims in Port-au-Prince.
- Voting system concerns raised at Defend the Vote rally in Washington DC.
- Notting Hill carnival in London featured costumed participants.
- Crocodile translocation in Lake Baringo, Kenya.
- Astronauts Sophie Adenot and Anil Menon completed spacewalk at ISS.
Entities
Institutions
- Nepal Army
- Reuters
- Getty Images
- AP
- AFP
- European Space Agency
- NASA
- Kenya Wildlife Service
- Little Wings Cinema
- Tasnim news agency
- Xinhua
- Shutterstock
- Libkos
- EPA
- McDonald's
Locations
- Devighat
- Nepal
- Rasuwa
- Kathmandu
- Pashupatinath Temple
- Galchi
- Himalayas
- China
- India
- Bhutan
- Pakistan
- Kyiv
- Ukraine
- Bucha
- Al-Mansouri
- Lebanon
- Sinjil
- West Bank
- al-Mughayyir
- Khirbet al-Taban
- Hebron
- Gaza
- Big Sur
- California
- Pattaya
- Thailand
- Laem Chabang
- Menab
- Iran
- Kuhestak
- Port-au-Prince
- Haiti
- Kenscoff
- Washington DC
- US
- London
- England
- Basra
- Iraq
- Shatt al-Arab River
- Lake Baringo
- Kenya
- Marigat
- International Space Station