A nocturnal dip and Dame Edna’s auction: photos of the day – Friday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Guardian Pictures

Main image: A staff member of Christie's holds a cartoon drawing against a backdrop of Barry Humphries and Dame Edna, during a preview of Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection in London. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

  • London, UK

    Members of staff adjust dresses during Christie’s auction preview of Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection
    people adjust the bright frocks worn by mannequins

  • New York, US

    Coco Rocha on the runway at the Christian Siriano show at New York fashion week
    A model wears a scarlet dress

  • Hong Kong, China

    A woman makes her way along a street market
    A woman at a street market in Hong Kong

  • Hong Kong, China

    A promotional cutout of the actor Loong Koon-tin as Donald Trump in the satirical play Trump: the Twins President
    A cardboard cutout of actor Loong Koon-tin as Donald Trump in a shopping mall

  • Nice, France

    A sculptor carves a depiction of the environmental activist Paul Watson that will be paraded at a carnival in the city
    A sculptor chips away at the large model head

  • Aleppo, Syria

    Abu Zakkour poses with a yellow car, having decided to wear only yellow clothes for 42 years. Zakkur has chosen yellow for every item, he says, to spread joy, happiness and love
    Abu Zakkour, wearing all yellow, poses with a yellow car

  • Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    A group of prospective police recruits, ready to be enrolled in the M23-controlled force, salute in the courtyard of a police station
    A group of men salute beside a police van

  • London UK

    Grenfell Tower stands in the background as people wait for a train at Latimer Road station. Families of the 72 Grenfell Tower fire victims have been told that the structure where their loved ones perished will be demolished
    Grenfell Tower stands in the background as a train pulls in to Latimer Road station

  • Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

    National Guard personnel confiscate a ladder that was used by people trying to cross the border wall with the US
    silhouetted guards lift a ladder from the ground

  • Mbao, Senegal

    A man drives his horse cart ahead of a memorial ceremony to remember people who lost their lives at sea. The beach is one of the departure points for the thousands of Africans who attempt to reach Europe via the Canary Islands.
    A man drives his horse cart along the beach

  • Jabalia, Gaza

    Displaced Palestinians walk amid the destruction of the northern Gaza Strip
    People walk along a road surrounded by ruined buildings

  • Ein Bokek, Israel

    Runners in action at the starting point of the 6th Dead Sea marathon near the border between Israel and Jordan
    A mass of runners along a causeway in the Dead Sea

  • Sydney, Australia

    The USA SailGP team’s F50 catamaran is recovered by a support crew after it capsized during a training session
    A catamaran is listing sideways in the water

  • Gdansk, Poland

    Donald Tusk, the Polish prime minister, and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, view the permanent exhibition at the European Solidarity Centre
    Donald Tusk and Ursula von der Leyen view an interactive artwork of the word Solidarność

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    People gather at Arpoador beach to cool off on a sultry summer night
    a wide view of a crowded beach at night

  • Pokhara, Nepal

    Gurkhas stand to attention for a parade at the end of the highly competitive selection process where young Nepalis will formally join the British army
    Gurkhas stand to attention for a parade

  • Bengaluru, India

    Workers at the agritech startup Niqo Robotics ride a tractor fitted with an AI-powered spot sprayer
    A crop sprayer working in the fields under palm trees

  • Alpuente, Spain

    The peloton of the 76th Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana cycle race pass through signs of spring
    Cyclists pass through tree blossom

  • Harbin, China

    Performers take part in the opening ceremony of the Asian Winter Games
    Performers in purple outfits spin around

  • Quito, Ecuador

    President Daniel Noboa campaigns with National Democratic Action for the general election
    Daniel Noboa on top of a bus greets supporters

  • Los Angeles, US

    Janelle Monáe speaks at the 27th Costume Designers Guild awards
    Janelle Monáe in an elaborate outfit

  • İzmir, Turkey

    A flamingo spreads its wings during a winter feeding session
    A flamingo stretches its neck and wings on a lake
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