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High tides and a Versailles fancy dress ball: Tuesday’s best photos – The Guardian

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  • Kharkiv, Ukraine

    Residents live in a subway station still used as temporary shelter. Kharkiv subway resumed service on Tuesday morning after being closed for more than two months during the Russian attempt to capture the city

  • Pretoria, South Africa

    Striking miners protest for higher wages at the Union Buildings as the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, meets the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on a one-day visit to the country

    Pretoria, South Africa. Striking miners protest for higher wages at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria as the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, meets the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on a one-day visit to the country

  • Semarang, Indonesia

    Workers push their motorbikes through water at the flooded Tanjung Emas container port terminal area in Central Java province, after high tides and broken seawalls

    Semarang, Indonesia. Workers push their motorbikes through water at the flooded Tanjung Emas container port terminal area in Central Java province, after high tides and broken seawalls

  • Nusa Dua, Indonesia

    Students take part in an earthquake and tsunami evacuation drill during an event marking the United Nations global platform for disaster risk reduction, in Bali

    Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Students take part in an earthquake and tsunami evacuation drill during an event marking the United Nations global platform for disaster risk reduction, in Bali

  • Iranduba, Brazil

    Edileuza Pereira da Silva carries a plate of fish for cooking outside her home, flooded by the rise of the Negro river in Amazonas state. The Amazon region is being hit hard by flooding, with 35 municipalities facing their worst floods in years, and the water level is expected to rise over the coming months

    Iranduba, Brazil. Edileuza Pereira da Silva carries a plate of fish for cooking outside her home, flooded by the rise of the Negro river in Amazonas state. The Amazon region is being hit hard by flooding, with 35 municipalities facing their worst floods in years, and the water level is expected to rise over the coming months

  • Tokyo, Japan

    Demonstrators protest against the Quad Summit. The US president, Joe Biden, has arrived in Japan after his visit to South Korea, part of a tour of Asia aimed at reassuring allies in the region. Biden will also take part in the Quad leaders’ summit during his visit

    Tokyo, Japan. Demonstrators protest against the Quad Summit. The US president, Joe Biden, has arrived in Japan after his visit to South Korea, part of a tour of Asia aimed at reassuring allies in the region. Biden will also take part in the Quad leaders’ summit during his visit

  • Tehran, Iran

    Mourners hold posters of Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, a revolutionary guard who was killed on Sunday, at his funeral ceremony. Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, vowed revenge for the killing of Khodaei, who was shot in his car by two assailants outside his home

    Tehran, Iran. Mourners hold posters of Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, a revolutionary guard who was killed on Sunday, at his funeral ceremony. Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, vowed revenge for the killing of Khodaei, who was shot in his car by two assailants outside his home

  • London, England

    Activists affiliated with Extinction Rebellion demonstrate outside Methodist Central Hall, where Shell was scheduled to hold an annual general meeting

    London, England. Activists affiliated with Extinction Rebellion demonstrate outside Methodist Central Hall, where Shell was scheduled to hold an annual general meeting

  • London, England

    The foreign secretary, Liz Truss, arrives in Downing Street for a cabinet meeting

    London, England. The foreign secretary, Liz Truss, arrives in Downing Street for a cabinet meeting

  • London, England

    Samba dancers outside Woolwich station celebrate the opening of the Elizabeth Line

    London, England. Samba dancers outside Woolwich station celebrate the opening of the Elizabeth Line

  • Versailles, France

    Guests wearing baroque-style costumes walk in the Hall of Mirrors at the Château de Versailles palace during the Fetes Galantes fancy dress evening. The theme was the royal wedding of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. The annual ball aims to recreate the baroque splendour of the dazzling court feasts held to show off the wealth and power of France’s longest-reigning monarch. For tickets costing more than €500, guests can wander through the private apartments of the chateau

    Versailles, France. Guests wearing baroque-style costumes walk in the Hall of Mirrors at the Château de Versailles palace during the Fetes Galantes fancy dress evening. The theme was the royal wedding of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. The annual ball aims to recreate the baroque splendour of the dazzling court feasts held to show off the wealth and power of France’s longest-reigning monarch. For tickets costing more than €500, guests can wander through the private apartments of the chateau

  • Annapolis, US

    Naval academy plebes complete the Herndon Monument Climb in Maryland. The climb is the traditional end to plebe year at the naval academy and the plebes must build a human pyramid to scale the monument, replacing the ‘Dixie cup’ hat with an upperclassman’s hat

    Annapolis, US Naval Academy plebes react after completing the Herndon Monument Climb in Maryland. The Climb is the traditional end to plebe year at the Naval Academy and the plebes must build a human pyramid to scale the monument, replacing the ‘Dixie cup’ hat with an upperclassman’s hat

  • Blaustein, Germany

    A wrecked bus stands at the railway track after a collision with a train near Ulm. Several people were injured when the bus collided with the train at a railroad crossing in southern Germany

    Blaustein, Germany A wrecked bus stands at the railway track after a collision with a train near Ulm. Several people were injured when the bus collided with the train at a railroad crossing in southern Germany

  • London, England

    George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic perform during the One Nation Under a Groove farewell tour, at O2 Forum Kentish Town

    London, EnglandGeorge Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic perform during the One Nation Under a Groove farewell tour, at O2 Forum Kentish Town

  • Cannes, France

    The US actor Kristen Stewart poses during a photocall for the film Crimes Of the Future at the 75th edition of the Cannes film festival

    Cannes, France. The US actor Kristen Stewart poses during a photocall for the film Crimes Of the Future at the 75th edition of the Cannes film festival

  • Sumatra, Indonesia

    A mother Sumatran orangutan with her baby at the Mount Leuser national park. The Sumatran orangutans, one of the rarest mammals and protected by Indonesian wildlife laws since 1931, encounter various human-induced environmental problems, including deforestation, threatening their existence

    Sumatra, Indonesia. A mother Sumatran orangutan with her baby at the Mount Leuser national park. The Sumatran orangutans, one of the rarest mammals and protected by Indonesian wildlife laws since 1931, encounter various human-induced environmental problems, including deforestation, threatening their existence

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