MANILA, Philippines – Uwan (Fung-wong), the Philippines’ twenty first tropical cyclone for 2025, unleashed torrential rain and doubtlessly catastrophic winds in Luzon. It made landfall in Aurora as a brilliant hurricane on November 9, then was downgraded to a hurricane early November 10, whereas crossing the mountainous terrain of Northern Luzon. The Nationwide Catastrophe Danger Discount and Administration Council reported that Uwan affected nearly 2 million households in over 14,000 barangays nationwide.
Within the US, President Donald Trump on November 12 signed laws ending the longest authorities shutdown in US historical past, hours after the Home of Representatives voted to restart disrupted meals help, pay a whole lot of 1000’s of federal employees, and revive a hobbled air visitors management system.
In the meantime, Rappler’s founders welcomed worldwide human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and award-winning actor, director, and humanitarian activist George Clooney to Manila on November 14, kicking off a days-long go to that culminates with the facility couple headlining the Social Good Summit 2025.
Catch extra tales in these photographs from the week that was:
China’s Wenjing Sui and Cong Han carry out through the Pairs Free Skating of the ISU Grand Prix of Determine Skating on the Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome, Osaka, Japan, on November 8, 2025. PHOTO BY KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS
Fishing vessels pile up in wrecks alongside the primary street after being washed ashore by Hurricane Kalmaegi at Vung Cheo Fishing Village in central Vietnam, the place a whole lot of lobster farms have been washed away or broken, in Xuan Cau District, Dak Lak province, Vietnam, on November 8, 2025. PHOTO BY MINH NGUYEN/REUTERS
Residents have a look at Chicago Law enforcement officials as they depart an space after an immigration raid performed by federal legislation enforcement brokers on the Little Village neighborhood, in Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 2025. PHOTO BY CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS
Guests carrying conventional Japanese kimonos watch digital art work at teamLab Biovortex in Kyoto, Japan, on November 9, 2025. PHOTO BY KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS
A person sits below the roof of his home broken by storm surges after Tremendous Hurricane Uwan (Fung-wong) hit the coast of Bonuan Metropolis, Pangasinan, on November 10, 2025. PHOTO BY NOEL CELIS/REUTERS
Pink Flanders poppies are projected onto Sydney Opera Home on Remembrance Day in Sydney, Australia, on November 11, 2025. PHOTO BY HOLLIE ADAMS/REUTERS
An indigenous demonstrator is held by a employees member as protesters power their means into the venue internet hosting the UN Local weather Change Convention (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, on November 11, 2025. PHOTO BY ANDERSON COELHO/REUTERS
Juli, sister of Pankaj Sahni, who died in a lethal explosion close to the historic Pink Fort within the previous quarters of Delhi, reacts subsequent to their mom, Gayatri Devi, as Sahni’s physique is dropped at his residence forward of the funeral, in New Delhi, India, on November 11, 2025. PHOTO BY ANUSHREE FADNAVIS/REUTERS
Vietnam veteran Harry Metzler touches the names of associates he misplaced through the Vietnam struggle, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day in Washington, on November 11, 2025. PHOTO BY EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/REUTERS
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (L) leads the launching of ‘Oplan Kontra Baha,’ a program that goals to declog waterways and drains of particles and rubbish in addition to handle the operability of pumping stations to curb flooding in low-lying areas, at Balihatar Creek in Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque, on November 12, 2025. PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
She Zhijiang, a Chinese language nationwide playing kingpin who was arrested by Thai police in August 2022 on a world warrant and an Interpol purple discover requested by Beijing of getting run unlawful on-line playing operations, is escorted by police forward of being extradited to China, at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Samut Prakan, Thailand, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY THANAPHON WUTTISON/REUTERS
An Iranian cleric visits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Drive Museum in Tehran, Iran, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA VIA REUTERS
Britain’s Queen Camilla, Patron of the English Nationwide Ballet, watches Sangeun Lee carry out throughout a reception with employees, dancers, and supporters to have fun the corporate’s seventy fifth anniversary and acknowledge the heritage, progressive creation of recent works, and their studying and engagement program, at Buckingham Palace in central London, Britain, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY YUI MOK/POOL VIA REUTERS
US President Donald Trump poses for a photograph after he indicators the funding invoice to finish the US authorities shutdown, on the White Home in Washington DC, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
Members of the family attend the funeral of kinfolk, who died through the onslaught of Hurricane Tino (Kalmaegi) in Liloan, Cebu, on November 12, 2025. PHOTO BY JACQUELINE HERNANDEZ/RAPPLER
A lady holds a Palestinian flag on prime of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, on November 13, 2025. PHOTO BY ANNEGRET HILSE/REUTERS
An investigator seems by the window of an condominium constructing broken throughout an in a single day Russian drone and missile strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 14, 2025. PHOTO BY THOMAS PETER/REUTERS
Worldwide human rights lawyer Amal Clooney joins Rappler CEO and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa in main the dialogue at The Rule of Regulation Discussion board, held on the College of the Philippines-Bonifacio World Metropolis in Taguig Metropolis on November 14, 2025. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER
Honor guard members march throughout a welcoming ceremony for Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida, on the Nice Corridor of the Folks, in Beijing, China, on November 14, 2025. PHOTO BY TINGSHU WANG/REUTERS
– with studies from Reuters/Rappler.com
