A gannet, a strawberry moon and Michelin diners in the sky: photos of the day – Thursday

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  • Latakia, Syria

    A man rides a jetski off the Mediterranean coast

    An aerial shot of the wake left by a jetski as it passes boats anchored in turquoise waters
  • Ahmedabad, India

    Firefighters at work at the collision site of a London-bound Air India flight which crashed shortly after takeoff

    Firefighters use hoses to douse the smouldering remains of a building with water
  • London, England

    Visitors view the UK Aids Memorial Quilt (1989-ongoing) at Tate Modern. The artwork, made of 42 quilts and 23 individual panels, represents the 384 people who have lost their lives to HIV in the UK

    A view from above of people looking at three rows of colourful quilts and panels laid out on a concrete floor
  • Los Angeles, California

    A woman dances in front of riot police officers as people continue to protest in the city centre against immigration raids in the state

    A woman holding a placard reading ‘we are not afraid’ dances in front of riot police officers
  • Adelaide, Australia

    Competitors start a women’s 200-metre backstroke race during world championship trials

    Three backstroke swimmers propel themselves into the air off the side of the pool at the start of their race
  • London, England

    The main room of the newly opened V&A East Storehouse museum at the former site of the 2012 Olympic Games

    An ultra-modern warehouse-type building full of museum artefacts
  • Fort Myer, Virginia

    The US army’s Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps performs at a tattoo event

    Soldiers in traditional red jackets and cream breeches march in a field
  • Ballymena, Northern Ireland

    Firecrackers thrown by anti-immigration protesters explode in front of riot police

    Firecrackers go off in front of riot police officers gathered behind their vans with a barricaded crowd in the distance
  • Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium

    People dine on a structure suspended 50 metres in the air from a crane during a Michelin-starred event known as Dinner in the Sky

    A waiter in a safety harness serves wine to diners with a view of the countryside below them
  • San Antonio, Texas

    State troopers detain participants in a protest against ICE immigration raids

    Two men stand against a stone wall, one of them with his hands in the air as a police officer in a stetson addresses him
  • Bempton Cliffs, England

    A gannet takes off from its nesting site

    A large white seabird with black wingtips and a buff head takes off
  • Gaza Strip

    Women mourn the death of a loved one killed during Israel’s overnight bombardment of the al-Shifa hospital

    Three weeping women comfort one another with rubble in the background
  • Potsdam, Germany

    Gallery workers prepare to hang Camille Pissarro’s Avenue de l’Opéra, part of an exhibition of the French Impressionist painter’s work

    Two men wearing white gloves lift a painting with a gold frame off the floor
  • Los Angeles, California

    Riot police advance on protesters against ICE immigration raids

    Two men lie on the ground, one with his hands in the air and the other clutching his leg, as riot police move in behind them
  • Kharkiv, Ukraine

    Firefighters battle a blaze in a grocery shop destroyed by a Russian drone strike

    Firefighter use a hose to douse flames rising from the ruins of a shop
  • Arinaga, Spain

    A photographer takes pictures of a strawberry full moon on the island of Gran Canaria

    A photographer standing on a rock is silhouetted against a reddish-orange full moon
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