Antarctic cave and a red squirrel: photos of the day – Thursday

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  • London, UK

    Keir Starmer speaks to police officers during a visit to the City of London police headquarters

    Three people, including the UK prime minister, have a conversation at a police station.
  • Strensham, UK

    Horses in the mist at Sam Drinkwater’s Granary Stables in Worcestershire

    Dramatic image of horses amid a misty backdrop
  • Manila, Philippines

    Filipino Catholic devotees jostle one another to touch the Black Nazarene during its annual procession. The Feast of the Black Nazarene is attended by millions of barefoot devotees and happens every year on 9 January. The Black Nazarene is a dark wood sculpture of Jesus brought to the Philippines in 1606 from Spain and considered miraculous by devotees

    People crowd around a box containing a wooden sculpture called the Black Nazarene
  • Rasht, Iran

    Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops board a plane during a drill at an airport on their way to Kermanshah

    Men in military apparel line up to board an aircraft
  • London. UK

    Roue Cyr performers ride the mono wheel during the dress rehearsal for Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo at the Royal Albert Hall

    Performers spin around within hoops
  • Kingussie, Scotland

    A red squirrel peeps out from behind a snow bank in Inverness-shire

    A red squirrel is partially obscured by snow
  • Maputo, Mozambique

    Supporters of Mozambique’s main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, celebrate after his return to the country. Mondlane returned from more than two months in exile on 9 January, saying he was ready to take part in talks over disputed election results that have led to weeks of deadly protests

    Men sit around on the cab of a truck
  • Washington DC, US

    Donald Trump is flanked by the senators John Barrasso and Shelley Moore Capito during a press conference after a meeting with the Republican leadership at the Capitol

    Three people stand beside each other in a hall
  • Caracas, Venezuela

    Members of the Bolivarian militias participate in a swearing-in ceremony after the president, Nicolás Maduro, activated the ‘integral management bodies’

    People sit in military uniforms, holding machine guns
  • Antarctica

    Workers carry boxes into an ice core storage cave at Little Dome C field base

    People wearing insulated clothing carry boxes into an ice cave
  • Nuseirat, Gaza Strip

    Palestinians inspect the damage caused by Israeli attacks in Gaza City

    A person looks at a destroyed apartment block
  • Luxor, Egypt

    Tourists are helped into the basket of a hot air balloon before flying above the west bank of the Nile river in Egypt’s southern city

    People assemble around hot air balloons
  • Harbin, China

    An artist works on a snow sculpture during the Harbin international snow sculpture contest in Heilongjiang province

    A person carves images out of snow
  • Altadena, US

    Firefighters battle the Eaton fire in California. Powerful Santa Ana winds pushed the fire across more than 4,000 hectares in less than 24 hours, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least five people. At least 1,000 structures have burned and 70,000 people have been forced from their homes in the Los Angeles area as dangerous wildfires continue to erupt

    FIrefighters work amid a backdrop of burning buildings and vehicles
  • Al Henakiyak, Saudi Arabia

    Drivers compete during stage 4 of the Dakar Rally 2025 between Al Henakiyah and Alula

    Vehicles drive through a sandy landscape
  • Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

    Firefighters extinguish a blaze caused by an air strike by Russian troops on the industrial infrastructure in south-east Ukraine

    Firefighters work to put out a flaming apartment block at night
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