MANILA, Philippines — Protesters took to the streets en masse for “No Kings” rallies throughout america on October 18, denouncing what they view as authoritarian tendencies and unbridled corruption of US President Donald Trump.
The protests replicate rising unease amongst many Individuals, primarily on the ideological left, with developments such because the legal prosecution of Trump’s perceived political enemies, his militarized immigration crackdown, and the sending of Nationwide Guard troops into US cities.
In Paris, thieves in balaclavas broke into the Louvre museum on October 19, utilizing a crane to smash an upstairs window, then stealing priceless objects from an space that homes the French crown jewels earlier than escaping on motorbikes.
The brazen heist of crown jewels from the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, has been decried by some as a nationwide humiliation and sparked safety checks throughout France’s multitude of cultural websites.
On October 23, Britain’s King Charles and Pope Leo prayed collectively within the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel within the first joint worship together with an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff since King Henry VIII broke away from Rome in 1534. King Charles III and Queen Camilla are on a state go to to the Vatican because the Catholic Church and Anglican Communion deepen ties.
Right here in Manila, catastrophe survivors and atmosphere activists maintain a ‘Black Friday’ protest on the workplace of the Impartial Fee for Infrastructure (ICI) on October 24, to sentence the alleged whitewashing and canopy‑ups within the investigation into the infrastructure anomalies throughout the Philippines.
In the meantime, ICI Chairman Andres Reyes stated it will start livestreaming its proceedings throughout a Senate inquiry on the Infrastructure Anomalies Investigation Act of 2025.
Catch extra tales in these pictures from the week that was:
Senator Joel Villanueva, who’s going through corruption allegations, addresses 1000’s of church members on the flood management scandal throughout his speech within the Christian church Jesus Is Lord forty seventh anniversary celebration on the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on October 18, 2025. PHOTO BY ANGIE DE SILVA/RAPPLER
A Catholic trustworthy holds photographs of Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez, whereas observing Vatican’s canonization ceremony for the primary two Venezuelans, Dr Hernandez Cisneros and Mom Carmen Rendiles, on an enormous display screen in La Candelaria Sq., in Caracas, Venezuela, on October 19, 2025. PHOTO BY LEONARDO FERNANDEZ VILORIA/REUTERS
A Palestinian baby seems to be on close to broken property, after an Israeli raid in Tubas, within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, on October 19, 2025. PHOTO BY RANEEN SAWAFTA/REUTERS
Individuals react subsequent to the coffin of deceased hostage Bipin Joshi, a Nepalese citizen who was kidnapped alive through the lethal October 7, 2023, assault on Israel by Hamas and died in captivity, as they collect for a memorial earlier than his physique is returned to Nepal, at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, Israel, on October 19, 2025. PHOTO BY HANNAH MCKAY/REUTERS
An artist raises a flag in entrance of the West Philippine Sea Wall of Portray titled ‘Kulayan ang Karagatan: Kabataan para sa West Philippine Sea,’ in Quezon Metropolis, on October 19, 2025. The mural celebrates creativity, patriotism and collective voice of the Filipino Youth, and lift consciousness on the nation’s sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea. RAPPLER
Members of a forensic staff examine a window believed to have been utilized in what the French Inside Ministry stated was a theft on the Louvre museum throughout which jewelry was stolen, in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025. PHOTO BY GONZALO FUENTES/REUTERS
Canine Buddy, Penny and Honey await the mailman from home windows lower by way of a fence at their homeowners dwelling in Encinitas, California, on October 20, 2025. PHOTO BY MIKE BLAKE/REUTERS
Demonstrators attempt to break the police barricade throughout a protest on the primary anniversary of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s administration, criticizing authorities insurance policies, together with the free meals program, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 20, 2025. PHOTO BY WILLY KURNIAWAN/REUTERS
Protesters march in Manila to reveal towards the uncovered corruption within the Marcos authorities flood management initiatives, on October 21, 2025. PHOTO BY FRANCIS MALASIG/EPA
Rescuers evacuate kids from the kindergarten hit by Russian drone strike, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on October 22, 2025. STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT VIA REUTERS
Individuals watch a TV broadcasting a information report on North Korea firing short-range ballistic missiles, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on October 22, 2025. PHOTO BY KIM HONG-JIN/REUTERS
A drone view reveals folks burying unidentified our bodies of Palestinians, who had been held in Israel through the warfare, at a mass burial web site after they have been handed over by Israel, in Deir Al-Balah, within the central Gaza Strip, on October 22, 2025. PHOTO BY DAWOUD ABU/RAPPLER
A large skeleton determine referred to as ‘Jimador,’ constructed by native artisans to symbolize a person devoted to agave farming, is exhibited in a marigold subject throughout Day of the Lifeless celebrations, in Atlixco, Mexico, on October 22, 2025. PHOTO BY HENRY ROMERO/REUTERS
San Antonio Spurs ahead Victor Wembanyama (1) celebrates with San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Fort (5) through the first half motion towards the Dallas Mavericks at American Airways Heart in Dallas, Texas, on October 22, 2025. PHOTO BY KEVIN JAIRAJ/IMAGN IMAGES VIA REUTERS
A lady holds an umbrella in wet and windy climate at Trocaderao Sq. in Paris as Storm Benjamin hits elements of France on October 23, 2025. PHOTO BY ABDUL SABOOR/REUTERS
Britain’s King Charles, Queen Camilla and Pope Leo XIV stand within the courtyard of San Damaso, after an ecumenical prayer within the Sistine Chapelle led by the Pope and Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, on the Vatican, on October 23, 2025. PHOTO BY YARA NARDI/REUTERS
Individuals collect throughout an indication organized by the opposition TISZA occasion as a part of occasions marking the 69th anniversary of the Hungarian Rebellion of 1956, in Budapest, Hungary, on October 23, 2025. PHOTO BY BERNADETT SZABO/REUTERS
Setting activists spray paint over posters bearing footage of the Discaya couple and Vice President Sara Duterte, throughout a protest by catastrophe survivors, close to the workplace of the Impartial Fee on Infrastructure, in Taguig Metropolis, on October 24, 2025. RAPPLER
Carlos Yulo reveals his type through the males’s flooring train within the 2025 World Inventive Gymnastics Championships at Indonesia Enviornment, in Jakarta on October 24. PHOTO BY AJENG DINAR ULFIANA/REUTERS
–with experiences from Reuters/Rappler.com
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