Orangutans, a wildfire and a church on the move: photos of the day – Tuesday

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  • Kiruna, Sweden

    People gather to watch the town’s church being moved to make way for the expansion of an iron ore mine

    A crowd watches as a wooden church sitting on yellow girders is moved on a huge flatbed truck
  • London, UK

    A Galapagos tortoise has its weight checked during the annual weigh-in at ZSL London zoo

    A large tortoise sits on a weighing scale
  • Hanoi, Vietnam

    An honour guard prepares to welcome King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan to the city’s presidential palace

    Soldiers in ceremonial uniforms, some green and some white, stand to attention while another solider adjusts one of their peaked caps
  • Delhi, India

    A child swims in flood waters from the Yamuna River

    A child swims towards a flooded a doorway where a woman is standing
  • Renk, South Sudan

    A woman washes clothes at a camp hosting more than 12,000 refugees from the war in neighbouring Sudan

    A woman in a red dress sits on the ground washing clothes in an aluminium bowl
  • Gaza City, Gaza Strip

    Relatives of people killed in an Israeli attack mourn outside al-Shifa hospital

    A child holding a baby weeps
  • Ourense, Spain

    Residents battle a fire advancing towards the village of Rebordondo in north-west Spain

    Four people, including a police officer, use beaters and branches to try to stop flames advancing across parched grassland as thick smoke rises behind them
  • London, UK

    Fans dressed as Star Wars characters take over the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich

    Fans dressed as Star Wars characters stand in a room with 17th-century frescoes on the walls ceiling
  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip

    People run towards airdropped aid packages as they land

    People run towards two large grey parachutes with the ruins of a building behind them
  • El Alto, Bolivia

    A woman takes a photo at a rally of the Christian Democratic party after its candidate advanced to the presidential election runoff vote in October

    A woman in a wide-brimmed hat takes a photo with her mobile as someone waves a Bolivian flag behind her
  • Seattle, US

    Orangutans play at the Woodland Park zoo

    An adult orangutan sitting in a hammock plays with juvenile
  • Quanzhou City, China

    Women wear traditional Xunpu floral headdresses, which are believed to bring health and prosperity

    A woman in a floral headdress rides a moped down a narrow street past other women in similar attire
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