The week in pictures: Disaster averted on Flydubai flight, French school protests and Bangkok floods

Home Middle East From French highschoolers protesting to demand better learning conditions to a Flydubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after a flightcrew member's onboard attack and flooded streets in Bangkok, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pictures. Issued on: 04/10/2026 - 15:35 2 min Reading time Passengers who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia during a flight on Flydubai plane arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on September 30, 2026. © Ariel Schalit, AP A Russian jet-powered drone strikes a bridge in Kyiv on October 2, 2026. © Valentyn Ogirenko, Reuters Relatives gather around the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes during funerals in Gaza on October 1, 2026. © Yousef Al Zanoun, AP People wade through a flooded street after heavy rain in Bangkok, Thailand on September 28, 2026. © Sakchai Lalit, AP A protester holds a placard reading in French "8am-6pm, high school or custody?" during a student protest in Toulouse, southwestern France on October 1, 2026. © Ed Jones, AFP A sculpture made by Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik depicts India's pilot Smit Machchhar, the captain of Flydubai flight FZ 1073, at a bea...