Photos of the day

A monkey festival and stormy seas: photos of the weekend

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

by · the Guardian

Folkestone, England

Waves crash over the harbour wall during Storm Bert

Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Reuters

Rome, Italy

Demonstrators wear scarves over their faces with the words ‘Not one less’ as they take part in a rally before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP

Baku, Azerbaijan

Mohamed Adow, director of the thinktank Power Shift Africa, speaks to the media during the Cop29 UN climate summit

Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Kyiv, Ukraine

People place candles at the National Museum in Kyiv to commemorate the Holodomor genocide

Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA

Nairobi, Kenya

People take part in the colour festival, which celebrates unity, diversity and inclusivity

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan

Fuel station workers play cricket on a deserted road blocked with shipping containers, before a protest by supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party

Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

Beirut, Lebanon

A man covered in dust after being rescued from the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood

Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Manila, Philippines

People carry their belongings on a makeshift raft after a fire ripped through hundreds of houses in a slum area

Photograph: Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

The Vatican

Carabinieri walk in St Peter’s Square

Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

Mulhouse, France

A child rides on a carousel at a Christmas market

Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images

Rongshui Miao autonomous county, China

People in traditional costumes participate in the Lusheng folk musical festival

Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Vista Alegre do Alto, Brazil

A hummingbird feeds on lavender flowers

Photograph: Zuma Press /Alamy

Lopburi province, Thailand

Monkeys eat fruit and vegetables during an annual monkey festival

Photograph: Patipat Janthong/Reuters