Firecrackers, robot dogs and Shakira: photos of the day – Wednesday

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  • Bekasi, Indonesia

    A performer prepares traditional giant effigies called ondel-ondel during the Cap Go Meh festival to mark the end of lunar new year celebrations

    A man stands between two effigies that are much taller than him. The man and the effigies are dressed in green silk
  • A brown dog stands on its hind legs and reaches its front paws up as a man holds its lead
  • Prayagraj, India

    Government officials shower flower petals from a helicopter on to pilgrims gathered at the Sangam, on Maghi Purnima (full moon day) during the Maha Kumbh festival

    Aerial view of pink petals being dropped over a huge crowd of people, some of whom are standing in shallow water
  • Istanbul, Turkey

    A view of the Bosphorus on a foggy morning

    A small collection of buildings are in the foreground. Behind them is a thick blanket of fog
  • Washington, US

    Elon Musk, holding his son X, speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House during a meeting with Donald Trump

    Musk stands in the Oval Office with his son sitting on his shoulders. Members of the press face him, holding phones, microphones and cameras
  • London, UK

    Greenpeace members take hammers to an art installation called Breaking Point: Untold Stories of Climate Loss and Damage that they set up outside Shell’s headquarters, displaying the once-cherished belongings of Filipino communities that were wrecked by climate-charged typhoons in the Philippines

    A man wearing a red jumper that says ‘Greenpeace’,  a cap and safety goggles swings a hammer to hit a glass box containing a teddy bear sitting on a miniature red armchair
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    Rescue workers at the site of a Russian missile strike, which damaged a business centre, warehouses and a house, killing one person and injuring others

    Emergency workers holding torches light up an area next to a badly damaged building
  • Rafah, Gaza Strip

    Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter from Egypt

    A convoy of trucks drive down a dusty road. People stand nearby and there is rubble piled up on one side of the road
  • Bulengo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    A woman holds a child as people dismantle tents to salvage materials in a refugee camp after the M23 armed group ordered them to vacate the camp and go back to their villages and towns

    A woman sits with a young child in her lap. Around her are wooden building materials, cooking utensils and pans and low wooden tables. People behind her are dismantling a shelter
  • Ranya, Iraq

    Women hand-weaving at a traditional Kurdish carpet shop

    Photographed from above, women weave a patterned red carpet
  • Harbin, China

    Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto competes in the women’s single skating short programme at the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games

    A figure skater wearing a red outfit and red gloves jumps in the air face-down with her arms and legs stretched out
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Shakira performs during the worldwide launch of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour at Nilton Santos stadium

    Shakira and a dancer, both wearing silver jackets, perform on stage
  • New York, US

    Models pose on the runway at the Thom Browne show during New York fashion week

    Models wearing shirts, ties and grey suit jackets sit at a table covered in a white tablecloth. Paper birds are positioned above them and on the floor around them
  • Izmir, Turkey

    A common starling on the west coast of Anatolia. The songbirds, known for the white spots that appear on their feathers, have beaks that change colour in winter and summer

    A close-up of the bird with its beak in the air
  • Washington DC, US

    Snow covers the north lawn of the White House

    The White House is lit up as snow falls around it. In the foreground snow has settled on the branches of bare trees and on top of hedges
  • Jinan, China

    Spectators watch as robot dogs draped in lion costumes perform at the lantern festival, marking the end of the lunar new year

    A crowd stands around a concrete area to watch robots decorated in brightly coloured masks
  • Seoul, South Korea

    A collection of steel rods outside a metal fabrication plant. The country’s acting president has vowed to protect local firms after Donald Trump signed off on 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports

    Boxes of steel rods of different shapes and colours
  • Valencia, Spain

    A volunteer from the conservation and restoration programme at the Universitat Politècnica de València works on restoring family photos damaged during last year’s flash floods

    A person wearing blue gloves cuts out damaged photographs
  • Colombo, Sri Lanka

    A mahout lights a cigarette after finishing washing an elephant

    A man stands in knee-deep water. An elephant is lying down next to him with its trunk resting on him
  • Tainan, Taiwan

    People wear protective clothing as firecrackers explode during the Yanshui beehive fireworks festival

    People wearing helmets and protective clothing hold their phones up to photograph the fireworks turning the air orange
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