Photos of the day

Molten lava and piles of cuddly toys: photos of the day – Friday

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

Beirut, Lebanon

Smoke and flames rise after an Israeli strike on a building in the Chiyah district

Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters

Quito, Ecuador

Police officers help injured colleagues after clashes in downtown Quito during a protest called by unions and social organisations against the government

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Baku, Azerbaijan

Activists demand that rich countries pay up over the climate crisis, on day 11 of Cop29

Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland

Molten lava flows on a road to the Blue Lagoon after a volcanic eruption that started on Wednesday

Photograph: Marco di Marco/AP

Dayeuhkolot, Indonesia

People in horse-drawn carts cross flood water

Photograph: Dimas Rachmatsyah/Zuma Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Pyongyang, North Korea

Kim Jong-un attends a defence exhibition

Photograph: KCNA via KNS/AFP/Getty Images

Newcastle, Australia

Demonstrators gather in the water for a coal export protest at Nobbys beach

Photograph: Michael Gorton/AAP

Cleveland, Ohio

Chris Boswell of the Pittsburgh Steelers kicks a 28-yard field goal during the third quarter of a game against the Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field

Photograph: Jason Miller/Getty Images

Paris, France

Notre Dame a few days before its reopening. A weekend of ceremonies is planned for 7 and 8 December, five years after the 2019 fire that ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire

Photograph: Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images

London, England

The former health secretary Matt Hancock gives evidence to the Covid-19 inquiry

Photograph: UK Covid-19 inquiry/PA

Lianyungang, China

Employees work on a production line of stuffed teddy bears for export at a toy factory in eastern China’s Jiangsu province

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A Coruña, Spain

A visitor walks past images by the American photographer Irvin Penn during a centennial exhibition at the Marta Ortega Pérez Foundation

Photograph: Cabalar/EPA

Paris, France

An Air France plane sits on the tarmac during a snowfall at Charles de Gaulle airport

Photograph: Masha Macpherson/AP

Tehran, Iran

People take photos next to Mao Zedong by Andy Warhol as they visit an exhibition titled Eye to Eye at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art

Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP

Caracas, Venezuela

Young people run through foam during an event celebrating University Student Day

Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP

Melbourne, Australia

Eighty-five pairs of red shoes are placed on the steps of Treasury Place in honour and memory of the 85 women and children murdered by men in Australia in 2024

Photograph: Alex Zucco/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock