An egret, an airshow and a giant dust storm: photos of the day – Tuesday

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  • Nghe An province, Vietnam

    A tree felled by Typhoon Kajiki

    A woman ducks as she cycles under a fallen tree blocking a road
  • Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Police corral supporters of the country’s jailed former president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, during a protest before his bail hearing

    A row of police officers with their backs to the camera use yellow control barriers to hold back protesters holding up an image of the former president
  • Phoenix, Arizona

    A giant dust storm approaches the city

    A huge dense brown cloud of dust about to engulf a residential area
  • Guatemala City, Guatemala

    Prisoners wait to be placed in isolation cells after riots broke out at Gaviotas prison

    A group of men in white T-shirts and grey trousers handcuffed together in pairs make the ‘horns’ gesture with their free hands
  • Starbase, Texas

    A tanker transporting liquid nitrogen drives past the SpaceX spacecraft launch site

    A dusk shot of a white tanker with its headlights on driving past a rocket launch tower in the background
  • Banda Aceh, Indonesia

    A sharia police officer prepares to take part in public floggings

    A close-up of person covered head-to-toe in a maroon cloak and hood and wearing a white eye mask
  • Chennai, India

    Fishing boats moored at Kasimedu harbour

    Boats moored in a harbour behind a turquoise plank with two brightly coloured fish painted on it
  • Bursa, Turkey

    An egret comes into land in the waters of the Kocacay delta

    A white egret about to land in the water in front of three flamingoes that are out of focus behind it
  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    A devotee pays homage to Lord Shiva at the Pashupatinath temple

    A woman with a magnolia in her hair bows her head and raises hands holding a burning offering to her forehead
  • São Paulo, Brazil

    Military police officers patrol the Parque Do Gato favela

    A night shot of a man in a hooded top looking out of doorway while behind him three heavily armed officers walk up an alleyway
  • Kidlington, England

    Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform UK party, poses in front of a mock departures board during a press conference

    A man in a suit points to a large mock departures board behind him showing ‘illegal migrants boarding’ flights to countries including Afghanistan and Eritrea
  • Boyacá, Colombia

    Women in traditional costume take part in a football match

    Two women compete to head the ball in front of goal on a dirt pitch
  • Yorkshire, England

    A competitor prepares her pony for the Kilnsey show, which has marked the end of summer in the Dales since 1897

    A girl in riding gear stands in a field with her pony as a family behind her look on
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

    An aerial view of traffic on a main road blocked by protesters an agreement to release the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza

    Three lanes of traffic backed up as far as the eye can see behind a line of burning tyres
  • Manila, Philippines

    A stray dog with her puppy

    A stray dog scratches herself with her young puppy at her feet
  • Prague, Czech Republic

    A display accompanying the first exhibition in Europe of the remains of Lucy, a hominid who lived 3m years ago

    A model of a hominid eating a plant stands in front of a large projection of a skull
  • Israel

    Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles gather at the border with Gaza

    Soldiers stand on top of their vehicles parked in a desert setting
  • Buşteni, Romania

    People gather at the Heroes Cross in the Bucegi mountains to watch an airshow

    People line a hillside next to a huge cross as vintage aircraft fly past at eye level leaving white trails behind them
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