Top pictures of the week from around the world

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted after 38 years on Sunday (November 27), spewing ash and debris, and covering the night sky of Hawaii’s Big Island in an incandescent red hue. Mauna Loa rises 13,679 feet (4,169 meters) above the Pacific Ocean, part of the chain of volcanoes that formed the islands of Hawaii. It last erupted in March and April of 1984. (Reuters)

A march in solidarity to support those affected after a mass shooting at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q being held in Colorado Springs. A shooting at the club, on Saturday night (November 19, 2022) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, killed five people and injured at least 25. Club Q was widely considered a safe space for members of the LGBTQ+ community in the conservative-leaning city. (Reuters)

People hold sheets of paper in protest against the Zero-Covid restrictions in mainland China, during a commemoration of the victims of a fire in Urumqi, at the University of Hong Kong. A fire in an apartment building in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region killed 10 people and injured nine, authorities said Friday, amid stringent lockdowns that have left many residents in the area stuck in their homes for more than three months. (Reuters)

Global media have sought to paint the protests as popular outbursts of anti-lockdown and anti-Zero-Covid sentiment. In Pic: A protester lies on the ground after being pushed during a demonstration against China's restrictive zero-Covid strategy. (Reuters)

A protester holding a rainbow flag and with a shirt saying “Respect For Iranian Women” on the back ran on to the pitch during Monday’s game between Portugal and Uruguay at the World Cup in Qatar. (Reuters)

Prince William’s office said “racism has no place in our society” as he sought to prevent the backlash over his godmother’s treatment of a Black advocate for survivors of domestic abuse from overshadowing his trip to the United States. Lady Susan Hussey, 83, resigned on Wednesday as an honorary member of the royal household after the chief executive of an east London women’s refuge said Hussey repeatedly asked her where she “really came from” after she told the older woman that she was British. In Pic: Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales, watch the NBA basketball game between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat on Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Boston. (AP Photo)

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin, left, holds a joint press conference with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the Auckland Museum, in Auckland. It’s the first time a Finnish prime minister visited the prime minister of New Zealand, and the most viral moment of the trip has been their answers to a question at a press conference about their ages. In a video clip that has since been viewed over 1.5 million times on Twitter, Ardern replied first. “My first question is, ‘I wonder whether or not anyone ever asked Barack Obama and John Key if they met because they were of similar age,’” she said. (AP Photo)

A wounded Ukrainian serviceman is moved in a pre-hospital medical aid centre, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 22, 2022. (Reuters)

An emaciated sheep walks on the dry bed of the Cconchaccota lagoon in the Apurimac region of Peru, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. The lagoon located at 4,100 meters above sea level has been a source of trout, fun for children eager to swim, beauty as flamingos flew from over the mountains and water for thirsty sheep. Nowadays, however, an ongoing drought has dried up the lagoon. (AP Photo)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared some “breathtaking” images of Gujarat taken by the recently launched EOS-06 satellite and said advances in space technology will help in better prediction of cyclones and promote the coastal economy. The Indian Space Research Organisation had on Saturday successfully injected an Earth Observation Satellite (EOS) and eight other co-passenger satellites in multiple orbits, calling the mission “unique”. (Photo: Twitter/@narendramodi)