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Photos of the day

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

  • Penitents line a street carrying candles and crucifixes

    A sultan’s banquet, Holy Week and Welsh gold: photos of the day – Wednesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Federal agents tackling a man to the ground, as a fallen bystander lies in pain

    Taxi drivers, a tackle and a cowboy: photos of the day – Tuesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • People covered in brightly coloured objects are splashed with water during a street parade

    A street parade and a drone attack: photos of the day – Monday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • An aerial view of the Big Ring, the site of the Expo 2025, in Osaka, Japan.

    World’s largest wooden structure and Thai new year: photos of the weekend

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Two elderly people sit outside US retailer Victoria’s Secret in Beijing which shows a picture of a woman wearing a black bra

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • A novice monk has his head shaved

    Shaved heads, collapsed roads and burnt bread: photos of the day – Friday

  • A horse in elaborate silver bridlery ridden by a man in traditional costume rears up during a procession

    Snowy tulips, a giant whale sculpture and a horse in a car: Photos of the day – Thursday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Indigenous woman in bright coloured traditional costume

    Mantras, meanders and mud: photos of the day – Wednesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • A woman bundles rice ears on a blue plastic barrel in a paddy field

    Pelicans, the Red Arrows and a rice harvest: photos of the day – Tuesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • A man looks at his phone by Bank tube

    Market turmoil and a new London tunnel: Monday’s photos of the day

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • A young girl smiles as she is dressed up as living goddess during the Bengali Hindu festival Basanti Durga Puja

    Choirboys and a cat in the snow: the weekend in photos

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • A boy stands amid the devastation in the yard of a school, a day after it was hit by an Israeli strike, in Gaza City

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • A breakdancer from the Congo Street collective performs at the Kituku market port in Goma, running up a wall as people look on

    Tomb Sweeping Day and breakdancing in Congo: photos of the day – Friday

  • A stern-faced Trump points with one hand as he reaches across a small table in the White House garden to hand pens to Rollins, who is leaning forward

    All the president’s pens and a baby mammoth: photos of the day – Thursday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Hot-air balloons taking off

    Hot-air balloons and spring sunshine: photos of the day – Wednesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • A firefighter getting out of an emergency vehicle, as a fire blazes in the background

    A gas pipeline fire and a protest in Brazil: photos of the day – Tuesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • A group of volunteers hold a dog still and its muzzle closed while liquid is squirted into its nose from a plastic bottle

    A canine rescuer, a hobby horse and freezing rain: photos of the day – Monday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • A crowd of people is reflected in a mirrored arch through which a beach can been seen in the distance

    Eid al-Fitr, Mother’s Day and a mud bath: photos of the weekend

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Police officers use pepper spray on a demonstrator wearing a long dress and a tall headpiece. Beside them other police officers are wearing helmets and holding up shields

    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • Pink-coloured building leans at an angle after earthquake

    An earthquake in Myanmar and elephants by the sea: photos of the day – Friday

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