The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world. Paul Bellsham. Fri 28 Feb 2025 13.12 GMT. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP. Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA. Photograph: Svet Jacqueline/Zuma/Shutterstock. Photograph: Necmettin Karaca/Anadolu/Getty Images.
![[Freed prisoners wave from the windows of a bus and are greeted by people below]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9ca5fcad9782322de6c67e988b9305375ac3a965/0_0_6000_4000/master/6000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bd75a284d6eb36738c5ec286788f1ee2)
Photograph: Tristan Fewings/Sotheby’s/Getty Images. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Louiza Vradi/Reuters. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images. Photograph: Lorenzo Baroncelli/SGP/Shutterstock. Photograph: Olympia de Maismont/AFP/Getty Images.
![[A poster of Israeli hostage Tsachi Idan is held up during a public memorial service at Bloomfield Stadium]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/50c0c261edc70877e85beda3eed9f35b69cef549/0_166_6000_3834/master/6000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b97a69452e2f96fcac7c76e35d8fc597)
Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock. Photograph: Orlando Barría/EPA. Photograph: Willy Kurniawan/Reuters. Photograph: Pablo Porciúncula/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Lisa Leutner/Reuters.
![[Family, friends and colleagues at the coffin of Ethan Hertweck]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8b022a3408609fb39d2e618a33a926b4722290ba/0_0_5000_3333/master/5000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1441b0be2301a3eb607682d6572a1692)