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Photos of the day

The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world

  • A woman holding a frozen drink gasps with open mouth and scrunched eyes to cold water at a cooling station during a period of hot weather on the midway of the Calgary Stampede in Alberta, with the background obscured by mist. A man stands behind her in the queue and in the background is a Now Mini Donut stand with people in Stetsons mingling in front of it

    A proud pumpkin and keeping cool in the heat: photos of the day – Tuesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • People stand in and around a damaged building

    A damaged hospital and a clogged canal: photos of the day – Monday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Revellers cheer as they are sprayed with water

    San Fermín festival, a wet dog and a young monk: photos of the weekend

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Displaced Palestinians leave east Khan Younis

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria outside 10 Downing Street

    A stiletto race, 4 July fireworks and the UK’s new PM: photos of the day – Friday

  • A person dressed as Abraham Lincoln

    Sunak votes and a bejewelled ‘Swiftie’: photos of the day – Thursday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Law enforcement members watch a red sky filled with embers as the Thompson fire burns

    Sunflowers and heatwaves: photos of the day – Wednesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Angry-looking people behind old cupboard used as barricade with smoke and fire in background

    Nairobi protests and a newborn panda: photos of the day – Tuesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Wimbledon 2024 - Day One

    Wimbledon starts and Glasto ends: photos of the day – Monday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Ticker tape fills the air as the Pyramid Stage crowd listen to Coldplay perform during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2024 at Worthy Farm, Pilton, England.

    French elections, LA pet fair and Coldplay: photos of the weekend

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Police officers and security personnel take positions outside the Kenyan parliament during a nationwide protest against the finance bill

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • A Palestinian baby holding a soft toy looking up at the camera

    Gaza heat, tiger cubs and Pelé’s medal: photos of the day – Friday

  • Rows of military police in riot helmets line up in front of demonstrators in Bolivia

    Elections, strikes and wildfires: photos of the day – Thursday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Police remove activists from the group Bruciamo Tutto (Burn Everything) after they poured red paint on to the Spanish Steps in a protest against femicides

    Glastonbury festival and saving rhinos: photos of the day – Wednesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Nairobi, Kenya Protesters climb a police water cannon truck.

    Grief in Gaza and balloons from North Korea: photos of the day – Tuesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Baghdad, Iraq A musician cools down with a hand-held fan

    Tears, cheers and trees poking through flood waters: photos of the day – Monday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • People doing yoga in a park

    Yoga, mermaids and Maradona: photos of the weekend

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Aerial view of swimmers and people on paddleboards

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • The Prince of Wales and his children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – in shorts and beach tops holding hands and jumping in the air at the beach

    Prince William’s birthday and a sinkhole in China: photos of the day – Friday

  • Kim Jong-un (L) sits in the passenger seat of a car driven by Vladimir Putin

    Plastic waste protest and England fans in Frankfurt: photos of the day – Thursday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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