86 Beams of Light and ICE Out Protest: Photos of the Day – Wednesday
86 Beams of Light and ICE Out Protest: Photos of the Day

Nice, France: 86 Beams of Light Mark Terror Attack Anniversary

People gathered in Nice to mark the 10th anniversary of the terror attack as 86 beams of light representing the 86 people killed filled the sky. More than 450 others were injured when a lorry was deliberately driven into crowds celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in 2016.

Rome, Italy: Greenpeace Protests with Ice Statues

Greenpeace activists placed ice statues depicting a farmer and a builder in front of the Colosseum during a protest to highlight the effects of global heating on vulnerable workers.

London, UK: Starmer Attends Final PMQs

The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, left Downing Street to attend his final Prime Minister's Questions before he stands down as Labour party leader.

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La Línea de la Concepción, Spain: Passport-Free Travel Begins

British and Spanish nationals celebrated passport-free travel after a new EU-UK treaty came into effect at the land border crossing between Gibraltar and Spain.

Rongcheng, China: Typhoon Bavi Aftermath

Fishers returned to their boats at Ailun Bay Marine Ranch after Typhoon Bavi, one of the worst storms to hit China in a decade, which caused deaths and widespread damage.

Johannesburg, South Africa: Repatriation of Malawians

Malawian nationals carried their belongings as they lined up to board a bus before repatriation after a wave of often violent anti-immigration protests and campaigns across the country.

Nairobi, Kenya: Rastafarian Cannabis Petition Dismissed

A member of the Nyahbingh Order, one of the oldest Rastafarian subgroups, smoked after the high court dismissed a petition by the Rastafari Society of Kenya calling for the legalisation of cannabis.

New York, US: ICE Out Protest

Protesters attended the ICE Out: Justice for Lorenzo and Johan demonstration in Foley Square, calling for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to be abolished after the fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.

Catia La Mar, Venezuela: Earthquake Rescue Efforts

Rescuers and volunteers worked at a collapsed building after last month's twin earthquakes, which killed more than 4,700 people.

Sloviansk, Ukraine: Evacuation from Shelling

A woman and her two-year-old daughter were evacuated by the White Angels, a unit of the police specialised in evacuation and rescue, because their home was in one of the districts most heavily shelled by Russian forces.

Gaza City, Gaza: Mourning After Airstrike

Mourners grieved after two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced people in the Sheikh Ijlin area. More than 1,100 people in Gaza have been killed since a US-brokered October ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was agreed.

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