North Korea’s new resort, fires in Crete, Diogo Jota tributes: photos of the day – Wednesday

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  • Wonsan, North Korea

    Domestic tourists visit the beach at Wonsan Kalma, a massive resort on the east coast of the country. A pet project of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, the resort is expected to welcome Russian guests later this month

    People in bathing costumes carry or throw rubber rings as they hasten across the sand towards the sea in front of a backdrop of red and white striped parasols and white highrise buildings
  • İzmir, Turkey

    Firefighting efforts continue after a wildfire broke out in an agricultural area and spread to nearby forests

    Two people use a fire hose over the side of road as smoke fills the air from blaze burning throw trees and bushes
  • Gaza City

    Palestinians inspect the damage at a school sheltering displaced people after an overnight Israeli airstrike in the city

    Two children, one with a bleeding gash to side of his temple, stand in darkened debris in room
  • Gaza City

    Relatives of Lian al-Za’anin try to comfort her as she mourns the loss of her father, Rami, who was killed while heading towards an aid distribution hub

    A woman in great distress is held by other women
  • Odesa, Ukraine

    A child is hugged inside a tent provided by Ukrainian emergency services after a Russian strike hit a multistorey residential building

    A young girl is embraced by a woman as an older woman stands by their side inside a tent with camping beds and mattresses and bottles of water on a table
  • Belgrade, Serbia

    Law enforcement officers try to detain a man during road blockades organised by students and anti-government protesters demanding snap elections and the release of arrested demonstrators

    A man, his face covered by a reddish scarf, puts his hand down on the asphalt to try to stop himself falling to the ground as security forces in riot gear close in
  • London, UK

    Commuters make their way to work near Tower Bridge in the morning sunshine as a heatwave subsided

    Much of Tower Bridge and number of people are mirrored in the windows of an adjacent building
  • Crete, Greece

    Firefighters try to contain a wildfire that broke out in Ierapetra. Local residents were evacuated along with tourists as the fire, fanned by gale-force winds, spread

    A person in firefighting gears sprays water through a fire hose at a blaze filling the sky with smoke
  • San Francisco, US

    Donald Trump has renewed his plans to reopen Alcatraz prison as a working federal penitentiary

    An American flag flies on a boat leaving Alcatraz Island
  • Nasiriyah, Iraq

    Shia Muslims take part in a procession on the seventh day of Muharram during the mourning period leading up to Ashura, which commemorates the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the prophet Muhammad’s grandson

    A large red flag with Arabic script is raised above hundreds of people
  • Dharamshala, India

    Tibetans participate in Lhakar Gorshey near the Dalai Lama’s temple complex. The circle dance is performed on Wednesdays, which is considered a special day of cultural significance

    Small flood light illuminate people in courtyard-like structure set with darkened peaks
  • Hong Kong, China

    China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier Shandong sails into the Chinese special administrative region

    Two people sit on top of rocky ledge as they point cameras towards tall buildings next to the sea as a large vessel traverses the water
  • London, UK

    Ajla Tomljanovic and Viktoriya Tomova play Eri Hozumi and Aldila Sutjiadi in the first round of the women’s doubles of Wimbledon 2025 on day four of the tennis championships. Hozumi and Sutjiadi won the match 7-6 6-2

    Blue sky over Wimbledon as people watch a doubles match on one of the outside courts
  • Liverpool, UK

    Floral and written tributes are left outside the stadium at Anfield after Liverpool’s Diogo Jota died in a car crash near Zamora in Spain

    A wreath of red red roses and smaller white flowers and a red ribbon with the words ‘RIP Diogo’ rests in front a red bucket hat with writing on the brim
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