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
Photograph: Dita Alangkara/AP
![A man stands between two effigies that are much taller than him. The man and the effigies are dressed in green silk](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ab8f19a0fc3132e2f2f8a0514e9ff49ef3838e2c/0_0_8021_5347/master/8021.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=75902d5412f70614dac3e52fc59f6d42)
Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters
![A brown dog stands on its hind legs and reaches its front paws up as a man holds its lead](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9cc558b7e92478c5866a598e937c051e63023e80/0_0_5616_3744/master/5616.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f32c81225a2a132cea4dc72863345ff8)
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
Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
![Aerial view of pink petals being dropped over a huge crowd of people, some of whom are standing in shallow water](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/300999970bbfa3b8d7aa1ca384c9f2ad3bd59cac/0_0_5000_3333/master/5000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e50466fef576029848e77cb1e9f47cad)
Istanbul, Turkey
A view of the Bosphorus on a foggy morning
Photograph: Isa Terli/Anadolu/Getty Images
![A small collection of buildings are in the foreground. Behind them is a thick blanket of fog](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c9fd37abe2dfde8acf88fcc99837ca9d8eb6a170/0_0_7960_5307/master/7960.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1cadbdadc13406c3361892008f1fd3b9)
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
Photograph: Abaca/Rex/Shutterstock
![Musk stands in the Oval Office with his son sitting on his shoulders. Members of the press face him, holding phones, microphones and cameras](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a86b02793b754e1f06f298a985be3b1ae4a2c26c/0_0_8192_5464/master/8192.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a81c556f0b13a2e08114e367346d556c)
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
Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian
![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](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1be9419f8cc1b92990ec39e2c4f1097e2b6546ad/0_0_6144_4098/master/6144.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0df4a398ab352545b4192887d603245e)
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
Photograph: Roman Petushkov/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images
![Emergency workers holding torches light up an area next to a badly damaged building](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d7fa1d9d7c393c17bdb609b071c10396ad812f5e/0_0_4000_3000/master/4000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=084ac25ea6189a3c3d17f6a256c9ebc4)
Rafah, Gaza Strip
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter from Egypt
Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP
![A convoy of trucks drive down a dusty road. People stand nearby and there is rubble piled up on one side of the road](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/711e5687b17c34f1085bbc6014bd4ba2ef9428a1/0_0_6000_4000/master/6000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1e9f201e6fb54bfcc0775fd091aad548)
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
Photograph: Nadaa Kahashy/EPA
![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](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9143f0348fb1125aa3fcb04403dc4edc1afd5e78/0_0_2560_1706/master/2560.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=eb72a9707c6ce89ba1e58db8ff4046c7)
Ranya, Iraq
Women hand-weaving at a traditional Kurdish carpet shop
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
![Photographed from above, women weave a patterned red carpet](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/88687d07481d7e0bcd0bab3786b29d761b4f0ff9/0_0_6588_4348/master/6588.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3900dd6bf9dac9949fa124ac4fd6ce29)
Harbin, China
Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto competes in the women’s single skating short programme at the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games
Photograph: Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Images
![A figure skater wearing a red outfit and red gloves jumps in the air face-down with her arms and legs stretched out](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3c04512a6fff18804cb871cda57af45e309e6336/0_0_4738_3159/master/4738.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c79453f2b63409a4e0dddb5d5aed829f)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Shakira performs during the worldwide launch of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour at Nilton Santos stadium
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
![Shakira and a dancer, both wearing silver jackets, perform on stage](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2fa50f8007a1cf774c0ccb45623019769488f97f/0_0_2176_1451/master/2176.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c25150c43e7dffa8dab5d6af302b10f6)
New York, US
Models pose on the runway at the Thom Browne show during New York fashion week
Photograph: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images
![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](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f1c443cca64b5a62926be40868f93a476a2686c1/0_0_6000_4000/master/6000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=735d2bbbfa97cbe07f8e4b3756f0d166)
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
Photograph: Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu/Getty Images
![A close-up of the bird with its beak in the air](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/71f74b4279ecaa6f7d8339d8aaabe18781aaa367/0_0_2835_1991/master/2835.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=365c96404bb0376a1bbeb72d533cae53)
Washington DC, US
Snow covers the north lawn of the White House
Photograph: Ting Shen/AFP/Getty Images
![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](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a5d612a8444ef15e4d83d9640e12cbff13828e18/0_0_6000_4000/master/6000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=92e40458e9b41bbea90ed3d495cebc54)
Jinan, China
Spectators watch as robot dogs draped in lion costumes perform at the lantern festival, marking the end of the lunar new year
Photograph: Reuters
![A crowd stands around a concrete area to watch robots decorated in brightly coloured masks](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4125ac404eead28592067a6bd488e5dc9a3c5846/0_0_4880_3040/master/4880.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=37bcf1741e7ba238d5aa7490400163e8)
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
Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
![Boxes of steel rods of different shapes and colours](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/779a5f3106f82a36da064ff6a8c8b4459e47751c/0_0_5689_3793/master/5689.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=47628829a8066e5934615c291c9099dd)
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
Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP
![A person wearing blue gloves cuts out damaged photographs](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2a379b5c6603149f034df0b7907c3cabbd9e9327/0_0_8213_5475/master/8213.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=21b88032e29bc92e93920e62584d1fc7)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
A mahout lights a cigarette after finishing washing an elephant
Photograph: Akila Jayawardena/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
![A man stands in knee-deep water. An elephant is lying down next to him with its trunk resting on him](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0664a0b39b9ba98773b7f239866bf2f3968bbf31/0_0_6016_4016/master/6016.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c495430da9a6b5af2803d861bed74fc5)
Tainan, Taiwan
People wear protective clothing as firecrackers explode during the Yanshui beehive fireworks festival
Photograph: Ann Wang/Reuters
![People wearing helmets and protective clothing hold their phones up to photograph the fireworks turning the air orange](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8c80b6aa3c5e0ad1dd828405b838f978db7de645/0_0_5000_3333/master/5000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a0dd3f2617330723d93faa2aecfb515f)