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Pamandzi, Mayotte
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, greets a local resident during a visit to the French Indian Ocean territory, five days after the archipelago was devastated by a cyclone
Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
Damascus, Syria
A plaque bearing the name of the former president Hafez al-Assad is removed from Umayyad mosque after the overthrow of the Ba’ath regime
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip
Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen
Photograph: APAImages/Rex/Shutterstock
Kyiv, Ukraine
Civilians flee after a Russian ballistic missile struck the city centre
Photograph: Libkos/Getty Images
Washington, US
President Joe Biden, the first lady, Jill Biden, and their grandson Beau walk across the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One
Photograph: Abaca/Rex/Shutterstock
Taipei, Taiwan
Lawmakers from the main opposition Kuomintang party try to break into parliament where their Democratic Progressive rivals occupied the night to avoid the passing of the third reading of amendments to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act and other controversial bills at the Legislative Yuan
Photograph: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP/Getty Images
Viña del Mar, Chile
A woman shelters her son from the sun with a paper bag during a heatwave
Photograph: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters
Hanoi, Vietnam
Artists perform during the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s People’s Army and the 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence festival at the National Convention Center
Photograph: Luong Thai Linh/EPA
Ajmer, India
Muslims offer Friday prayers at the shrine of the Sufi saint Mu’in al-Din Chishti
Photograph: Himanshu Sharma/AFP/Getty Images
Bristol, US
Smoke and flames engulf Virginia Intermont College
Photograph: Neal Osborne/Bristol Virginia City Councilman/Reuters
London, England
A waxwork of Elton John performing his piano handstand. Madame Tussauds has said the figurine is one of its most complex to date. The singer first sat for the museum in 1976
Photograph: Madame Tussauds London/PA
