London, UK
Keir Starmer speaks to police officers during a visit to the City of London police headquarters
Photograph: Paul Grover/AFP/Getty Images

Strensham, UK
Horses on the gallops at Sam Drinkwater’s Granary Stables in Worcestershire
Photograph: David Davies/PA

Manila, Philippines
Filipino Catholic devotees jostle one another to touch the Black Nazarene during its annual procession. The Feast of the Black Nazarene is attended by millions of barefoot devotees and happens every year on 9 January. The Black Nazarene is a dark wood sculpture of Jesus brought to the Philippines in 1606 from Spain and considered miraculous by devotees
Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Rasht, Iran
Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops board a plane during a drill, at an airport on their way to Kermanshah
Photograph: Hossein Zohrevand/AP

London. UK
Roue Cyr performers ride the mono wheel during the dress rehearsal for Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo at Royal Albert Hall
Photograph: Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images

Kingussie, Scotland
A red squirrel peeps out from behind a snow bank in Inverness-shire
Photograph: Jane Hobson/Rex/Shutterstock

Maputo, Mozambique
Supporters of Mozambique’s main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, celebrate after his return to the country. Mondlane returned from more than two months in exile on 9 January, saying he was ready to take part in talks over disputed election results that have led to weeks of deadly protests
Photograph: Alfredo Zuniga/AFP/Getty Images

Washington DC, US
President-elect Donald Trump is flanked by Sen John Barrasso and Sen Shelley Moore Capito during talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol
Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP

Caracas, Venezuela
Members of the Bolivarian militias participate in a swearing-in ceremony. President Nicolas Maduro activated the ‘integral management bodies’
Photograph: Miguel Gutiérrez/EPA

Antarctica
People walk through an ice core storage cave at Little Dome C field base
Photograph: AP

Nuseirat, Gaza Strip
Palestinians inspect their damaged homes following Israeli attacks in Gaza City
Photograph: APAImages/Rex/Shutterstock

Luxor, Egypt
Tourists are helped into the basket of a hot air balloon before flying above the west bank of the Nile river in Egypt’s southern city
Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

Harbin, China
An artist works on a snow sculpture during the Harbin international snow sculpture contest in Heilongjiang province
Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Altadena, US
Firefighters battle the Eaton fire in California. Powerful Santa Ana winds pushed the fire across more than 4,000 hectares in less than 24 hours, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least five people so far. At least 1,000 structures have burned and 70,000 people have been forced from their homes in the Los Angeles area as several dangerous wildfires continue to erupt
Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

Al Henakiyak, Saudi Arabia
Drivers compete during stage 4 of the Dakar Rally 2025 between Al Henakiyah and Alula
Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Firefighters extinguish a blaze caused by an air strike by Russian troops on the industrial infrastructure in south-east Ukraine
Photograph: Ukrinform/Rex/Shutterstock
