Hairy Hoff crabs and a Trudeau selfie: photos of the day – Thursday

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  • Edinburgh, Scotland

    Elinor Brown, a worker at the Dovecot Studios, adjusts a painting. Works by a group of early 20th-century painters known as the Scottish Colourists – Samuel John Peploe, Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, George Leslie Hunter and John Duncan Fergusson – are being featured alongside some of their European contemporaries

    Elinor Brown holds a painting of a table on display in a gallery
  • London, UK

    People walk in the morning fog at Morden Hall Park in south London

    Two people walking through trees in semi-darkness in the morning fog
  • Aspen, US

    Eli Bouchard of Canada competes in the men’s snowboard big air qualifications during the Toyota US Grand Prix at Buttermilk ski resort in Colorado

    Snowboarder performs a jump in mid air
  • Toulouse, France

    The sun rises over a congested road in the capital of the southern Occitanie region

    An orange sun shines on a six-lane road with heavy traffic
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Abu Dhaka, a Palestinian man who has returned to the devastated city with his family after the ceasefire, attempts to continue with his daily life surrounded by the rubble of collapsed houses. He and his family share a makeshift tent he erected on the remains of their former home

    A family sit by a tent, surrounded by rubble of destroyed buildings
  • Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine

    Service personnel of the 44th Separate Mechanised Brigade fire a Leopard 1A5 tank during training

    A tank in the snow fires a large blaze
  • Oahu, US

    Hawaii’s Moana Jones Wong rides a wave during the WSL Lexus Pipe Pro women’s event at Pipeline on the North Shore in Hawaii

    Moana Jones Wong balances on her surf board as she rides a wave
  • Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

    A line of armed members of the National Guard patrol the border separating the city and El Paso in Texas. They are among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier after tariff threats by President Donald Trump

    Armed members of the National Guard search long grasses and bushes
  • Antarctica

    A female (left) and male Hoff crab. Male crabs of the species, named after the actor David Hasselhoff, grow larger claws than females so they can fight each other for a mate. Scientists made the discovery while monitoring the Hoff, which acquired its name because its hairy chest prompted comparisons with the Baywatch star

    Two small white and yellow crabs
  • Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Civilians attend a meeting organised by the M23 rebel group at the Stade de l’Unité, days after the city in North Kivu province was seized

    A large crowd of people gather behind a metal mesh fence
  • Seoul, South Korea

    A woman wearing hanbok takes a selfie in the grounds of Gyeongbokgung Palace, a residence of the Joseon dynasty that was built in 1395

    A woman in traditional dress takes a selfie in heavy snow in front of a palace
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh

    A man hammers debris around the vandalised residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the former leader and the father of the country’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina

    A man about to bring a hammer down on a concrete slab, with a destroyed home in the background
  • Örebro, Sweden

    Candles and flowers lay near the Risbergska school after a deadly shooting

    A group of people stand next to candles and flowers
  • Gatineau, Canada

    Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, takes a group selfie after giving a speech at a Black History Month event at the Museum of History in Quebec

    Justin Trudeau poses for pictures with a group of women
  • New Orleans, US

    Louisiana police officers walk past macaws riding a street performer’s remote-controlled jeep. There has been enhanced security on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter for the National Football League Super Bowl LIX

    Police walk by blue and gold macaws on a remote controlled jeep
  • Aberdeen, Scotland

    Visitors explore the Sky Castle, an interactive sound and light installation featuring huge inflatable arches that illuminate Union Terrace Gardens during the Spectra Festival of Light

    Visitors explore illuminated, colourful huge inflatable arches
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