Touba, Senegal
People gather to perform prayers and pay their respects to Sheikh Amadou Bamba, the founder of the Sufist Mouride order
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

North Sea, UK
Butchered, a new work by the artist Anish Kapoor, is installed on a Shell platform to protest against the company’s planet-warming gas emissions
Photograph: Andrew McConnell/Greenpeace/PA

Bangkok, Thailand
People interact with an animatronic brachiosaurus at an immersive experience inspired by the film Jurassic World
Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters

Wirral, UK
Students at Birkenhead sixth-form college celebrate their A-level results as a record proportion of students in England gained top grades
Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Panama City, Panama
A white-faced capuchin rescued from animal traffickers is kept at a wildlife veterinary hospital in preparation for his release back into the wild
Photograph: Enea Lebrun/Reuters

Bogotá, Colombia
The family of the presidential candidate Miguel Uribe, who was fatally shot while campaigning, attend his funeral
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A visitor tries on a virtual-reality headset during Rio Innovation Week
Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock

Tokyo, Japan
Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) protest against the alleged use of monkeys in the Thai coconut industry, outside Thailand’s embassy
Photograph: Richard A Brooks/AFP/Getty Images

Edinburgh, Scotland
The singer, actor and cabaret act Miss Frisky explores the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions tourist attraction
Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Gaza Strip
A girl runs toward a water distribution centre as temperatures reach 36C (97F) in Deir al-Balah
Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

London, UK
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, drinks tea in the garden of 10 Downing Street
Photograph: Ben Stansall/AP

Delvinë, Albania
A horse suffering from severe burns, caused by wildfires that have raged across the Balkans
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Amritsar, India
A child dressed as the Hindu deity Krishna celebrates the Janmashtami festival
Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

Patras, Greece
Firefighters battle a wildfire as villages near the western Greek city are ordered to evacuate
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Gaza City
The music instructor Mohammed Abu Mahadi of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music conducts a lesson for his student Youssef Jibril
Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters

Srinagar, India
People fish in a polluted canal in Kashmir valley
Photograph: Mukhtar Khan/AP

Chengdu, China
Fran Vanhoutte crosses the finish line of the women’s 500m +D speed skating finals at the World Games 2025
Photograph: Shutterstock

Khar, Pakistan
Internally displaced people, who fled their homes after security forces launched a targeted operation, take refuge at a camp in the Bajaur district
Photograph: Qyass Khan/AP

Khan Younis, Gaza
People queue for water as aid organisations work to help people amid a worsening sanitation crisis in the territory
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
