Shetland Vikings and a mega-prison: photos of the day – Tuesday

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  • Gaza Strip

    Displaced Palestinians return to their homes from southern regions via Salah al-Din road after the ceasefire agreement

    A family crammed into a car with their belongings, with more piled on the roof. The car has no windscreen
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

    Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against conscription

    Protesters being tackled to the ground by police officers
  • Kharkiv, Ukraine

    Rescuers of the State Emergency Service work to extinguish a fire in a building after a drone strike

    A building on fire at night, with rubble in the car park in the foreground
  • Barcelona, Spain

    Protesters clash with local police during a protest against the eviction of a building known as L’Antiga Escola Massana (Old Massana School). The building has been occupied by squatters since 2020

    A man with his face squashed against a transparent riot shield being pushed into him by a police officer
  • Altadena, US

    Volunteers from the humanitarian aid organisation Samaritan’s Purse sift through debris from homes razed by the Eaton Fire to help salvage and recover property in California

    Volunteers in white crime scene suits and face masks sifting through debris
  • Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir

    Muslims raise their arms as a cleric displays a holy relic, believed to be a hair from the Prophet Muhammad’s beard, during Miraj-ul-Alam celebrations at the Hazratbal shrine

    Crowds of people, with those at the front raising their arms
  • Prayagraj, India

    Hindus arrive for a holy dip at Triveni Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on the eve of the Mauni Amavasya, or new moon day, during the Kumbh Mela festival

    Overhead shot of thousands of people, with trees either side
  • Havana, Cuba

    Soldiers march with torches to mark the 172nd anniversary of the birth of the national independence hero José Martí

    Soldiers marching at night with torches made of tin cans on sticks
  • Tecoluca, El Salvador

    Inmates in a cell at the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) mega-prison, where hundreds of members of the MS-13 and 18 street gangs are being held. The CECOT, the largest prison in Latin America and emblem of the war against gangs of the government of President Nayib Bukele, was inaugurated two years ago on Saturday

    Dozens of men with shaved heads sit looking at the camera from bunk beds that look like metal shelving units, stacked four high
  • Washington DC, US

    President Trump pumps his fist as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House

    President Trump pumps his fist as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House
  • Belem, Brazil

    Indigenous people from the Amazonian state of Para gather in an event at the headquarters of the Para state education secretariat. Hundreds have continued the protests that began two weeks ago, seeking to guarantee the right to education for Indigenous peoples

    An Indigenous man speaks into a microphone in an office room, as others look on
  • Paris, France

    A model presents a creation by Matthieu Blazy for Chanel’s spring/summer 2025 haute couture collection during Paris fashion week

    A woman in a short purple dress and flowing cape walks on the catwalk
  • Paris, France

    Visitors take photographs on their phones of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa, at the Louvre museum

    Crowds of people take photographs on their phones of the Mona Lisa painting
  • Lerwick, Shetland Islands

    Members of the Up Helly Aa festival’s ‘Jarl Squad’ pose with a replica Viking longship after the morning parade in Lerwick. Up Helly Aa dates back to the 1880s and celebrates Viking culture and the heritage of the Shetland Islands

    About 60 people dressed as Vikings pose with a replica Viking longship on the coast
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