The week in pictures: French student protests, October 7 anniversary and Adenot's return to Earth

Home Europe Blockades and protests by French secondary school and university students continued, occasionally becoming violent; French astronaut Sophie Adenot returned to Earth after eight months aboard the International Space Station; Israel's commemorations marking the three-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks: here's a look back at some of the most striking images from the past week's news. Issued on: 11/10/2026 - 15:17 2 min Reading time Saint-Denis Mayor Bally Bagayoko reacts as he stands between protesters and police officers during a demonstration of high-school students in Paris on October 6, 2026, as part of a nationwide protest movement over learning conditions. © Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP Students walk past graffiti reading "the class struggle begins in high school" near the lycée Sophie-Germain in Paris on October 9, 2026 as part of a nationwide protest movement over learning conditions. © Lou Benoist, AFP An aerial view shows people waving Israeli flags as they stand on a commemorative installation set up on a Tel Aviv beach marking the third anniversary of Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel, October 7, 2026. © Jack Guez, AFP Brazil's right-wing senator and Liberal Party (PL) presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro acknowledges supporters during a rally in Goiania, Goias state, Brazil, on October 6, 2026. © Sergio Lima, AFP South African lawyer and champion of international law Navi Pillay is pictured after she learned of being awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on October 9, 2026 at the historic Courtroom 600 of Nuremberg's Palace of Justice, southern Germany. © Frank Boxler, AFP This handout photograph taken and released by the Donetsk Region Prosecutor's Office on October 8, 2026 shows one of the two passenger buses struck by projectiles in Kramatorsk near the front line in eastern Ukraine. © Handout, AFP Members of the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) patrol as they resume operations after federal forces repelled the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Mekelle on October 9, 2026. © AFP Security officers arrest a protester during a demonstration organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) calling for the resignation of the Indian Electoral Commission chair Gyanesh Kumar, New Delhi, India, on October 10, 2026. © Adnan Abidi, Reuters Keywords for this article