The Guardian’s picture editors have selected photographs from around the world, capturing moments from sunrise on Cullercoats beach in North Tyneside to a prize-winning guinea pig in Taupō, New Zealand.
Festivals and traditions
In Purulia, India, women prayed during the Karam Puja harvest festival, dedicated to the Karam tree. In Anguiano, Spain, a person on stilts took part in the festival of the Anguiano Dancers, who walk down a slope on stilts to worship the town’s patron, Mary Magdalene.
In Zibo, China, folk artists performed traditional fire arts to mark the traditional mid-autumn festival.
Weather and conflict
In Bangkok, Thailand, a child was transported through a flooded area during heavy rain. In Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, a local resident showed drone debris at the scene of a Russian attack on a residential area.
Sport and entertainment
Ethiopia’s Guye Adola celebrated on the podium after winning the men’s elite race at the Berlin Marathon. In Hartford, Connecticut, Olivia Rodrigo performed during the Unraveled Tour at People’s Bank Arena.
Community and nature
In Portadown, Northern Ireland, people gathered at the Garvaghy Road, a Catholic enclave in the largely Protestant town, on the day members of the Protestant Orange Order were expected to march through the area as they took part in the annual Drumcree parade.
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, activists displayed a giant inflatable of the president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the Vidigal favela ahead of Brazil’s general elections. In Velzen-Noord, the Netherlands, visitors took a bus ride at Tata Steel during the national Neighbours’ Day, receiving information about the steel producer’s working methods during the open day.
The full harvest moon was obscured by clouds as it rose in the evening sky from behind St Michael’s Tower on Glastonbury Tor in the UK.
