Sacred pigeon feed and a 42ft Hindu idol: photos of the day – Wednesday

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  • Nicolosi, Italy

    Volcanic activity continues on Mount Etna as two lava flows descend its slopes

    An erupting volcano and lava flows
  • Buñol, Spain

    People throw tomatoes during the annual Tomatina festival

    Revellers throw tomatoes amid a pile of red pulp
  • Nowshera, Pakistan

    An Afghan man loads his belongings on to a truck as he prepares to leave after Pakistan began to deport documented Afghan refugees, outside the UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) repatriation centre

    A man adds more belongings to a truck already heavily laden
  • Varanasi, India

    A girl wades through a flooded residential area after the water level of the Varuna River rose again due to upstream impact

    A girl wades through a flooded street
  • Surabaya, Indonesia

    A bride sits on the floor as she waits for her marriage approval hearing during a mass officiating event organised by the government for dozens of couples who previously wedded under local traditions that are not legally recognised

    A bride sits on the floor on her own
  • Vatican City

    Pope Leo holds the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall

    A capacity crowd in a large event hall listen to the pope
  • Jammu, India

    A damaged bridge over the swelling Tawi River

    A collapsed section of bridge, with a damaged car visible in the debris
  • Fylingdales, UK

    A car drives towards smoke filling the sky as a fire on Langdale Moor flares. The moorland fire had been smouldering for the last two weeks since breaking out near RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire

    smoke filling the sky as a fire
  • Chennai, India

    A 42ft (13-metre) idol of the Hindu deity Ganesha on the occasion of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival

    Traffic passes by a 42ft idol of the Hindu deity Ganesha
  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    Offering holy maize grains to pigeons at Boudhanath Stupa Unesco world heritage site

    A woman and child feed a flock of pigeons
  • Qingdao, China

    Workers operating cranes unload imported iron ore from a cargo vessel at the port in China’s eastern Shandong province

     A row of huge orange cranes at work
  • New York, US

    Young girls cling to a relative, a migrant from Ecuador, as he is detained by Ice after an immigration court hearing at the Jacob Javits Federal Building

    Young girls in distress hold on to their relative as he is taken away
  • California, US

    A low-flying tanker drops retardant on the Garnet Fire at Sierra national forest, Fresno county

    A low-flying plane drops bright red retardant
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