Tall ships, monsoon floods and a slackline contest: photos of the day – Wednesday

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  • London, England

    A supporter of the Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh protests outside Westminster magistrates court where the band member appeared for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag onstage last year

    A person in a papier maché balaclava in the colours of the Irish flag waves a Palestinian flag
  • Karachi, Pakistan

    A man pushes his motorbike through floodwater after torrential monsoon rains

    A man pushes a motorbike through waist-deep floodwater strewn with rubbish on an urban street
  • Rangamati, Bangladesh

    A man carries metal drums to Kaptai Lake where fishers will use them to land their catch

    A pile of brightly coloured half-oil drums from which a man is carrying two on his shoulder
  • Surin, Thailand

    Landmines recovered from disputed areas after the recent border conflict with Cambodia

    Dozens of landmines laid out in lines on the ground behind a large red skull-and-crossbones sign
  • Beijing, China

    People’s Liberation Army soldiers train for a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war

    A close-up of a soldier in ceremonial uniform grimacing as he marches with others marching out of focus behind him
  • Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Tall ships take part in the 50th Sail Amsterdam festival

    Dozens of tall ships and smaller vessels cluttered together in a harbour
  • Cologne, Germany

    A visitor looks at merchandise displayed on a stand at Gamescom 2025

    A woman with her back to the camera stands in front of a stall displaying soft toys and brightly coloured wigs
  • Artvin, Turkey

    A villager prepares to take part in the Berobana dance, a 150-year-old tradition symbolising unity and solidarity

    An elderly man with a walking stick emerges from a wooden hut wearing a tall furry headdress with a face painted on it
  • Vilela Seca, Portugal

    A volunteer takes a break from trying to contain a wildfire near the border with Spain

    A night shot of a man standing under trees silhouetted by the light of a fire burning behind him
  • Zhangjiajie, China

    A man competes in the Slackline King championship final more than 1,000 metres above the Huangshizhai gorge

    A man in a red T-shirt makes his way along a slackline high above a forested gorge with rocky outcrops
  • Quezon City, Philippines

    A worker takes part in a clean-up operation after two weeks of monsoon rains triggered flooding in the area

    A man in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket in a creek full of rubbish in a small red rowing boat
  • Dhi Qar, Iraq

    A boat stranded in the drought-stricken Chibayish marshes

    A rowing boat sits in a dried up creek with scrubland on either side
  • Damascus, Syria

    A residential area pictured on the eve of the 12th anniversary of the Eastern Ghouta chemical weapons attack, in which the ousted Assad regime killed more than 1,400 civilians with toxic gas

    A woman sits on the window ledge of a ruined building, looking out over other ruined buildings in the distance
  • Odesa, Ukraine

    Firefighters work at a fuel storage facility hit by a Russian drone strike

    A night shot of two firefighters in metallic heat-resistant suits spraying foam on to a fire
  • Kandahar, Afghanistan

    Afghan refugees arrive at a registration centre in Takhta Pul on their return from Pakistan

    Three women in chadors and their children walk past an abandoned tent that has been blown on top of another one by the wind
  • Nuseirat, Gaza Strip

    Rescuers try to free a Palestinian woman trapped under the rubble of a house hit by an Israeli strike

    Two men in hard hats dig rubble from around a woman buried up to her neck
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    A woman cries over the body of her child killed in an Israeli attack

    A weeping woman in a chador cradles the body of a small child wrapped in a white sheet as three others around her comfort her
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