Marriage equality and a giant weather vane: photos of the day – Wednesday

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  • Meikleour, Scotland

    Anglers attend the traditional opening day of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay at Kinclaven bridge. According to the Tay district salmon fisheries board, salmon numbers in the area have been declining in recent years – especially among early fish, or springers, which arrive during winter and early spring. Regulations require the mandatory release of all salmon caught in the Tay district between 15 January and 31 March

    Anglers stand in and on the banks of a river
  • London, UK

    The UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, holds a business breakfast with entrepreneurs at 11 Downing Street. Pressure eased on the chancellor after a fall in UK inflation to 2.5%

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves having breakfast with others
  • Budapest, Hungary

    Fresh snow atop the iron columns of the monument to the Hungarian revolution of 1956 at City Park, or Városliget

    Snow on top of iron columns
  • Seoul, South Korea

    Supporters of Yoon Suk Yeol confront the police as authorities make a second attempt to arrest the impeached president

    People and police push against each other
  • North Maluku, Indonesia

    A woman and child look up at volcanic ash rising into the air during an eruption of Mount Ibu, as seen from Duono village

    A woman and child look up at volcanic ash rising into the air
  • Maputo, Mozambique

    Supporters of the opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane protest during the inauguration of the ruling Frelimo party’s leader, Daniel Chapo, as Mozambique’s newly elected president

    Men kneeling and lifting their arms in the air while holding the Mozambique flag
  • Suffolk, UK

    A 21ft fully working weather vane is unveiled by Kellogg’s at Ness Point in Lowestoft, where the sun rises first in the UK. The weather vane depicts the brand’s mascot, Cornelius

    A man on a cherry-picker brushes the beak of a 21ft cockerel weather vane
  • Tehran, Iran

    A veiled woman walks next to a mural of a white horse in the Iranian capital. According to reports, the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said Iran is ready to negotiate with US president-elect Donald Trump’s government

    A veiled woman in black walks next to a mural showing a white horse and flowers against a blue sky background
  • Delhi, India

    Border security force personnel riding camels take part in rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day parade amid dense fog on a cold winter morning

    Men in uniform riding camels in the mist
  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza

    Bodies are brought to the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ hospital after an Israeli airstrike. Hopes are rising for a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas as negotiations continue

    People mourn over a body wrapped in white
  • Oslo, Norway

    The Palestinian prime minister, Mohammad Mustafa, and Norwegian foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide, were among those attending a global alliance meeting for the implementation of the two-state solution at Oslo city hall

    Rows of people seated around big screens
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

    Wearing black suits, white shirts and fedora hats in accordance with their traditions, ultra-Orthodox Jews, also known as Haredim, protest against conscription by blocking a street in the city. Some demonstrators clashed with police officers who intervened

    A young man on the ground, surrounded by men in uniform, holds his kippah against his head. Others in Orthodox Jewish attire sit on the ground behind him
  • Tromsø, Norway

    Admiring the scene over the city and river from a high viewpoint

    A person sitting in the snow holds their mobile phone up, with a lit-up city scene in the background
  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    UK Royal Navy and Indonesian navy members perform a traditional dance during a welcoming ceremony for the patrol vessel HMS Spey at Tanjung Prior port. HMS Spey will visit Jakarta from 15 to 21 January to engage with the Indonesian navy in military cooperation and cultural activities

    Female British Royal Navy and Indonesian navy members perform a traditional dance, wearing long red scarves
  • Los Angeles, US

    Inmates from California’s prisoner firefighter programme join teams fighting wildfires

    Firefighters walk alongside a hose, with charred hills in the background
  • Hawaii, US

    Bethany Hamilton rides a wave on the final day of the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout on the north shore of Oahu

    Bethany Hamilton surfs a breaking wave
  • London, UK

    Timothée Chalamet arrives on a Lime bike for the UK premiere of A Complete Unknown at BFI Southbank

    Timothée Chalamet on a Lime bike on the red carpet
  • Bangkok, Thailand

    Same-sex couples gathering at Government House to promote the marriage equality bill, which is scheduled to take effect on 22 January. Thailand will become the first south-east Asian country and the third Asian nation to legalise same-sex marriage

    Same-sex couples in wedding attire.
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