Seals, sand sculptures and a giant maze: photos of the day – Thursday

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  • Igualada, Spain

    Balloonists take part in the opening event of the 29th European balloon festival

    Hot-air balloons over an urban landscape with countryside in the distance
  • York, England

    An aerial view of this year’s York maze, which celebrates 30 years of Toy Story. The maze is the largest in the UK, made up of more than a million maize plants in a 15-acre field

    A green field with representations of the characters Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Slinky Dog and Mr Potato Head cut into it
  • Lahore, Pakistan

    A man wades through floodwaters after heavy monsoon rains

    A man wades through waist-deep brown water carrying a small tray of coffee cups
  • Klaipeda, Lithuania

    A grey seal pup at the Baltic sea animal rehabilitation centre

    A grey seal pokes its head out of a pool of green water
  • Tottori, Japan

    Visitors view a sand sculpture at the Tottori Sand Dune Museum’s annual exhibition

    A drone shot of visitors looking at a sand sculpture that depicts the history of Japanese trade
  • Paris, France

    Stella Maxwell on the runway for the Elie Saab haute couture autumn/winter 2025-26 show at the city’s fashion week

    A woman in a strapless long black dress walks down the runway as people on either side take pictures with their mobile phones
  • Hanoi, Vietnam

    Nursery worker take children for a ride in a residential area of the city

    Women pull carts carrying toddlers along a residential street
  • Calne, England

    Queen Camilla visit celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wiltshire and Swindon community foundation

    Queen Camilla photographed in front of a ring of ceiling lights that look like a halo
  • Paris, France

    A model presents a creation by Robert Wun at the women’s haute-couture autumn/winter 2025-26 show, part of the city’s fashion week

    A woman in an elaborate silver coat and wide-brimmed hat carrying a silver flower
  • London, England

    Ben Duckett of England takes to the field on the first day of the third Test between England and India at Lord’s

    A batsman in crickets whites and pads leans on his bat as he crouches
  • Izmir, Turkey

    Fishermen swim with caged blue-fin tuna in Gerence Bay

    Two divers among a shoal of large fish swimming in a circle
  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip

    A woman comforts a child injured in an Israeli attack outside the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital

    A woman in a chador hugs a distraught child
  • Moscow, Russia

    An employee carries a portrait of the former transport minister Roman Starovoyt, who took his own life hours after the Kremlin announced that Vladimir Putin had fired him

    A man carries a framed photograph towards a black doorway against a backdrop of a white tiled wall
  • Pamplona, Spain

    Runners sing to the figure of San Fermin at the city’s running of the bulls festival

    A crowd of men dressed in white with red neckties wave rolled-up newspapers as they chant
  • Bat Yam, Israel

    Workers demolish a building that was struck by an Iranian missile during the 12-day between the two countries last month

    A large crane on a pile of rubble is framed by clouds of dust with a badly damaged building in the background
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    The explosion of a Russian drone lights up the night sky

    A street lined with high-rise buildings with a cloud of smoke rising above them, and in the distance a bright yellow flash of light at ground level
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    A woman holds her cat in metro station hallway as people take cover during a Russian attack

    A woman holding a cat with a crowd of people sitting or lying on the ground behind her
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