Valencia, Spain
People paint a sculpture for the two-week Fallas festival. The creations are burned on the last day, except for one that is chosen by the public and taken to the Fallas Museum
Photograph: Biel Aliño/EPA

Lianyungang, China
Residential buildings shrouded in fog in Jiangsu province
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

London, UK
A preview of an Edvard Munch exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, the UK’s first show focusing exclusively on the artist and including works never seen there before
Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock

Konya, Turkey
An aerial view of Lake Düden, usually known for hosting migratory birds. Wildlife diversity has been decreasing due to the impact of drought
Photograph: Serhat Cetinkaya/Anadolu/Getty Images

Vrindavan, India
Widows are covered with coloured powder as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh
Photograph: Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images

Saltfleet, UK
Grey seals gather on the Lincolnshire coast
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Singapore
Visitors photograph red-shanked douc langurs on the opening day of the Rainforest Wild Asia adventure park at Mandai wildlife reserve
Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA

Chennai, India
A chef prepares mutton haleem for sale during Ramadan
Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty Images

Cheltenham, UK
Lisa Luse, a racegoer, on day two of the Cheltenham horseracing festival at Prestbury Park
Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile/Getty Images

Leh, Indian-administered Kashmir
A young man with his face painted in the colours of the Tibetan flag takes part in a demonstration to mark Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day, commemorating the 1959 revolt against Chinese occupation
Photograph: Mohd Arhaan Archer/AFP/Getty Images

Andilly-les-Marais, France
A technician peers from a hatch on the roof of the engine room at the top of a wind turbine during maintenance at a windfarm in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

West Sumatra, Indonesia
Conservation staff evacuate a wild Sumatran tiger to prevent conflict with humans in the Agam district. Sumatran tigers are listed as critically endangered, with fewer than 400 left in the wild
Photograph: Adi Prima/Anadolu/Getty Images

Livigno, Italy
From left: Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert of Canada and Anastassiya Gorodko of Kazakhstan compete in the women’s dual moguls in the FIS World Cup Aerials & Moguls, an official test event for the 2026 Winter Olympics
Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images

Manila, Philippines
A priest embraces a woman as she holds an urn with the remains of her son, during an interment ceremony for victims of extrajudicial killings in Caloocan City
Photograph: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

Gaza City, Gaza
Palestinians in the Jabalia camp wait in long queues to receive food as the first phase of the ceasefire agreement ends and Israel stops all humanitarian aid supplies from entering the Gaza Strip
Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu/Getty Images

Lagos, Nigeria
Teams work at the scene where a tanker lorry carrying compressed natural gas exploded, killing two people and injuring several others
Photograph: Emmanuel Osodi/Anadolu/Getty Images

Southern Iran
Sailors standing on the deck of a warship during joint military drills between Iran, Russia and China in the Gulf of Oman
Photograph: Iranian Army Office/EPA
