The longest breath holder and a Virginia creeper: photos of the day – Thursday

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  • London, UK

    Tobizaru throws salt before his match against Shonannoumi during day one of the Grand Sumo tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in England. This is the first time since a 1991 event at the Royal Albert Hall that an official five-day Basho tournament has taken place outside Japan. The tournament will host the most accomplished and elite sumos, including those of the top rank of Yokozuna

    A sumo wrestler throws salt in the air
  • Gaza City

    Children sit on the steps of a destroyed school that served as a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians at the Bureij refugee camp. The destruction left behind by the Israeli army became visible after its withdrawal from Gaza City following the ceasefire agreement

    Children sit on some steps in a destroyed building
  • Banda Aceh, Indonesia

    A vet prepares to give a cat a rabies vaccine during a free vaccination programme held by the Aceh Quarantine Center Laboratory as a part of a campaign on preventive measures against the spread of the disease

    A cat sits on a table while a person in pink surgical gloves prepares a needle
  • Gaza City

    Palestinians return to the destroyed Sheikh Ridwan and Abu Iskandar neighbourhoods after the Israeli army’s withdrawal from Gaza City. Palestinians searched through the rubble of their houses to recover what was left of their possessions

    People in a destroyed, rubble-strewn street
  • London, UK

    A pedestrian passes the colourful autumn display of Virginia creeper that covers the wall of the Admiralty Citadel, a former second world war fortress in Horse Guards Parade

    A pedestrian walks by a wall of red autumn leaves
  • Carcassonne, France

    Farmers and winegrowers protest against a tax on undeveloped land in front of the area’s tax office

    A man walks by a fire in the street
  • New Delhi, India

    A peacock watches on as Tom Vaillant of France hits a shot during the DP World Tour Championship golf tournament

    A peacock stands on the grass watching on as a golfer hits a shot on a golf course
  • Lahore, Pakistan

    Workers spray water from an anti-smog gun to reduce pollution

    A truck sprays water into the air on a busy street
  • Paris, France

    An exclusive presentation at Drouot auction house of an oil painting entitled ‘The Child and his Toys’, a major piece by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

    Gloved hands hold up a framed oil painting of a mother and child playing with toys
  • Rijeka, Croatia

    Croatian freediver Vitomir Maricic, 40, relaxes underwater during a training session. Maricic went beyond what seemed possible for a human body by holding his breath for an astonishing 29 minutes and three seconds under water

    A man in a wetsuit sits cross-legged underwater near the bottom of a swimming pool
  • Colombo, Sri Lanka

    A damselfly (Libellago lineata) in a garden

    A damselfly insect on a leaf
  • Arrecife, Spain

    Migrants wrapped in blankets arrive on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. Spanish authorities rescued a boat carrying about 55 people, including 11 women and two children. Two other people are missing after jumping into the sea to reach the merchant vessel that located the boat and alerted the authorities

    People wrapped in red blankets stand in a line
  • New York, US

    Doutzen Kroes on the runway for the Victoria’s Secret fashion show 2025

    A model poses on a runway at a fashion show
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh

    A worker transports sacks of discarded plastic bags near the Buriganga River

    A man carrying a huge plastic sack on his head, and surrounded by plastic rubbish
  • Lima, Peru

    A demonstrator falls to the ground during a protest against rising crime, economic insecurity and corruption, a day after President Jose Jeri presented his cabinet

    A demonstrator falls to the ground amid smoke
  • Pokrovsk, Ukraine

    Artillerymen of the 152nd Separate Jaeger Brigade unload shells for an M114 self-propelled howitzer near the frontline town in Donetsk region

    Two soldiers handle missile shells in the dark
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