Week in review: Nepal flood rescue, World Nomad Games and Kyiv Russian strikes

FRANCE 24’s weekly visual roundup highlighted two stark images that captured the human toll of recent crises in Asia and the Middle East. The segment opened with photographs of rescue teams combing through flooded valleys in Nepal, where unprecedented monsoon rains have inundated a hydropower project and left dozens of construction workers trapped beneath collapsed tunnels.

The second set of images showed large groups of women gathered in southern Iran, their faces marked by grief as they mourned the victims of a U.S. airstrike that struck a wedding ceremony earlier in the week. The photographs documented the community’s collective sorrow and the broader regional tension surrounding the incident.

By juxtaposing the desperate search for survivors in Nepal with the mourning crowds in Iran, the feature underscored how natural disasters and armed conflict continue to produce profound human suffering, prompting international attention to both humanitarian response and diplomatic repercussions.