Mantras, meanders and mud: photos of the day
Shipping containers at the Port Jersey container terminal form a block of colour against the Manhattan skyline Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images
The actor Julia Fox attends this year's Fashion Trust US awards Photograph: Frazer Harrison/WireImage
Supporters of Julia Chuñir Catricura, known as Mapuche, protest against the disappearance of the 72-year-old Indigenous human rights activist in what her family say were suspicious circumstances Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Indigenous people march during the annual Free Earth camp, where they discuss rights, territorial protection and their role in the Cop30 climate summit, which will take place for the first time in the Amazon this year Photograph: Eraldo Peres/AP
Police block crowds trying to reach the US embassy during a rally marking the Day of Valor, which honours Filipino service men and women who gave their lives, in opposition to the annual Balikatan joint military exercises set to be held this month Photograph: Rolex dela Peña/EPA
Members of the guard of honor prepare for a welcome ceremony for Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez at the Presidential Palace Photograph: Luong Thai Linh/EPA
Devotees from the Jain community take part in a mass recitation of a mantra on Vishwa Navkar Mahamantra Day Photograph: Uma Shankar Mishra/AFP/Getty Images
Amid the polluted waters of the Buriganga River at Sadarghat in Old Dhaka, boatmen navigate small wooden boats, ferrying passengers past many of other anchored boats Photograph: Syed Mahabubul Kader/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
Young boys play in dry mud to cool themselves along the banks of the Yamuna River on a hot summer day in New Delhi Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images
Ukrainian servicemen fire a mobile MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) on the front line Photograph: Andriy Andriyenko/65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces/AFP/Getty Images
Palestinian rescuers check the site of an Israeli bombardment on a building in Gaza City's Shujaiyya neighbourhood while smoke from another strike billows in the background. The Israeli military said it targeted a senior Hamas militant, in a strike that Gaza's civil defence agency said hit a residential building, killing at least 20 people Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
An aerial view of the meanders of the Sakarya River located at the Karagol Plateau. The river originates in Central Anatolia and reaches the Black Sea Photograph: Seyit Konyali/Anadolu/Getty Images
Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ed Davey, visits Gloucester Ski and Snowboarding Centre
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
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