Photos of the day

Elephant calves and golf dogs: photos of the day - Friday

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

by · the Guardian

London, UK

An art handler holds Andy Warhol’s Self-Portrait in front of Bridget Riley’s Gaillard 2, during a preview for Sotheby’s £200m artwork sale

Photograph: James Manning/PA

London, UK

Ocean Rebellion demonstrators perform on the Albert Embankment, on the final day of the MEPC 82 meetings

Photograph: Victoria Jones/Rex/Shutterstock

Dover, Kent

Small boats and outboard motors, used by people to cross the Channel, at a warehouse facility

Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Ayutthaya, Thailand

Twin elephant calves who have been named by the king. Twin elephants are rare but male-female twin births are extremely rare, according to Phra Kochaban Foundation for elephant care

Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

Seoul, South Korea

Balloons filled with rubbish launched across the border by North Korea float in the sky. Relations between the two countries are at one of their lowest points in years

Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images

Undisclosed location, North Korea

Troops take part in training at a base of the Korean People’s Army’s special operations forces in the western region. The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said his forces would use nuclear weapons “without hesitation” if Pyongyang’s territory was attacked by the South and the US

Photograph: KCNA via KNS/AFP/Getty

Puerto San Julián, Argentina

People watch an annular solar eclipse

Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Tahai, Chile

The moon moves across the sun during a solar eclipse

Photograph: Esteban Félix/AP

Manisa, Turkey

The Kula-Salihli Geopark, known for its volcanic hills and lava-formed rock sea, where scientists discovered eight magma chambers at different depths beneath the Earth’s crust. Scientists have identified the largest, near-surface magma chamber as posing a potential eruption risk due to factors such as earthquakes

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

A motorist drives past toppled shipping containers caused by Typhoon Krathon

Photograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA

Patikharka, Nepal

The flood-affected areas of Kavrepalanchok District where homes have been severely damaged, making many families homeless

Photograph: Ambir Tolang/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Manila, Philippines

People use airguns try to catch fish along a floodway

Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images

Beirut, Lebanon

A man runs for cover as a smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike

Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

Deir al-Balah, Gaza

Civil defence teams and local Palestinians work to retrieve the dead and injured after an Israeli army attack on a home in the city

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Kibbutz Reim, Israel

A woman looks at pictures and memorials for Israeli festival goers who were killed last year by Hamas at the site of the Supernova Music Festival

Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Cali, Colombia

A man walks past a poster advertising the Cop16 biodiversity conference

Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Former Kush users hug each other as they part ways after finishing their seven-week rehabilitation programme at a government operated centre. The country is battling a crisis caused by the synthetic drug, a mix of chemicals and plants, which has led to widespread addiction, health issues and crime among young people

Photograph: Amaury Falt-Brown/AFP/Getty Images

St Andrews, Scotland

A dog wearing a Callaway cap looks across the golf course on day two of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

Dortmund, Germany

Visitors watch the audiovisual presentation Ocean Odyssey, projected on the walls of a former steelworks at the Phoenix des Lumieres exhibition

Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP