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London, UK
An art handler holds Andy Warhol’s Self-Portrait in front of Bridget Riley’s Gaillard 2, during a preview for Sotheby’s £200m artwork sale
Photograph: James Manning/PA
![A man holds up the green Self-Portrait in which Warhol is wearing sunglasses, a shirt, a tie and a coat and is tilting his head. Behind the man is Gaillard 2 with multicoloured geometric shapes](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1e8b20accea3b06a695d0b041425cd90bc1d9ef7/0_0_5529_3686/master/5529.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=58966eb46454f2810125fcca86cbaa82)
London, UK
Ocean Rebellion demonstrators perform on the Albert Embankment, on the final day of the MEPC 82 meetings
Photograph: Victoria Jones/Rex/Shutterstock
![One performer wears a gas mask and another wears a tangle of fishing nets and has their head inside a glass bowl](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fb0105f671b03ed595dd9614669d11bfe16159a1/0_0_6192_4128/master/6192.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1690b47b7be90f9393d54db067b49835)
Dover, Kent
Small boats and outboard motors, used by people to cross the Channel, at a warehouse facility
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
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Ayutthaya, Thailand
Twin elephant calves who have been named by the king. Twin elephants are rare but male-female twin births are extremely rare, according to Phra Kochaban Foundation for elephant care
Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
![Two elephant calves and an adult elephant wear gold cloth around their ankles and on their heads](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0b60b6fd2c099c269087b462ec9d675d6c963498/0_0_5687_4000/master/5687.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7cbf1c0ae2f25ffbbe1941fdc37d751e)
Seoul, South Korea
Balloons filled with rubbish launched across the border by North Korea float in the sky. Relations between the two countries are at one of their lowest points in years
Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
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Undisclosed location, North Korea
Troops take part in training at a base of the Korean People’s Army’s special operations forces in the western region. The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said his forces would use nuclear weapons “without hesitation” if Pyongyang’s territory was attacked by the South and the US
Photograph: KCNA via KNS/AFP/Getty
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Puerto San Julián, Argentina
People watch an annular solar eclipse
Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP
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Tahai, Chile
The moon moves across the sun during a solar eclipse
Photograph: Esteban Félix/AP
![The moon covers the sun apart from a thin orange ring around the edge against a pitch black sky](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e3f823747d63af281536ec66e6530d1de070d15a/0_0_3329_2219/master/3329.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a08d34da5c2c0ddce811a4640c3dba78)
Manisa, Turkey
The Kula-Salihli Geopark, known for its volcanic hills and lava-formed rock sea, where scientists discovered eight magma chambers at different depths beneath the Earth’s crust. Scientists have identified the largest, near-surface magma chamber as posing a potential eruption risk due to factors such as earthquakes
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
![Aerial shot of a barren volcanic hill](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b26e6e16cda6be353ecd1b70651b57997dfac89e/0_0_8064_6048/master/8064.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e96ee7d5aeb2c99d918623cf3f402e10)
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
A motorist drives past toppled shipping containers caused by Typhoon Krathon
Photograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA
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Patikharka, Nepal
The flood-affected areas of Kavrepalanchok District where homes have been severely damaged, making many families homeless
Photograph: Ambir Tolang/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
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Manila, Philippines
People use airguns try to catch fish along a floodway
Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images
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Beirut, Lebanon
A man runs for cover as a smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
![A man runs among rubble and fallen overhead lines](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/db9063eaed688e7fb0349d5c11ccfbeedc974ab3/0_0_8640_5760/master/8640.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2c02a2d0951fc3c37d22d2df54b8cb5b)
Deir al-Balah, Gaza
Civil defence teams and local Palestinians work to retrieve the dead and injured after an Israeli army attack on a home in the city
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
![A man climbs on a smoking, burning pile of rubble](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9eae6a83faed14a1dd1bf9f01273b79d39c7fe89/0_0_5760_3840/master/5760.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c952a15fa86c78e642ceefe225a842b7)
Kibbutz Reim, Israel
A woman looks at pictures and memorials for Israeli festival goers who were killed last year by Hamas at the site of the Supernova Music Festival
Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA
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Cali, Colombia
A man walks past a poster advertising the Cop16 biodiversity conference
Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images
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Freetown, Sierra Leone
Former Kush users hug each other as they part ways after finishing their seven-week rehabilitation programme at a government operated centre. The country is battling a crisis caused by the synthetic drug, a mix of chemicals and plants, which has led to widespread addiction, health issues and crime among young people
Photograph: Amaury Falt-Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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St Andrews, Scotland
A dog wearing a Callaway cap looks across the golf course on day two of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
![A small, fluffy dog wearing a black cap](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/73d49d2b4448e77bfec8815ea411275c8664ad82/0_0_5121_3414/master/5121.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c79510cf06d26f55581e22c8ead53cec)
Dortmund, Germany
Visitors watch the audiovisual presentation Ocean Odyssey, projected on the walls of a former steelworks at the Phoenix des Lumieres exhibition
Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP
![Visitors watch the audiovisual presentation Ocean Odyssey at the Phoenix des Lumieres exhibition, Dortmund](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/62abb43c9775eb6085fe800b6f63034de24fceef/0_0_7028_4685/master/7028.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b6e5cb5d53c96421daa4823dc62f569e)