Sunak votes and a bejewelled ‘Swiftie’: photos of the day – Thursday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Main image: Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, arrive to vote at a polling station at Kirby Sigston village hall, North Yorkshire. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

  • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    A man picks his way through the rubble on a beach in Manresa in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl
    A man walks along a rubble-filled beach in Manresa in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl

  • Chasiv Yar, Ukraine

    Aerial view of destroyed buildings in the Donetsk region’s frontline city. The Russian army has advanced significantly on all fronts, and this week its soldiers seized control of this area
    Aerial image of destroyed buildings

  • Maying, China

    Pedestrians cross a walkway built above flood waters in central Jiangxi province
    Aerial image of pedestrians crossing a walkway over muddy flood waters

  • Playa del Carmen, Mexico

    Workers remove a billboard ad as a precaution before the arrival of Hurricane Beryl
    Workers remove a billboard ad

  • La Paz, Bolivia

    The government minister Eduardo del Castillo (centre, back) shows Vladimir Lupa Salamanca (centre), the detained head of an elite unit of the Bolivian armed forces, during a press conference. Lupa is accused of ordering the deployment of 19 snipers to support the failed military coup last month
    Armed forces flank a detainee as men stand nearby at a press conference

  • Talcahuano, Chile

    Members of the armed forces salute during the handover ceremony of the national navy’s icebreaker Almirante Viel, the largest one built in Chile
    Members of the armed forces salute

  • Kirby Sigston, England

    The UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and his wife, Akshata Murty, arrive to vote at a polling station in Northallerton
    The pair, photographed from behind, hold hands as they head to a rural polling station

  • London, England

    The leader of the Labour party, Keir Starmer, and his wife, Victoria, walk to a polling station to cast their votes in the general election
    The pair flanked by police officers and well-wishers. One holds a banner that reads: 'Sir Keir: save my skin! Vote for faux-fur caps'.

  • Gloucester, US

    A person dressed as Abraham Lincoln hands out sweets during the Fishtown Horribles parade, in the run-up to Independence Day in Massachusetts
    A person dressed in a top hat and tails clutches a bucket of sweets and a banner that reads 'Charity for all … A. Lincoln' during a busy and colourful street parade

  • Simi Valley, US

    Fire retardant lingers in the air after a drop on the Sharp blaze in California
    Red smoke hovers over hills

  • Seoul, South Korea

    Patients’ rights advocates gather to urge physicians to halt a prolonged strike that has hamstrung public health services
    People stage a sit-in street protest

  • San Salvador, El Salvador

    A mosquito transmitting dengue is studied with a stereoscope in a laboratory at the University of El Salvador. The Pan American Health Organization has issued epidemiological alerts for the viral disease, warning this may be the worst dengue season in the region
    A mosquito transmitting dengue seen through a stereoscope

  • Zapopan, Mexico

    Workers remove a tree from the avenue by city hall after a storm felled approximately 200 trees in Jalisco state
    An aerial view of a tree being removed by workers

  • Nantes, France

    Le Rêve de Fitzcarraldo (Fitzcarraldo’s Dream) by the Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira is displayed in front of the Nantes Opera House as part of the Voyage à Nantes art festival, which runs until 8 September
    A collapsed tree artwork outside the Nantes Opera House

  • Berlin, Germany

    A model at the CollectiveFour Danny Reinke show at Berlin fashion week at Uber Eats music hall
    A model wears a sheer veil over her face

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands

    A bejewelled ‘Swiftie’ displays Taylor Swift’s lucky number before the singer’s concert at the Johan Cruijff Arena, part of the Eras world tour
    The hand of a Taylor Swift fan, featuring bracelets, multicoloured nail polish and the number 13
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