Down to Earth: Week in pictures

The world never ceases to run us aground. These photos are a reminder--you are dust, and to dust you shall return--and resonate beyond their description for a leisurely flip or a deep read this week

Oct 23, 2024, 17:47 IST1 min

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A cloud of dust and smoke erupts following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut"s southern suburbs on October 19, 2024, on October 7, 2023.

Image by AFP

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An Israeli Jewish right-wing activist prays with a palm frond during a Sukkot (Jewish holiday) gathering at the southern border with the Gaza Strip calling for "resettling Jewish Israeli communities" in the Gaza Strip on October 21, 2024.

Image by Amir Levy/Getty Images

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Indigenous men and women from the Colombian Amazon practice a dance at the green zone during the COP16 summit, the world"s biggest nature protection conference in Cali, Colombia, on October 21, 2024.

Image by Joaquin Sarmiento / AFP

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A tourist poses for pictures in front of a Buddhist sculpture in the Gobi desert in Guazhou, Gansu province, China, on October 17, 2024.

Image by Tingshu Wang / Reuters

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A Ugandan Buddhist novice nun reacts while meditating during the celebration of Kathina, a significant event in the Buddhist calendar, at the Uganda Buddhist Centre in Entebbe, Uganda, on October 20, 2024.

Image by Badru Katumba / AFP

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Chinese martial arts teacher Liu Wei (C) practices an exercise with Fourah Bay College Secondary School students in Freetown, Sierra Leone, during a training session on October 15, 2024.

Image by Saidu BAH / AFP

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A man leads his camels along the shores of Yasmina, a seasonal lake in the village of Merzouga in the Sahara desert, southeastern Morocco, on October 20, 2024.

Image by AFP

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On October 21, 2024, a boy in Odobere, Senegal, puts up a net to catch fish in the flood waters covering a road outside his home.

Image by Guy Peterson / AFP

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People gather from nearby homes to play dominoes at a table on the street during an island-wide power outage in Havana, Cuba, on October 20, 2024.

Image by Nick Kaiser/dpa via Getty Images

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Sunni Muslim men gather to offer prayers during the funeral ceremony for victims who were killed in a clash between Sunni and Shiite tribes at Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on October 13, 2024.

Image by Dilawer Khan / AFP