Week in Pictures: Syria salutes year of al-Assad fall, Sudan’s suffering

A global roundup of some of last week’s events.An Israeli soldier arrests a Palestinian man during a military operation in the town of Qalqilya, in the occupied West Bank, December 4, 2025 [Zain Jaafar/AFP]Published On 7 Dec 2025From Pope Francis’s visit to Lebanon to the arrests of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by Israeli soldiers, to the aftermath of deadly floods in Indonesia and protests against military conscription in Germany, here is a look at the week in photos.Residents assemble, carrying Syrian flags, during celebrations in central Hama commemorating the one-year anniversary of a lightning offensive that ultimately led to the downfall of the country's longtime ruler. [Omar Haj Kaour/AFP]