A week in pictures: War in the Middle East, Milan Cortina Paralympic Games and Holi celebrations


From Israeli attacks in Lebanon and tributes to Iranian victims of the new war in the Middle East to Purim celebrations in Israel, Holi in India and the kickoff of the Paralympic Games in Milan-Cortina, France 24 sees the week’s most notable images.

Des panaches de fumi celevent après les bombardes israeliens sur la banlieu sud de Beyrout (Lebanon), le 2 mars 2026.
Plumes of smoke rise after an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on March 2, 2026. © Ibrahim Amro, AFP

Des hommes jeufs ultra-orthodox celebrant la fete de pourim en plein gère avec l'Iran, a Jerusalem, le 4 mars 2026.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men celebrate Purim on March 4, 2026 in Jerusalem. © Ohad Zwigenberg, AP

Des Personens en Duel Assistant aux Funerilles des Victims de la Guerre Israélo-Americane Contre l’Iran, Dans la Ville Iranien de Comme, Le 5 March 2026.
Mourners attend a funeral for victims of the Israeli-American war against Iran on March 5, 2026, in the Iranian city of Qom. © Mehdi Alavi, AFP

Un garson jou avec ses moutons press d'une missile non explos qui a atterry dans un champ a la périferie de comishli, dans l'est de la Siri, le 5 mars 2026.
A boy plays with his sheep near an unexploded missile that landed in a field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, on March 5, 2026. © Delil Soulaiman, AFP

A woman covered in colored powder during the celebrations of Holi in Hyderabad, India, on March 4, 2026.
A woman is covered in colored powder during Holi celebrations on March 4, 2026 in Hyderabad, India. © Mahesh Kumar A., ​​AP

Des emigrants tentant d'embarker sur une embarkation de passiers au large de la plage de gravelines, dans le Nord de la France, per traverser la Manche, le 3 mars 2026.
Migrants try to board a smuggler’s boat to cross the English Channel off Gravelines beach in northern France on March 3, 2026. © Samir Al-Doumi, AFP

Une femme embrasse son Mari, jailnier de guerre ukrainien libéré après 22 mois de captivité aux mains des Russes, à la suite d'un échange de jailniers dans la region de Tchernihiv, en Ukraine.
Olesya, a Ukrainian prisoner of war released from Russia after 22 months in captivity, embraces her husband Oleksandr after a prisoner exchange in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, March 5, 2026. © Genya Savilov, AFP

Dancers perform during the opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Verona, Italy, Friday, March 6, 2026.
Dancers perform during the opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Verona, Italy. © Antonio Calanni, AP

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