The week in images: November 8-14, 2025

MANILA, Philippines – Uwan (Fung-wong), the Philippines’ twenty first tropical cyclone for 2025, unleashed torrential rain and probably catastrophic winds in Luzon. It made landfall in Aurora as an excellent hurricane on November 9, then was downgraded to a hurricane early November 10, whereas crossing the mountainous terrain of Northern Luzon. The Nationwide Catastrophe Danger Discount and Administration Council reported that Uwan affected nearly 2 million households in over 14,000 barangays nationwide.

Within the US, President Donald Trump on November 12 signed laws ending the longest authorities shutdown in US historical past, hours after the Home of Representatives voted to restart disrupted meals help, pay tons of of hundreds of federal staff, and revive a hobbled air site visitors management system.

In the meantime, Rappler’s founders welcomed worldwide human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and award-winning actor, director, and humanitarian activist George Clooney to Manila on November 14, kicking off a days-long go to that culminates with the ability couple headlining the Social Good Summit 2025.

Catch extra tales in these images from the week that was:

China’s Wenjing Sui and Cong Han carry out throughout the Pairs Free Skating of the ISU Grand Prix of Determine Skating on the Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome, Osaka, Japan, on November 8, 2025. PHOTO BY KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS

Fishing vessels pile up in wrecks alongside the primary street after being washed ashore by Hurricane Kalmaegi at Vung Cheo Fishing Village in central Vietnam, the place tons of of lobster farms have been washed away or broken, in Xuan Cau District, Dak Lak province, Vietnam, on November 8, 2025. PHOTO BY MINH NGUYEN/REUTERS

Residents take a look at Chicago Cops as they depart an space after an immigration raid performed by federal regulation enforcement brokers on the Little Village neighborhood, in Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 2025. PHOTO BY CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Guests sporting conventional Japanese kimonos watch digital art work at teamLab Biovortex in Kyoto, Japan, on November 9, 2025. PHOTO BY KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS

A person sits beneath the roof of his home broken by storm surges after Tremendous Hurricane Uwan (Fung-wong) hit the coast of Bonuan Metropolis, Pangasinan, on November 10, 2025. PHOTO BY NOEL CELIS/REUTERS

Pink Flanders poppies are projected onto Sydney Opera Home on Remembrance Day in Sydney, Australia, on November 11, 2025. PHOTO BY HOLLIE ADAMS/REUTERS

An indigenous demonstrator is held by a employees member as protesters pressure their method into the venue internet hosting the UN Local weather Change Convention (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, on November 11, 2025. PHOTO BY ANDERSON COELHO/REUTERS

Juli, sister of Pankaj Sahni, who died in a lethal explosion close to the historic Pink Fort within the outdated quarters of Delhi, reacts subsequent to their mom, Gayatri Devi, as Sahni’s physique is delivered to his residence forward of the funeral, in New Delhi, India, on November 11, 2025. PHOTO BY ANUSHREE FADNAVIS/REUTERS

Vietnam veteran Harry Metzler touches the names of associates he misplaced throughout the Vietnam warfare, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day in Washington, on November 11, 2025. PHOTO BY EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/REUTERS

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (L) leads the launching of ‘Oplan Kontra Baha,’ a program that goals to declog waterways and drains of particles and rubbish in addition to handle the operability of pumping stations to curb flooding in low-lying areas, at Balihatar Creek in Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque, on November 12, 2025. PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

She Zhijiang, a Chinese language nationwide playing kingpin who was arrested by Thai police in August 2022 on a global warrant and an Interpol pink discover requested by Beijing of getting run unlawful on-line playing operations, is escorted by police forward of being extradited to China, at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Samut Prakan, Thailand, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY THANAPHON WUTTISON/REUTERS

An Iranian cleric visits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Drive Museum in Tehran, Iran, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA VIA REUTERS

Britain’s Queen Camilla, Patron of the English Nationwide Ballet, watches Sangeun Lee carry out throughout a reception with employees, dancers, and supporters to have fun the corporate’s seventy fifth anniversary and acknowledge the heritage, revolutionary creation of latest works, and their studying and engagement program, at Buckingham Palace in central London, Britain, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY YUI MOK/POOL VIA REUTERS

US President Donald Trump poses for a photograph after he indicators the funding invoice to finish the US authorities shutdown, on the White Home in Washington DC, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS

Relations attend the funeral of kinfolk, who died throughout the onslaught of Hurricane Tino (Kalmaegi) in Liloan, Cebu, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY JACQUELINE HERNANDEZ/RAPPLER

A girl holds a Palestinian flag on prime of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, on November 13, 2025. PHOTO BY ANNEGRET HILSE/REUTERS

An investigator appears by means of the window of an condominium constructing broken throughout an in a single day Russian drone and missile strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 14, 2025. PHOTO BY THOMAS PETER/REUTERS

Worldwide human rights lawyer Amal Clooney joins Rappler CEO and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa in main the dialogue at The Rule of Regulation Discussion board, held on the College of the Philippines-Bonifacio International Metropolis in Taguig Metropolis on November 14, 2025. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER

Honor guard members march throughout a welcoming ceremony for Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida, on the Nice Corridor of the Individuals, in Beijing, China, on November 14, 2025. PHOTO BY TINGSHU WANG/REUTERS

– with stories from Reuters/Rappler.com