Beach beasts, balloons and BTS fans: photos of the day – Wednesday

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  • London, UK

    The Green party MP for Brighton Pavilion, Siân Berry, and the party’s MP in Waveney Valley, Adrian Ramsay, join demonstrators outside the Houses of Parliament on the morning of the government’s spending review

     ‘Tax extreme wealth’
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina

    A supporter holds up a drum with an image of the former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after the supreme court upheld her guilty verdict for defrauding the state

    A supporter in Buenos Aires holds up a drum with an image of the former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
  • Graz, Austria

    Tributes were laid out in the main square the day after a former student opened fire at a school, killing and wounding several people

    A crowd of people stand in front of tributes laid out in the main square
  • Metro Manila, Philippines

    A man holds an umbrella bearing the slogan ‘Convict Sara now!’ at a protest over a senate decision on the impeachment trial of the country’s vice-president, Sara Duterte

    A man holds an umbrella printed with the slogan ‘Convict Sara Now!’
  • Yeoncheon, South Korea

    Jungkook and Jimin, two members of the K-pop supergroup BTS, talk to reporters and fans after completing 18 months of military service

    Jungkook and Jimin, two members of the K-pop supergroup BTS, talk to reporters and fans after completing 18 months of military service
  • Washington DC, US

    The Capitol building at dawn, before of the US army’s 250th anniversary celebration and parade

    The Capitol building at dawn
  • Ahmedabad, India

    An elephant tries to eat leaves from a man’s costume during a religious procession, before an annual chariot procession called Ratha Yatra

    An elephant tries to eat leaves from a man’s costume during a religious procession
  • Saumur, France

    A groom at the Cadre Noir de Saumur, part of the French military riding academy, prepares saddles for a morning show

    A groom at the Cadre Noir de Saumur, part of the French military riding academy, prepares saddles for a morning show
  • Roslin, Scotland

    A conservator examines stonework on the south facade of Rosslyn chapel, which featured in the film The Da Vinci Code, during annual maintenance work

    A conservator examines stonework
  • New York, US

    Grounded in the Stars, a 12ft bronze statue by the British artist Thomas J Price, stands in Times Square

    People walk past a bronze statue of a young black woman on a busy street
  • Delft, Netherlands

    The wind-powered strandbeests (beach beasts) by Theo Jansen, which have been exhibited along the Dutch north sea coast, are moved to a permanent home in a former cable factory near the Dutch artist’s home

    A large sculpture by the Dutch artist Theo Jansen in a warehouse space
  • Portsmouth, UK

    A standard bearer watches as the former Royal Navy destroyer HMS Bristol, which was deployed in the Falklands war, is towed out of the harbour to be taken to Turkey and recycled

    A standard bearer amid a crowd watches a vessel
  • Vatican City

    Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox baseball cap as he poses for a picture during his general audience in St Peter’s Square

    Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox baseball cap as he poses for a photo next to a bride and groom
  • Bruton, UK

    A pilot checks rigging inside a hot air balloon before a sunrise launch over Gilcombe farm, Somerset, to announce the Show of Hands music and arts festival

    A pilot checks rigging inside a hot air balloon
  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    President Prabowo Subianto launches the Pandu, an electric military vehicle, during the Indo Defense 2025 exhibition

    President Prabowo Subianto sign a document on the bonnet of a Pandu, an electric military vehicle
  • Cochabamba, Bolivia

    A damaged Cristo de la Concordia statuette stands in the road as people walk through blockades set up by supporters of former president Evo Morales

    A damaged Cristo de la Concordia statuette stands in the road by a blockade set up by supporters of former president Evo Morales
  • Warsaw, Poland

    The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, speaks in parliament, where a vote of confidence in his centre-left coalition cabinet is due. He is flanked by empty seats of the Law and Justice (PiS) opposition party

    The Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, speaks in parliament flanked by empty seats of the Law and Justice (PiS) opposition party
  • Ballymena, Northern Ireland

    A vehicle is set on fire during riots that broke out on Monday after a vigil for a teenage girl allegedly sexually assaulted by two 14-year-old boys. Police said the unrest turned into racially motivated attacks on foreigners

    A vehicle burning at night in a residential street
  • Kharkiv, Ukraine

    A man stands on a damaged balcony after Russian drone strikes killed or wounded several people

    A man stands on a damaged balcony after Russian drone strikes killed or wounded several people
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    An injured Palestinian girl receives medical treatment at Nasser hospital after Israeli forces attacked makeshift tents

    An injured Palestinian toddler clutches her face on a hospital bed at Nasser hospital after Israeli forces attacked makeshift tents
  • Gaza City, Gaza

    Palestinians at al-Shifa hospital receive the body of a relative who was killed by an Israeli attack in the Netzarim Corridor

    A child cries over a body wrapped in a sheet
  • Gaza City, Gaza

    A charity distributes meals to desperate, hungry Palestinians as Israel’s aid blockade continues

    An aerial image of people holding empty bowls around a pot of hot food
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