Photos of the day

Crashing waves and the Clooneys: photos of the day – Friday

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

Washington, US

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Kamala Harris on the White House campus

Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters

Washington, US

An audience member records Joe Biden giving an address on gun violence in the East Room of the White House

Photograph: Abaca/Rex/Shutterstock

New York, US

A demonstrator carries a sign at a protest against Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu during the UN general assembly

Photograph: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

Fukuoka, Japan

TV screens in a store show reports that the former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s next prime minister after winning the ruling party’s leadership vote

Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Firefighters work in the aftermath of a wildfire

Photograph: Santiago Arcos/Reuters

Sanibel Island, Florida

A man and his dog are rescued after his boat became disabled and started taking on water

Photograph: US Coast Guard/Reuters

Havana, Cuba

Large waves crash ashore after the passage of Hurricane Helene

Photograph: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images

Sugar Grove, North Carolina

Flood water washes over Guy Ford Road bridge on the Watauga River as Hurricane Helene approaches

Photograph: Jonathan Drake/Reuters

New York, US

George and Amal Clooney arrive at the Albie awards presented by the Clooney Foundation for Justice at New York public library

Photograph: Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images

Paris, France

Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz attend the Loewe Paris womenswear spring-summer 2025 show during Paris fashion week

Photograph: Stéphane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images

London, England

Chelsea pensioners David Godwin and Ted Fell pose for a photo inside the new Soane Stable Yard after its recent renovation at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Thanks to a national lottery heritage fund grant, the Stable Yard opens this autumn

Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images

County Durham, England

Waves crash against the lighthouse in Seaham Harbour

Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Amesbury, England

English Heritage garden historian Emily Parker poses for a photo as florist Sophie Powell makes final adjustments to a dahlia display at the Grand Stonehenge Dahlia Show, which pays homage to the annual dahlia shows that once took place at the historic site

Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA