Photos of the day

Pumpkins, powder protests and Paris fashion: photos of the day – Wednesday

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

Quito, Ecuador

A courier rides away from a wildfire. The city has been hit by the worst drought in six decades and forest fires that have affected about 40,000 hectares

Photograph: Karen Toro/Reuters

Barcelona, Spain

Demonstrators throw coloured powder at riot police during a protest about the housing crisis

Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images

New York, US

Police officers arrest a man during a Flood Manhattan for Lebanon protest. The demonstration follows Israeli airstrikes that killed at least 558 people on 23 September, according to the Lebanese health ministry

Photograph: Paul Frangipane/AFP/Getty Images

Srinagar, India

A soldier stands guard as women queue to vote at a polling station during the second phase of assembly elections in the Kashmir district

Photograph: Yawar Nazir/Getty Images

Nouméa, New Caledonia

People dive from a platform into the sea at sunset

Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images

Wraxall, UK

Staff at Noah’s Ark zoo farm harvesting 10,000 pumpkins that have been sustainably grown using elephant and rhino dung as fertiliser

Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Mumbai, India

A mural painted on a wall. The city is renowned for its colourful street art

Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images

Paris, France

A model wearing a Germanier creation walks the runway at Paris fashion week

Photograph: Julien de Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

Helsinki, Finland

Red paint stains pillars at Parliament House after a climate protest against state-owned peat mines

Photograph: Emmi Korhonen/Reuters

Pokrovsk, Ukraine

A woman walks past a destroyed building. Russian forces have intensified their efforts to capture the mining city

Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images

Kfar Rouman, Lebanon

A smoke plume rises as Israeli airstrikes bombard the southern village

Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP