France protests, Nepal riots and a rock cellist: pictures of the day – Wednesday

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  • Paris, France

    Protesters near the Gare du Nord train station during a day of protests as part of a grassroots movement called Bloquons Tout (Let’s Block Everything)

    A person with a red mohawk dances another person in the middle of a road with other protesters standing nearby
  • Marseille, France

    Protesters raise their hands in unison

    Protesters in a tightly packed crowd raise their hands in unison
  • Toulouse, France

    Anti-riot police during clashes with Block Everything demonstrators

    Police officers with helmets and shields move away from a fire in a street
  • New Jersey, US

    The annual Tribute in Light installation is tested before the 24th anniversary of 9/11, as viewed from Liberty State Park in Jersey City

    Two beams of light are shone into the night sky from Manhattan
  • Dunbar, Scotland

    Laura van der Heijden, a cellist and artist in-residence at this year’s Lammermuir festival, performs in a rock arch near Dunbar. The classical music festival brings together musicians from around the world to play in beautiful locations across East Lothian

    A cellist plays in a gap in a red rock formation under a blue sky
  • Bogotá, Colombia

    A man hangs wet socks in the colours of the Colombian flag as a symbolic act to mark the national human rights day

    A man hangs red socks on a line in a public place
  • Bali, Indonesia

    People look at collapsed buildings near a river after a flood

    Debris from a collapsed building on the sheer bank of a river in an urban area
  • Beijing, China

    A model waits backstage in an outfit from the Vera Wang haute spring/summer 2026 wedding dress collection at China fashion week

    A model crouches looking at her phone while another person adjusts her white dress
  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    Smoke billows from a burning Hilton hotel a day after it was set ablaze by protesters during riots sparked by a ban on social media

    Aerial view of a towering building partly on fire
  • Johannesburg, South Africa

    People in the suburb of Westbury plead with police not to shoot at them during a protest demanding that their water supply be restored after two weeks without it

    People in the middle of a street raise their arms in a gesture of surrender
  • Chicago, Illinois

    Police block a street as hundreds of demonstrators march opposing Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown

    Protesters walk past two police officers holding bicycles
  • Edinburgh, Scotland

    Campaigners from Pregnant Then Screwed protest over childcare costs outside the Scottish parliament

    A protester in a hi-vis vest holds up a home-made sign comparing Scottish and English childcare provision
  • Karachi, Pakistan

    Vehicles stranded in flood water after heavy monsoon rains

    Rows of vehicles mostly submerged in flood water
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    A person sleeps in a metro station during night-time Russian strikes on the city

    A person wrapped up in a blue sleeping bag in a metro station as a woman walks past on the platform and red train carriages speed by
  • Gaza City, Gaza

    People flee northern Gaza after Israeli forces ordered an evacuation to the south due to an impending military operation

    Two men ride at the front of a three-wheeled motorcycle piled high with belongings on a coastal road
  • Gaza City, Gaza

    Smoke and dust rises after an Israeli airstrike in the west of Gaza City

    Tents in the foreground and plumes of black smoke and dust in the distance
  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza

    Two-year-old Imad Musab Abu Frih receives treatment for acute malnutrition at al-Aqsa hospital

    A child’s hand in the hand of an adult
  • Caen, France

    Block Everything protesters watch a burning blockade of the Cadix viaduct

    People in silhouette watch a fire in the distance
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