Photos of the day

Pink flamingos and a firefighters’ protest: photos of the day – Wednesday

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

Hong Kong, China

A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai arrives at the West Kowloon magistrates court, where the founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was set to take the witness stand for the first time in his national security collusion trial

Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Catarroja, Spain

A resident walks past piled-up vehicles destroyed by the floods in the Valencia region triggered by the Dana weather phenomenon that hit the east of the country on 29 October, killing at least 227 people with 11 still missing

Photograph: Kai Forsterling/EPA

Ollague, Chile

Pink flamingos feed at Ascotán salt flat, where the Orestias ascotanensis fish live in extreme conditions in the Andean highlands

Photograph: Iván Alvarado/Reuters

Lahore, Pakistan

Children make their way to school by crossing a railway track amid thick smog in the capital

Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images

North Tyneside, UK

Overnight snow covers Cullercoats Bay. Heavy snowfall and ice affected parts of the UK, causing widespread travel disruption, with the Met Office advising that vehicles could be stranded, power cuts may occur and rural areas could be cut off

Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

Avignon, France

Gisele Pelicot arrives at the courthouse as the trial continues of her ex-husband, Dominique Pelicot, who is accused of drugging her for nearly 10 years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home

Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images

Llangollen, UK

A canal boat passing over the Pontcysyllte aqueduct after snowfall. The Met Office has issued further severe weather warnings across Scotland, the north-east of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as arctic air brings a second consecutive day of snow and ice

Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA

Rovaniemi, Finland

A projectile – seen as a dark streak – is fired from a British army howitzer during a training exercise in the Arctic Circle

Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Wertach, Germany

The wintery weather of southern Bavaria fails to deter a cyclist from going out on a ride

Photograph: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AP

London, UK

Frost sits on foliage in the early morning after a cold night on Hampstead Heath

Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian

Binan, the Philippines

Residents walk over a wooden footbridge in Dela Paz village, which is still flooded after the Tropical Storm Trami hit a month ago in Laguna province. Storm-weary communities in the Philippines are beginning to rebuild after the Super Typhoon Man-yi and five other storms in the past month devastated homes, displaced hundreds of thousands of people and killed more than 160

Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Kyriat Shmona, Israel

Local people inspect the damage to a building hit by a rocket launched from southern Lebanon. The Israeli army reports that sirens sounded in the upper Galilee, northern Israel, as several projectiles were identified crossing the border

Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA

Khan Younis, Gaza

A huge crowd queues outside a bakery for fresh bread in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. After more than a year of relentless war with Israel, almost all of Gaza’s population have been displaced at least once, the UN says

Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Somali refugee women at a protest call for better treatment and respect of their rights outside the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) office

Photograph: Fazry Ismail/EPA

Texas, US

SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is launched on its sixth test at the company’s Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville

Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters

Athens, Greece

A firefighter demonstrates with his children during a 24-hour nationwide strike organised by GSEE and ADEDY unions to protest against squeezed living standards and demand higher wages. The Greek General Confederation of Labour said the strike was a ‘riposte to the government’s refusal to take measures to guarantee a decent life for workers’

Photograph: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lionel Messi fights for the ball with Peru’s forward Álex Valera and defender Luis Advíncula during the 2026 Fifa World Cup South American qualifier between Argentina and Peru at the La Bombonera stadium

Photograph: Alejandro Pagni/AFP/Getty Images