Traffic chaos, shark fishing and Typhoon Matmo: photos of the day – Wednesday

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  • Thai Nguyen, Vietnam

    Soldiers deliver relief in the aftermath of Typhoon Matmo

    Soldiers and beneficiaries stand in knee-deep water around a boat carrying supplies on an urban street
  • That Khe, Vietnam

    A village flooded by rains brought on by Typhoon Matmo

    An aerial shot of a cluster of houses surrounded on all sides by muddy floodwater
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    Young cadets sing the national anthem before their class

    Young boys in military uniform stand beside their desks in a classroom and sing with their hands on their hearts
  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    A protester takes part in a rally to demand the government revoke permission for the private development of Pari Island, which they say would threaten the marine ecosystem and worsen the climate crisis

    A man waving a skull-and-crossbones flag in front of a huge yellow banner
  • Chuzhou, China

    Drivers merge on to a motorway after passing through a toll station as they make their way home at the end of a national holiday

    A aerial night shot of the brake lights of dozens of lanes of cars caught in a traffic jam
  • London, England

    Sleeping Head by Lucian Freud on display at Christie’s auction house, where it is expected to fetch between £2m and £3m

    A spotlight in a darkened room falls on a painting held by a woman in a white shirt and wearing white gloves in the shadows
  • Mumbai, India

    Keir Starmer visits a Premier League youth training facility

    Keir Starmer laughs, surrounded by boys in yellow shirts with their arms in the air
  • Lombok, Indonesia

    Workers carry a recently caught shark to Tanjung Luar port, where the fishing industry has to balance vital conservation with the economic needs of coastal communities

    Two men carry a bamboo pole on their shoulders with a large gutted shark hanging from it
  • Taipei, Taiwan

    Helicopters display the country’s flag during a rehearsal for National Day celebrations

    Four helicopters, two of them trailing huge Taiwanese flags, fly over a city skyline
  • Antananarivo, Madagascar

    Volunteer medics carry a protester injured during clashes with security forces at a demonstration calling for constitutional reform

    A group of medics carry a man who has had a drip fitted along a street
  • Paris, France

    The Socialist leader Olivier Faure (centre) and the president of the party’s group in the senate, Patrick Kanner (centre right), talk to the media after meeting the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu

    Two men surrounded by journalists and microphone booms give a press conference in a street
  • Brasilia, Brazil

    Supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro protest to demand an amnesty for those convicted over riots that took place when he lost office in 2023

    A close-up shot of a woman in a red beret with half of her face painted with the Brazilian flag with other protesters in the background
  • Quito, Ecuador

    Riot police contain an anti-government protest in support of a national strike called by the country’s largest indigenous organisation

    A woman holds up a hand in front of a row of police officers in hi-vis riot gear
  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip

    A woman cradles her emaciated son

    A woman cradles her emaciated son
  • Gaza Strip

    Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike, as seen from southern Israel

    Huge clouds of grey smoke rise behind residential buildings, some of which are damaged
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