Biodegradable art and Bastille Day: Friday’s best photos

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  • Brighton, UK

    Surfers Against Sewage hold a UK-wide paddle-out protest at Brighton’s West Pier in East Sussex.

    Brighton, UK. Surfers Against Sewage hold a UK-wide paddle-out protest at Brighton’s West Pier in East Sussex.
  • Death Valley National Park, US

    People stop to take photos of a thermometer reading 48C (119F) at the Furnace Creek visitor centre. July is the hottest month at the park, with an average high of 46.5C.

    People stop to take photos of a thermostat reading 119F (48C) at the Furnace Creek visitor centre.
  • New Delhi, India

    People wade through a flooded street after the Yamuna River overflowed after heavy monsoon rains

    New Delhi, India. People wade through a flooded street after the Yamuna River overflowed after heavy monsoon rains
  • Northumberland, UK

    Tree climbers and wildlife experts have joined up to ring rare osprey chicks in one of the bird of prey’s English strongholds. Ospreys returned to Northumberland fin 2009 or the first time in at least 200 years

    A person in a Forestry England fleece holding an osprey, which is tagged on its leg
  • Andhra Pradesh, India

    People wave flags as an Indian Space Research Organisation rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. India is aiming to land an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the moon

    People wave flags as a rocket lifts off in Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Pristina, Kosovo

    New members of the police force swear in during the graduation ceremony of the 58th generation of the Kosovo police

    Pristina, Kosovo. New members of the police force swear in during the graduation ceremony of the 58th generation of the Kosovo police
  • Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland

    A biodegradable land art painting entitled The Sun Has an Appointment with the Moon’ by the French-Swiss artist Saype, near the summit of the Grand Chamossaire mountain, above the alpine resort of Villars-sur-Ollon

    An image of a young boy drawing on a piece of paper, with two other drawings scattered next to him, created on the side of a mountain in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
  • Idlib, Syria

    People struggle to protect themselves from the dangers of extreme heat at a refugee camp. The civilians, who fled from the attacks of the Syrian army, live under harsh conditions without infrastructure and electricity, while the temperature reaches 47C in the region

    A young girl bathes a baby in a tub outdoors, as another child watches on in Idlib, Syria
  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    A butterfly in a garden

    A butterfly perched on a small flower in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Athens, Greece

    An officer wipes the face of a presidential guard as he performs his duties in front of the parliament building during a heatwave

    Athens, Greece. An officer wipes the face of a presidential guard as he performs his duties in front of the parliament building during a heatwave
  • Chennai, India

    A vendor selling lights at a local market

    A vendor hanging colourful lanterns from a frame on a market stall in Chennai, India
  • Paris, France

    The French air force elite acrobatic flying team soar over the Louvre during the Bastille Day military parade

    Paris, France  The French air force elite acrobatic flying team soar over the Louvre during the Bastille Day military parade
  • Donbas, Ukraine

    A soldier of the 81st Airmobile Brigade inside a T-64 tank near the Donbas front

    A soldier of the 81st Airmobile Brigade looking out from a T-64 tank near the Donbas front
  • York, UK

    An image of Tutankhamun cut from a six-hectare (15-acre) field of maize plants, which has been created at the York Maze to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. Created using more than 1m maize plants, covering an area the size of eight Wembley football pitches, and standing more thna 150 metres tall, the York Maze is the largest maze in the UK

    Aerial view of an image of Tutankhamun cut from a 15-acre field of maize plants
  • Paris, France

    A woman holds a portrait of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, as he comes to meet the guests after the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Élysées

    A woman holds a portrait of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, as he comes to meet the guests after the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs-Élysées
  • Harrogate, UK

    A goat eats straw in its stall on the final day of the 164th Great Yorkshire Show. The four-day show is known as one of the best agricultural shows in the UK, welcoming 140,000 people to the 250-acre site. It celebrates agriculture, food, farming and countryside

    A goat pokes its head up from behind a mound of straw, next to a sign reading 'Don't feed the goats'
  • Santa Fe province, Argentina

    The women’s soccer team Huracán de Chabas on the field before their match against Alumni in Arequito

    Top-down view of footballers lying on their backs in a circle
  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    A priest looks at his mobile phone while walking by the frescos at the wall of the St Mykhailivsky Cathedral

    A priest looks at his mobile phone while walking by the frescos at the wall of the St Mykhailivsky Cathedral
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