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From student protests and heightened tensions across French demonstrations on October 17, to ongoing anti-government marches in Albania and the tragic sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of Djibouti, FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the most striking images from the past week.
Issued on: 18/10/2026 - 15:36 Modified: 18/10/2026 - 15:36
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A shoe, likely belonging to a migrant, lies on the shore after a boat carrying approximately 305 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti on October 10, 2026. © OIM via Reuters
Tear gas fills the air during a high school student protest in Paris on October 13, 2026, as part of a nationwide demonstration. © Dimitar Dilkoff, AFP
An armed Israeli settler expelled Palestinians and Israeli activists from an olive grove in the village of Idna, near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on October 13, 2026. AFP - HAZEM BADER
Protesters wave the Albanian national flag in front of a burning kiosk during an anti-government demonstration in downtown Tirana on October 15, 2026. © Armend Nimani, AFP
This picture, released by the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior on October 13, 2026, shows a ship struck by a drone in the Black Sea. © Ministère bulgare de l'Intérieur, via Reuters
Candles and flowers placed in front of a memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary School following a shooting in Bend, Oregon, on October 15, 2026, that killed three children and a teacher. © Payton Bruni, AFP
Raphaël Glucksmann takes the podium after winning the social-democratic left’s primary by a wide margin on October 11, 2026, in Paris. © Romain Perrocheau, AFP
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