Shaved heads, collapsed roads and burnt bread: photos of the day – Friday

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  • Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Models present creations by Walério Araújo during the Sao Paulo fashion week

    Models in sparkling and shimmering outfits
  • Bogota, Colombia

    A Drosera capensis plant traps an insect at a carnivorous plants exhibit at the Botanical Garden

    A plant traps an insect
  • Osaka, Japan

    Visitors walk along the Grand Ring, made of wood, as it is reflected in the water during a media preview day for the 2025 Osaka Expo

    Extravagant wooden architectural pavilion reflected in a lake
  • Gwangmyeong, South Korea

    The site of a collapsed road above part of an underground transit project connecting Seoul’s Yeouido district to Ansan and Siheung in Gyeonggi province

    The undulating form of a collapsed road
  • Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Young ethnic Shan boys wearing shimmering clothes and colourful floral headpieces take part in the annual Poy Sang Long procession, a traditional rite of passage ceremony for young boys being initiated as novice Buddhist monks

    Young ethnic Shan boys wearing shimmering clothes and colourful floral headpieces
  • Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Dressed in flowers and finery, scores of boys are paraded around the Wat Ku Tao Buddhist temple before having their heads shaved, a symbolic start to their Shan monkhood

    A novice monk has his head shaved
  • Bhaktapur, Nepal

    Devotees celebrate the annual Biska festival by pulling the chariot of the god Bhairab through the city centre

    Devotees pulling a huge chariot
  • New Delhi, India

    Indian security personnel detain a Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) activist outside the Chinese embassy. TYC members were protesting about the alleged sudden and mysterious death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a revered Tibetan religious leader, while in custody in Vietnam. The activists called for a transparent and independent investigation into the circumstances of his death and the public release of its findings

    Indian security personnel detain a Tibetan Youth Congress activist
  • Jerusalem, Israel

    Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray and burn leavened bread in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood. The burning of all products containing leavening agents, or Chametz, is a customary preparation ahead of the week-long Jewish high holiday of Passover that commemorates the Jewish exodus from Egypt

    Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray and burn leavened bread
  • Khan Yunis, Gaza

    Members of the Fujo family, who have taken refuge in a makeshift tent struggle to survive their daily lives in harsh living conditions while being deprived of the most basic needs such as food and clean water

    A woman and two children with washing hanging on line behind
  • Kars, Turkey

    Flowers remain under snow as snowfall continues in the Sarikamis district of Kars

    Flowers covered by snow
  • Lisse, Netherlands

    Blooming tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and lily fields create a colourful carpet

    The colourful stripes of flower fields seen from above
  • Geneva, Switzerland

    Enthusiasts listen to a concert by Italian pianist and performer Marino Formenti, during an opera sleepover event at the Grand Theatre. Once a year the theatre allows a small group of enthusiasts to spend a night, set to music, exploring its majestic halls, admiring its marble entranceway and meandering through fresco-covered foyers

    Spectators lie on the floor as they listen to a pianist in the baroque salon of a theatre
  • Nantoux, France

    Sheep in the vineyards of French winemaker Boris Champy, the sheep help this biodynamic estate enrich the soil naturally and limit its carbon footprint

    A yew and lambs in a french vineyard
  • Isle of Arran, UK

    A wildfire on the Scottish island. Fire services are calling on people to act responsibly after an ‘extreme’ wildfire warning was issued for the whole of Scotland

    A wildfire on the Scottish island of Arran
  • Dover, UK

    Lorries queue along the A20 as the Tap traffic management system is deployed as holiday and freight traffic head for the port

    A snaking line of lorries on a motorway
  • Bradford, UK

    Children explore the ancestry in the stars exhibit that forms part of You:Matter, after the cutting-edge experience opened at the National Science and Media Museum. Created by the renowned artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast, the installation uses cutting-edge immersive technology to take visitors on a journey exploring the connections between our bodies, the planet, and the wider universe

    Children are silhouetted as they play by a huge projected close-up of the sun’s surface
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