Skating, strikes and a salmon blessing: Wednesday’s best photos – The Guardian

February 1, 2023

Streatham, UK

Teachers taking part in a day of industrial action by the National Education Union stand outside the gates of Bishop Thomas Grant school in south London

Photograph: Andy Hall/The Observer
Lima, Peru

Polic officers confront a protester during a demonstration against the government of President Dina Boluarte. The president is seeking early elections as a way of ending weeks of protests in which 48 people have been killed

Photograph: Ernesto Benavides/Getty Images
Jieyang, China

Folk artists in eastern Guangdong province perform a fire dragon dance to welcome the lantern festival which brings to a close traditional Chinese new year festivities

Photograph: John Ricky/Getty Images
Ankara, Turkey

Walkers get out in a snow covered forest

Photograph: Evrim Aydin/Getty Images
York, UK

A civil servant holds a ‘Honk for Fair Pay’ banner’ at an official picket line outside York job centre, as workers go on strike on the largest scale strike day in over a decade

Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian
Orlando, US

Supporters of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro arrive to hear him speak at an event at Dezerland Park in Florida. Bolsonaro has applied to extend his stay in the US

Photograph: Chandan Khanna/Getty Images
Norham, UK

The Rev Rob Kelsey performs the annual blessing of the salmon service at Pedwell Landings to mark the beginning of the salmon fishing season on the River Tweed

Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters
Caracas, Venezuela

Dancers perform during a presentation, by Gladys Gutiérrez, president of the supreme court of justice, of the annual report on the activities of the country’s judicial bodies

Photograph: Miguel Gutiérrez/EPA
Reading, UK

Members of the train drivers’ union Aslef support strike action which has seen trains halted on most of the rail network. A further day of strike action is planned for Friday

Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Rex/Shutterstock
Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A choir girl listens as Pope Francis celebrates a mass at Ndolo airport on the second day of his visit to the African country as part of a regional tour

Photograph: Yara Nardi/Reuters
Peshawar, Pakistan

Family members mourn victims of a suicide bomb attack on Monday that targeted a mosque frequented by members of the police force in the north-western city which killed 101 people

Photograph: Abdul Majeed/Getty Images
Bangkok, Thailand

A protester reveals a tattoo of Aung San Suu Kyi on their chest during a demonstration by Burmese people outside the Myanmar embassy to mark two years since the military coup

Photograph: Peerapon Boonyakiat/Rex/Shutterstock
London, UK

Striking teachers from the National Education Union travel on a bus into central London to take part in a rally in support of industrial action

Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA Media
Birmingham, UK

Justin Hawkins and the drummer Rufus Tiger Taylor of The Darkness perform at Resorts World Arena

Photograph: Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Getty Images
Carinthia, Austria

Speed skaters compete in the the alternative Elfstedentocht, inspired by the traditional canal racing event in the Netherlands, on the 12km (7.5 mile) long Weissensee lake in southern Austria

Photograph: Hollandse Hoogte/Rex/Shutterstock
Lagos, Nigeria

Electoral campaign posters are seen at a crossroads ahead of the presidential election. Violence in the south east of the country has threatened to derail the vote this month

Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters
Surabaya, Indonesia

A family rides a becak, a three-wheel rickshaw, loaded with goods to sell at a second-hand market in East Java

Photograph: Juni Kriswanto/Getty Images