Guru Nanak’s birthday and a missile hits Beirut: photos of the day – Friday

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  • Amritsar, India

    A Nihang Sikh warrior with an eagle during a procession to mark the birthday of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism

    A Nihang Sikh warrior with an eagle on his head
  • Nankana Sahib, Pakistan

    People gather around a bus carrying the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book, in a procession marking Guru Nanak’s birthday

    People gather around a bus adorned with orange garlands
  • Guet Ndar, Senegal

    Daily life in the populous coastal neighbourhood, where most residents earn a living from the fishing industry

    A girl in a bright pink dress walks under washing lines full of colourful clothes.
  • Malaga, Spain

    Rafael Nadal in a training session ahead of the Davis Cup finals, which will be his farewell tournament

    A blurred image taken with a slow shutter speed of Rafael Nadal in a training session
  • Toronto, Canada

    Fans shine their mobile phone torches at the opening of Taylor Swift’s performance on her Eras tour

    The stadium is filled with the lights of cellphone torches
  • Florida, US

    Sylvester Stallone attends the America First Policy Institute Gala at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort

    Sylvester Stallone raises an eyebrow to camera
  • Florida, US

    Robert F Kennedy Jr takes a selfie with guests at the America First Policy Institute Gala. Kennedy has been nominated by the president-elect for health and human services secretary

    Robert F Kennedy Jr takes a selfie with guests
  • Zhuhai, China

    A woman takes a selfie with a Jetank unmanned aerial vehicle at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, in the southern province of Guangdong

    A woman takes a selfie with a child next to a very large military drone.
  • Beirut, Lebanon

    A composite of photos showing the moment an Israeli missile hits a building in Tayouneh

    A series of six photos that show the missile hitting the building and the subsequent explosion
  • Beirut, Lebanon

    Civil defence workers extinguish the fire and search the rubble in the aftermath of the Israeli strike on Tayouneh

    Civil defence workers extinguish the fire and search the rubble
  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza

    Animal visits cheer up displaced children sheltering at the Rafida school

    Children are shown two small dogs
  • Gaza City, Gaza

    A family with the body of a loved one after an Israeli attack on the Sheikh Ridwan neighbourhood

    A family with the body of a loved one after an Israeli attack
  • Turin, Italy

    Students clash with police during the No Meloni Day demonstration against the government’s education policies

    Police use force to push back student demonstrators
  • Catarroja, Spain

    Firefighters inspect debris that was carried downriver from Valencia during the recent devastating flood

    Huge piles of debris gathered as the river passes under a bridge
  • Karachi, Pakistan

    A bridge collapsed into the polluted waters of the fishing harbour

    A bridge collapsed into the polluted waters of the fishing harbour.
  • New Delhi, India

    A game of badminton in the Lodhi Gardens park, enveloped in smog

    A game of badminton in the Lodhi Gardens park, enveloped in smog
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti

    People transport their belongings as they flee the centre of the capital city besieged by gang violence

    People transporting their belongings as they flee
  • Stilfontein, South Africa

    Friends and relatives wait for news at the site of an accident at an illegal mine

    Friends and relatives wait for news at the site of an accident at an illegal mine
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    An injured service member is pushed in a wheelchair as he attends the funeral of a fallen colleague at St Michael’s Cathedral

    An injured service member is pushed in a wheelchair
  • Pushkar, India

    A herder with his grazing flock at a camel fair in Rajasthan

    A herder with his grazing flock at a camel fair
  • Bangkok, Thailand

    A boy prays before placing a krathong, a floating basket made of leaves and flowers, into a park’s lagoon during the Loy Krathong festival

    A boy prays holding a krathong floating basket
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