Digital pharaohs and stranded dolphins: photos of the day – Thursday

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  • Tasmania, Australia

    A pod of 157 dolphins stranded on a remote beach has been euthanised after severe weather hindered rescue efforts

    Dozens of dolphins lying on a beach
  • Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    A woman takes her daily exercise in the village of Sre Ampel at dawn

    Silhouette of a woman at dawn
  • Singapore, Asia

    Public housing estates in Singapore, which is home to many bold, modernist buildings

    Colourful apartment blocks
  • Jakarta, Indonesia

    Students gather near the presidential palace at a protest against government budget cuts

    Silhouette of people, including one carrying a megaphone, obscured by flames
  • Laikipia county, Kenya

    Zacharia Mutai, an animal caregiver, sits with a 35-year-old rhino. Najin and her daughter, Fatu, are the last remaining northern white rhinos in the world

    A man in khaki uniform caresses a rhino’s cheek
  • Birmingham, UK

    Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers during a dress rehearsal at the Hippodrome

    Ballet dancers on stage
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

    People watch in Hostages Square as the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including a woman and her two children, are handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross in Gaza

    People standing outdoors holding Israel flags and balloons
  • Montevideo, Uruguay

    A candombe drummer performs during a carnival parade. The style of dance and music was developed by enslaved Africans and their descendants in the 18th century

    Performers in colourful clothing
  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, guard a cemetery as the bodies of the Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz are handed over to Red Cross teams as part of a Hamas-Israel prisoner-hostage swap

    Silhouette of people carrying large weapons
  • Bukavu, Congo

    A member of the M23 rebel movement stands guard at the Place de l’Indépendance during a special cleaning exercise and public meeting after the group’s takeover of the city

    Crowds stand behind an armed man in military-style uniform
  • Halberstadt, Germany

    Election posters promoting the far-right party Alternative for Germany

    Posters on a lamp-post on a derelict street
  • Nice, France

    A woman takes part in the Battle of Flowers event at the city carnival. The theme is King of the Oceans

    Nice, France The Battle of Flowers is a highlight of the Nice Carnival’s King of the Oceans theme, which takes place from February 15th to March 2nd
  • Hilla, Iraq

    A labourer directs a donkey-pulled cart loaded with clay bricks at a factory in al-Kifl district. Economic hardship has pushed 5% of the country’s children into labour, according to a UN study in 2018, often in harsh, unhealthy conditions

    A woman directs a donkey-pulled cart loaded with clay bricks
  • Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

    Cia Base, a vertical dance and aerial circus group known for its innovative routines, perform on the wall of a shopping centre

    A performer dressed as a tennis player stands on the facade of a building designed to resemble a tennis court
  • Yaroun, Lebanon

    Unifil vehicles drive past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the southern village. Israeli forces have withdrawn from several border villages under an extended ceasefire deadline

    Unifil vehicles drive past the rubble of destroyed buildings
  • Lviv, Ukraine

    The Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy military band commemorates those killed during the Euromaidan protest in 2014

    A military band perform as troops and other people look on
  • Bordeaux, France

    A visitor attends the preview of Egypt of the Pharaohs, an exhibition at Bassins des Lumières, the largest digital art centre in the world

    A digital depiction of ancient Egyptians
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