A volcanic eruption, floods in India and Hiroshima: photos of the day – Tuesday

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  • Hiroshima, Japan

    A boy walks toward a huge picture of the aftermath of the world’s first detonation of an atomic bomb at the city’s Peace Memorial Museum. Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima

    A boy walks toward a huge picture of a flattened and scorched urban landscape with just a couple of buildings left standing
  • Gaza Strip

    Makeshift tents erected by displaced Palestinians among buildings damaged by Israeli attacks

    Makeshift tents erected by displaced Palestinians among buildings damaged by Israeli attacks
  • New York City

    Police arrest activists taking part in a protest against the war in Gaza outside the Trump International hotel in Manhattan

    A dusk shot of four officers leading away a handcuffed woman
  • Tokyo, Japan

    Pedestrians protect themselves from the sun on a hot day in the Japanese capital

    People with umbrella cross a railway track as a train emerges from the heat haze in the background
  • Hong Kong, China

    A pedestrian walks past an overflowing drain after heavy rain in the Quarry Bay area of the territory

    A man with an umbrella walks past a torrent of water cascading down a hillside and over a wall into the street
  • Manchester, England

    A woman walks past a tree felled by strong winds brought on by Storm Floris in the Chorlton area of the city

    A woman talks on her mobile as she walks past a fallen tree that has been cut into logs where it was blocking a path
  • Varanasi, India

    A cow stands in flooded street after heavy monsoon rains caused the water level of the Ganges to rise

    A cow stands stands knee-deep in water on an urban street
  • Kamchatka, Russia

    The Klyuchevskaya volcano erupts

    A night shot of a molten lava spewing from a volcano's crater and running down its side
  • Los Angeles, California

    Shakira performs onstage as part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran world tour

    Shakira performs onstage
  • Taipei, Taiwan

    The former UK prime minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech at the Ketagalan forum

    Boris Johnson gesticulates as he speaks from a lectern in front of a video projection of him
  • At sea, UK

    The flightdeck of HMS Prince of Wales

    A night shot of an illuminated aircraft carrier flightdeck with fighter jets parked on one side of it
  • Ankara, Turkey

    Soldiers stand guard as the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, visits the Anıtkabir mausoleum

    A soldier in a white uniform and helmet stands to attention in the foreground while others in black uniform stand on high wall behind him
  • Dakar, Senegal

    Omar Mbaw creates a sand sculpture on a local beach

    An aerial view of sand sculpture of a horse with people on the beach around it
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh

    People celebrate the first anniversary of the student-led protests that ousted the country’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

    A man in the foreground holds up a red smoke flare as a crowd behind him wave Bangladeshi flags
  • Kyrgyz steppes, Kyrgyzstan

    A nomadic couple pose in front of their yurt

    A nomadic couple pose in front of their yurt
  • Sydney, Australia

    Crows sit on a park bench as a dense fog all but obscures the city skyline behind them

    Crows sit on a park bench as a dense fog all but obscures the city skyline behind them, leaving only the tops of a few skyscrapers visible
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