A painted bride and blooming daffodils: photos of the day – Monday

Liverpool, UK

Dog walkers pass by daffodils in bloom. The UK is braced for an ‘unsettled’ start to 2025 with heavy snow, rain and wind expected to cause travel disruption over New Year’s Eve

Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Nairobi, Kenya

Riot police lob teargas canisters to try to disperse protesters demonstrating against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics

Photograph: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters

Westcliff-on-Sea, UK

Subbuteo enthusiasts play in Stephen Morton’s house in Essex. Morton opens his house, full of elaborate pitches he has created himself and adorned with Subbuteo memorabilia, every year on 29 December for enthusiasts to play on his handmade tables

Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

The Taunus mountain range, Germany

Cars drive through a forest with frozen trees near Frankfurt

Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

Kocaeli province, Turkey

An underwater image reveals the spread of mucilage or ‘sea snot’ in the Sea of Marmara, released by overabundant algae due to excessive nutrients in the water. The thick layer threatens marine life including seahorses, one of the region’s best-loved animal species

Photograph: Tahsin Ceylan/Anadolu/Getty Images

Sinpho, North Korea

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, visits a new offshore fish farm in South Hamgyong province

Photograph: KCNA/EPA

Viña del Mar, Chile

Aerial view of heavy tidal waves battering Chile’s coast. The Chilean national disaster prevention and response service issued a preventive early warning after giant waves pummelled Ecuador and Peru, leaving at least two dead

Photograph: Javier Torres/AFP/Getty Images

Gran Canaria, Spain

Migrants wait to be treated by the Red Cross after arriving on a fibreglass boat at the beach of Castillo del Romeral

Photograph: Borja Suárez/Reuters

Rongcheng, China

Fishermen work at a kelp farming area in Ailun Bay in eastern China’s Shandong province

Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

Deir al-Balah, Gaza

Women cover their faces as they line up to receive donated food at a distribution centre for displaced Palestinians

Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Ribnovo, Bulgaria

Selve Kiselova, a 21-year-old Pomak (Bulgarian-speaking Muslim) bride, has elaborate makeup applied to her face before her wedding ceremony. The people of this Bulgarian mountain village are famous for their unique marriage rituals

Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images

Mayotte, France

A pedestrian walks past upside-down boats in Pamandzi on the island of Petite-Terre in the French Indian Ocean territory. The most devastating cyclone to hit Mayotte in 90 years caused colossal damage on 14 December in France’s poorest department, where relief workers have struggled to restore essential services such as water, electricity and communications networks

Photograph: Julien de Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

Damascus, Syria

Birds fly over wrecked buildings in Yarmouk refugee camp, which endured a siege by the forces of the ousted Bashar al-Assad. Citizens are returning to their homes in the war-torn camp

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Weehawken, US

The Empire State Building in New York City is illuminated in red, white and blue to mark the death of the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter

Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Muan, South Korea

Firefighters search the wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft at Muan international Airport after the jet crash landed on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people onboard

Photograph: Han Myung-Gu/EPA