The week in pictures: Trump hosts Xi, the pope visits France and floods ravage Thailand

Pope Leo XIV leads a prayer with worshippers in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary at the Grotto of Massabielle in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, southwestern France, on September 26, 2026 on the second day of his visit to France. View at the start of the Berlin marathon with the Brandenburg Gate seen in the background on September 27, 2026. US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping after watching a military demonstration from a balcony of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2026. A surfer catches a wave as a nor'easter batters the US northeast coast, in Rockaway, New Jersey, US on September 26, 2026. President of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly via a pre-recorded video at the UN Headquarters in New York on September 24, 2026. Zinédine Zidane takes part in a training session with the French national football team at the Clairefontaine training centre, west of Paris, on September 21, 2026. A person wades through a flooded street during heavy rain in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 26, 2026. A protester burns a placard featuring images of the owners of the company Urbagestion during a protest against the Spanish housing crisis, following the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her apartment in Madrid, Spain, on September 26, 2026.