Photos of the day

Fires, floods and Christmas lights: photos of the day - Friday

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

Orange, Australia

An aerial view of a section of the northern tailings dam wall, which collapsed in 2018, at the Cadia goldmine in New South Wales. Nearby residents are concerned about potential contamination from mining operations. Many have reported health issues and elevated levels of heavy metals in their bodies, which they believe stem from dust and water contamination linked to the mine

Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Niort, France

A worker prepares to remove road signs left by French farmers overnight on the gate of the Deux-Sèvres department. French farmers returned all road signs they removed during an action to express their concerns in the face of an alarming agricultural situation

Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

Tokyo, Japan

Isabelle Martins and Ryan Bedard of the US perform during the ice dance-rhythm dance event at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA

Gennevilliers, France

An adopter carries their kitten in a pet carrier at the new shelter of the French Society for the Protection of Animals, in the northern outskirts of Paris. With its 17,000m² of land, including 2,000m² of buildings, the new site is three times larger than the old one - located just over a kilometre away - from which the animals were transferred at the end of October

Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

West Bekaa, Lebanon

Rabab al-Hajj Youssef, 29, plays with a child at a shelter for displaced people, where Relief International staff are providing healthcare and wellbeing services

Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters

Buguey, Philippines

An Indigenous Aeta tribe member carries a box of relief goods through flood waters in the typhoon-hit town in Cagayan province. Thousands of villagers fled their homes as Typhoon Yinxing made landfall in the Philippines bringing strong winds and intense rainfall across the northern part of the country

Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA

Paiporta, Spain

A cleaning operation is under way after devastating floods in Valencia and neighbouring areas. The search continues for missing people, as support workers provide supplies and care for the victims after the high-altitude isolated depression weather phenomenon hit the east of the country on 29 October

Photograph: Robert Bonet/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Samburu, Kenya

People wearing traditional clothing and jewellery dance in the Cultural Festival of the Maa community. The tribes living in the Samburu region of northern Kenya among the few to keep their traditions alive. One of the most important parts of the Samburu tribe’s survival is their livestock, which includes cattle, sheep, goats and camels

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Moorpark, US

A crew battles the mountain fire in California. The cause is under investigation and is affecting nearly 6,000 hectares, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Photograph: Allison Dinner/EPA

Windsor, UK

Members of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, march away after performing a guard of honour for Jordan’s King Abdallah II, during a ceremonial welcome by King Charles III at Windsor Castle

Photograph: Andrew Matthews/AFP/Getty Images

Alfafar, Spain

Flood-damaged vehicles are gathered on a plot after being removed from the streets, in the aftermath of deadly floods in Valencia

Photograph: César Manso/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi, India

Devotees offer prayers as they take a dip in the River Yamuna to celebrate Chhath Puja, a festival marked by north Indians, in particular the Purvanchali community. It involves rituals performed in the Yamuna River, which has been polluted with untreated sewage and industrial waste, leading to toxic foam on its surface. The pollution levels increase during this time owing to the festivities and the aftermath of Diwali celebrations, raising serious health concerns for devotees, who immerse themselves in the contaminated waters

Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Rescuers work at a site of a block of flats hit by a Russian airstrike

Photograph: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters

London, UK

‘The Spirit of Christmas’ festive lights illuminate Regent Street and Carnaby Street

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images