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London, UK
Ballet dancers stand in the wings as they wait to perform on stage at the Pointe Black ballet school. Pointe Black is a Black-owned ballet school based in south London. Fuelled by years of racial discrimination as a young Black ballet dancer, its founder, Ruth Essel, created Pointe Black to provide a safe space for Black children and adults to access ballet
Photograph: Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images
Moscow, Russia
People wearing medieval armour take part in a friendly fight event held on a basketball court. The ‘Tushino manoeuvres’, or friendship fights between clubs, were created to preserve the traditional aspects of medieval street battles and pass them on to younger generations
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Toulouse, France
Crowds watch Lilith, the scorpion woman, part of a street show by François Delarozière, the director of the art company La Machine
Photograph: Alain Pitton/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
Thessaloniki, Greece
Students of military academies dressed in vintage uniforms take part in a parade marking the anniversary of the country’s entry into the second world war after it refused to align itself with Italy in 1940
Photograph: Giannis Papanikos/AP
Ukraine
An injured Ukrainian soldier lies in a bed onboard a military evacuation train transporting personnel wounded in frontline areas to hospitals, in an undisclosed location
Photograph: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images
Jamalpur, Bangladesh
Workers carry huge quantities of jute on a small truck from the Guthail jute market to factories in the Jamalpur district
Photograph: Syed Mahabubul Kader/Zuma Press/Rex/Shutterstock
Lahore, Pakistan
Health workers administer polio drops to children during a door-to-door vaccination campaign
Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
Manila, Philippines
The former president Rodrigo Duterte appears before lawmakers to answer questions about his administration’s ‘war on drugs’, which human rights groups estimate has resulted in more than 30,000 deaths and prompted an investigation by the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity
Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
Mexico City, Mexico
People dressed as Catrinas parade through the streets during celebrations ahead the Day of the Dead
Photograph: Ginnette Riquelme/AP
José Azueta, Mexico
A man navigates in a boat along a street flooded due to the overflowing of the Tesechoacan River after heavy rains
Photograph: Angel Hernandez/Reuters
New York, US
Donald Trump walks on stage during a rally at Madison Square Garden
Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters
Lianyungang, China
An oyster farming operation at the Liandao Central fishing port
Photograph: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
Handan, China
A woman arranges persimmons in special racks for drying
Photograph: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
Lisbon, Portugal
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds perform on stage at the MEO Arena
Photograph: José Sena Goulão/EPA
