2023 in pictures: Striking photos from around the world

Hadas Kalderon, of Nir Oz kibbutz, Israel, whose children were taken hostage, breaks down in tears looking through the burnt out home of her mother, Rina Sutzkever, who was killed, along with her Ms Kalderon’s niece. Hamas gunmen launched an unprecedented assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 7 October, killing 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostages.