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 Joe Plimmer · the GuardianLondon, 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