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London, UK
Tobizaru throws salt before his match against Shonannoumi during day one of the Grand Sumo tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in England. This is the first time since a 1991 event at the Royal Albert Hall that an official five-day Basho tournament has taken place outside Japan. The tournament will host the most accomplished and elite sumos, including those of the top rank of Yokozuna
Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
Gaza City
Children sit on the steps of a destroyed school that served as a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians at the Bureij refugee camp. The destruction left behind by the Israeli army became visible after its withdrawal from Gaza City following the ceasefire agreement
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Banda Aceh, Indonesia
A vet prepares to give a cat a rabies vaccine during a free vaccination programme held by the Aceh Quarantine Center Laboratory as a part of a campaign on preventive measures against the spread of the disease
Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA
Gaza City
Palestinians return to the destroyed Sheikh Ridwan and Abu Iskandar neighbourhoods after the Israeli army’s withdrawal from Gaza City. Palestinians searched through the rubble of their houses to recover what was left of their possessions
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
London, UK
A pedestrian passes the colourful autumn display of Virginia creeper that covers the wall of the Admiralty Citadel, a former second world war fortress in Horse Guards Parade
Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock
Carcassonne, France
Farmers and winegrowers protest against a tax on undeveloped land in front of the area’s tax office
Photograph: Idriss Bigou-Gilles/AFP/Getty Images
New Delhi, India
A peacock watches on as Tom Vaillant of France hits a shot during the DP World Tour Championship golf tournament
Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP
Lahore, Pakistan
Workers spray water from an anti-smog gun to reduce pollution
Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
Paris, France
An exclusive presentation at Drouot auction house of an oil painting entitled ‘The Child and his Toys’, a major piece by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Photograph: Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images
Rijeka, Croatia
Croatian freediver Vitomir Maricic, 40, relaxes underwater during a training session. Maricic went beyond what seemed possible for a human body by holding his breath for an astonishing 29 minutes and three seconds under water
Photograph: Damir Sencar/AFP/Getty Images
Colombo, Sri Lanka
A damselfly (Libellago lineata) in a garden
Photograph: Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Arrecife, Spain
Migrants wrapped in blankets arrive on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Spanish authorities rescued a boat carrying about 55 people, including 11 women and two children. Two other people are missing after jumping into the sea to reach the merchant vessel that located the boat and alerted the authorities
Photograph: Adriel Perdomo/EPA
New York, US
Doutzen Kroes on the runway for the Victoria’s Secret fashion show 2025
Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Victoria’s Secret
Dhaka, Bangladesh
A worker transports sacks of discarded plastic bags near the Buriganga River
Photograph: Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Lima, Peru
A demonstrator falls to the ground during a protest against rising crime, economic insecurity and corruption, a day after President Jose Jeri presented his cabinet
Photograph: Angela Ponce/Reuters
Pokrovsk, Ukraine
Artillerymen of the 152nd Separate Jaeger Brigade unload shells for an M114 self-propelled howitzer near the frontline town in Donetsk region
Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
