Week in pictures: 20-26 April 2024
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
All photos subject to copyright
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
All photos subject to copyright
An Indian judge has dismissed a woman’s complaint that her husband committed “unnatural sex,” because under Indian law it’s not illegal for a husband to force his wife to engage in sexual acts.
A man ordered the 81-year-old woman to 'move off the footpath' before allegedly running her down.
Police believe two brothers are travelling in a stolen car following a stabbing which left one man dead and another badly injured.
GoFundMeLoved ones of a 15-year-old girl who collapsed and died inside an Atlanta high school this week said Tuesday that one of her classmates was arrested in connection to her death. Mia Dieguez died Monday after going into cardiac arrest at Dunwoody High School, with first responders unable to revive her despite school authorities placing the campus on lockdown to facilitate medical attention to her. Dieguez’s sister, Pamela Dieguez, posted to Facebook that her sister died from an overdose of
Woman says her husband considered child a burden and they frequently quarrelled about it
Homicide detectives are investigating after the 21-year-old was found suffering from stab wounds to the chest and neck.
The parents of the Perth brothers who were killed in Mexico must now make arrangements to bring their bodies back to Australia.
Michaela Allen says she has been "robbed of justice" in her fight to get her case to court.
Green-fingered residents who make award-winning displays complain about new health and safety rules.
The five-month-old boy passed away on Sunday after being rushed to hospital in critical condition on Thursday
An armed man gave no warning as he walked toward the front of Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in Pennsylvania on Sunday, raised a gun toward the pastor’s face and pulled the trigger.
The baby girl’s sister was found injured in the park where their mother was killed
The boy’s body was found covered in bite marks, and his parents have been arrested
The accused murderer at the centre of the Leongatha mushroom poisoning case will take the case to trial after pleading not guilty to all charges.
David Maggs was jailed for a minimum of 20 years in 2022 for murdering his wife Linda.
Ahmed Alhashimi, a proud man, looks at the small coffin, wrings his hands, stares at the ground and weeps. Inside the bright white coffin is the body of his daughter, Sara. Watched by a small crowd of family members, charity workers, well-meaning locals and even council workers, her coffin is lowered into a grave.
A lawyer has noticed a rise in the number of people seeking legal advice after being caught trading demerit points.
Two men have been sentenced to decades behind bars for some of the worst child sexual abuse Australian investigators have ever prosecuted.
A Victorian judge has been told to undergo counselling for making "pejorative, demeaning and incongruous" comments about a rape victim.
The bodies of three surfers, one from the US and two from Australia, who had been missing since April 27, were discovered in Ensenada, Mexico, according to the Baja California General Attorney’s Office.Identified as Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, along with their American friend Carter Rhoad, the victims were found with gunshot wounds to their heads, as stated by Maria Elena Andrade Ramirez, the attorney general of Baja California, during a press conference.Andrade Ramirez said that the bodies were recovered from a well on Saturday, May 3, while their vehicle was found burned a few kilometers away. She said one suspect was in custody.The families of the victims positively identified the bodies on May 5, according to Marina del Pilar, the Governor of Baja California.Footage filmed by X user @cristin326 shows surfers protesting for the case to be solved. Credit: @cristin326 via Storyful