A double hat and a Tbilisi monument: photos of the day
Tudor Lakatos, who goes by the stage name Elvis Rromano, gets ready for his performance with the Taraful Frunzelor band. Photograph: Vadim Ghirdă/AP
People take part in a tribute to artist Frida Kahlo with 24 Mexican dancers and a 10-piece mariachi band to mark the launch of Billingham international folklore festival of world dance, which celebrating its 60th anniversary year. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
A stranded stray dog stands on the roof of a submerged house along the banks of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh after heavy monsoon rains Photograph: Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP
A western pygmy marmoset at an enclosure in the city's zoo. The pygmy marmoset ( Callithrix pygmaea ), which is found in the northwestern Amazon rainforest, is the world's smallest higher primate and can leap as far as five metres. Photograph: Slávek Růta/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Stuffed toys are displayed below a balloon game at the Ventura county fair. The fair is held each August at Seaside Park and includes an agricultural show, carnival rides, food booths, and nightly concerts. Photograph: Allison Dinner/EPA
Smoke rises from a wildfire in the Aude prefecture just north or the Spanish border. Almost 2,000 firefighters are tackling the fire, which tore through an area the size of Paris overnight. Photograph: Olivier Chassignole/AFP/Getty Images
People visit the Chronicles of Georgia, a monument consisting of 16 massive columns on Keeni Hill. Designed by the Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli, construction of the monument began in 1985. The upper sections of the columns depict kings, queens, and national heroes from Georgian history. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
A student takes part in a Hiroshima Day peace rally to mark the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the city. Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA
Rafael Lisboa of Portugal in action during a basketball match against Spain at the José María Martín Carpena sporting arena. Photograph: Joaquin Corchero/AFP7/Shutterstock
Naghma al-Aidi, a four-year-old Palestinian girl is cuddled by her mother as they shelter in a tent at the Nuseirat refugee camp. Children and elderly people are the most vulnerable as Gaza famine deepens, experts warn as aid agencies and others report evidence of worsening starvation, particularly among the under-fives. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
A view of anti-drone nets installed over a road in the frontline town in the Donetsk region as the the US envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin hold talks in Moscow Photograph: Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters
A Karen elephant keeper plays with a calf at the Elephant Freedom Village. Karen elephant keepers work to preserve traditional hill tribe methods of human coexistence with animals. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
An officer of Penitentiary N13 looks outside as supporters of the banned pro-Russia Șor party stage a protest opposite the prison. On Tuesday, a Moldovan court sentenced the leader of the autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for funnelling Russian funds to the party between 2019 and 2022 Photograph: Dumitru Doru/EPA
The Glen Rosa, a car and passenger ferry, is inspected at a dry dock operated by the ship repair and maintenance company Dales Marine. Delivery of the vessel has been put back until next April to June, nearly eight years after it was originally due Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA
A girl drinks water from a hand pump at in a district of Badakhshan province. Afghanistan, is facing its fourth drought in five years Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
An person arrived for the Anne Sofie Madsen show during the city's fashion week
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