Dozens of people are dead and many more are still missing aftera deadly inferno tore through a massive housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
It’s the city’s worst disaster in decades. The blaze started at Wang Cheong House, a 32-story residential building and one of eight tower blocks that make up the Wang Fuk Court complex, which was undergoing renovations, according to Derek Armstrong Chan, the Hong Kong fire department’s deputy director of operations. The fire then began spreading to more of the towers.
The buildings were still smoldering more than a day after they started, with rescuers saying extremely high temperatures hampered their ability to reach trapped residents.
The exact cause of the fire is not yet known, but a criminal investigation has been launched.
Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.
A horse takes part in the SICAB International Horse Show in Seville, Spain, on Thursday, November 20. The annual event is based around the purebred Spanish horse.Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images
US President Donald Trump gestures to New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as they speak to reporters in the White House Oval Office on Friday, November 21. Trump heaped praise on Mamdani, suggesting he and the man he often falsely referred to as a “communist” actually had quite a bit in common. It was a surprisingly positive ending to ahigh-stakes meeting between two diametrically opposed politicians who have spent several months trading barbs.Eric Lee/The New York Times/Redux
Snow falls in central Paris early on Sunday, November 23. The city was experiencing its first wintry storm of the season.Ditmar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images
Displaced Palestinians wait for food at a shelter in Nuseirat, Gaza, on Sunday, November 23.Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
In this photo, taken with a long exposure, Formula One driver Charles Leclerc speeds down the track during a practice lap in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 20.Hector Vivas/Getty Images
A “Bluey” balloon floats past New Yorkers during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November 27.Jeenah Moon/Reuters
Ukrainian servicemen fire a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops near the front-line town of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Sunday, November 23. Despite a recentflurry of diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine and officials touting promising developments,it’s hard to say if an agreement is actually close to the finish line.Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
Cars and houses are submerged in floodwaters in Thailand’s Songkhla province on Wednesday, November 26.A “once in 300 year” storm has battered southern Thailand, bringing floodwaters more than 8 feet high.Arnun Chonmahatrakool/AP
Praveenar Singh of Thailand and Fatima Bosch of Mexico hold hands as they wait for the announcement of the winner of the Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, November 21.Bosch was named the winner. She had emerged as a fan favorite after she wasberated by a Thai pageant director during a pre-pageant meeting, triggering a walkout by contestants.Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters
People visit the Blue Mosque in Istanbul on Friday, November 21, ahead ofthe visit of Pope Leo XIV.Francisco Seco/AP
Nicholas, the son of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, crouches next to Waddle the turkey inside the White House press briefing room in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, November 25. Waddle was one of the two turkeyspardoned by President Donald Trump as part of an annual Thanksgiving tradition.Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP
A room in Waddesdon Manor is decorated with German traditions, including the legend of the Krampus, as the manor launches its Grand Festive Tour in Aylesbury, England, on Sunday, November 23. The tour explores unique holiday traditions from across Europe.Jim Dyson/Getty Images
St. John’s forward Zuby Ejiofor, top, attempts a shot against Baylor during a college basketball game in Las Vegas on Tuesday, November 25.Katelyn Mulcahy/Players Era/Getty Images
Birds glide over calm waters of the Black Sea at sunrise off the coast of Yevpatoriya, Crimea, on Thursday, November 27.Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters
Revelers take part in the LGBTQ+ Pride Parade at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach on Sunday, November 23.Tita Barros/Reuters
A body is covered at the site of an air attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday, November 20.Darya Nazarova/AFP/Getty Images
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting ahead of theG20 summit in Sandton, South Africa, on Friday, November 21.Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP/Getty Images
A woman from Sudan carries her sick child at a refugee camp in eastern Chad on Friday, November 21.Sudan’s civil war has forced millions to flee their homes.Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
A rainbow forms behind a grey seal pup at the Donna Nook National Nature Reserve in Lincolnshire, England, on Tuesday, November 25.Danny Lawson/PA/AP
Vilma Perez cries next to the coffin of her daughter Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez at an airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Sunday, November 23. An Indiana homeownerwas charged with involuntary manslaughter after fatally shooting Rios, a Guatemalan immigrant who authorities say was part of a cleaning crew that went to the wrong house just before 7 a.m. on November 5.Moises Castillo/AP
A Boeing 737 Max plane is seen during final assembly at the company's factory in Renton, Washington, on Thursday, November 20.Grant Hindsley/The New York Times/Redux
Emergency personnel work near the White House aftertwo National Guard members from West Virginia were shot during what officials called an “ambush-style” shooting in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, November 26.Mark Schiefelbein/AP
The Portland Trail Blazers’ Robert Williams III battles several Golden State Warriors for a rebound during an NBA game in San Francisco on Friday, November 21.Eakin Howard/Getty Images
Water steam rises at dusk from a coal-fired power station in Datteln, Germany, on Friday, November 21.See last week in 30 photos.Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images