Masked dancers and the world’s oldest llama – the weekend’s best photos – The Guardian

January 29, 2023

Albuquerque, US

Dr Kee Straits with her llama, called Dalai, who at 27 years old has been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the oldest llama living in captivity

Photograph: Albuquerque Journal/REX/Shutterstock
Yanomami indigenous territory, Brazil

An aerial view of the Mucajai river. Cases of malnutrition and malaria in the region have increased dramatically in recent weeks, prompting the government to declare a health emergency

Photograph: Michael Dantas/AFP/Getty Images
Rawalpindi, Pakistan

A market labourer secure plastic drums to his cart

Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images
Raqqa, Syria

Kurdish security forces search homes during a raid against suspected Islamic State fighters in the group’s former de facto capital

Photograph: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images
Los Angeles, US

Participants in a beauty contest set off firecrackers during the 124th annual Golden Dragon lunar new year parade

Photograph: Aude Guerrucci/Reuters
Los Angeles, US

Lizzie, William and Kathy take part in the lunar new year parade

Photograph: Aude Guerrucci/Reuters
Christchurch, New Zealand

A newly hatched Monarch butterfly caterpillar eats its eggshell at a breeding facility

Photograph: Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
Lima, Peru

People take part in a protest to demand that the country’s president, Dina Boluarte, step down

Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Residents look on at a crime scene where three women were found dead inside a house

Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters
Yangon, Myanmar

A blue peacock displays at the city’s zoological gardens

Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock
Melbourne, Australia

Aryna Sabalenka celebrates winning the Australian Open women’s final against Elena Rybakina

Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
London, UK

Rita Ora poses with the audience after performing on stage at Heaven

Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images
Sofia, Bulgaria

Dancers known as kukeri perform during the international festival of masquerade games

Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images
Tauranga, New Zealand

Emergency personnel at the scene of a landslide

Photograph: Cameron Avery/EPA
Washington DC, US

People take part in a rally to call for Iranians to unite and topple the country’s government

Photograph: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
Memphis, US

Darin Obston Jr prays at a makeshift memorial to Tyre Nichols near the spot where he received a fatal beating from police officers

Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images