Thanksgiving Day balloon and Dutch election: photos of the day – Thursday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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The Hague, Netherlands
The leader of the Freedom party (PVV), Geert Wilders, attends a meeting the day after the Dutch elections. Wilders believes the PVV can no longer be ignored after its ‘mega victory’Photograph: Sem van der Wal/EPA
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The Hague, Netherlands
Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, leader of the VVD party, attends a faction meeting after the Dutch electionsPhotograph: Hollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock
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Kathmandu, Nepal
A pro-monarchy supporter runs for cover during clashes with the police at a rally. Businessman Durga Prasai organised the pro-monarchy protest rally against the Federal Democratic Republic system. In 2008, the current constitution assembly declared Nepal as a federal democratic republic, abolishing the 240-year-old monarchyPhotograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
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Kyiv, Ukraine
A chef serves turkey to railway workers to celebrate Thanksgiving Day from a train-kitchen named Food Train, designed to make and distribute up to 70,000 meals a week, as it prepares to set off on its maiden journey from the Ukrainian capital to frontline areas in the eastern regionPhotograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters
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Rafah, Gaza Strip
A Palestinian medic and civilians carry an injured man after an Israeli strike on RafahPhotograph: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images
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Khan Younis, Gaza
Medical workers collect the bodies of Palestinians killed in airstrikesPhotograph: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
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Delhi, India
A boatman steers in the polluted waters of the Yamuna RiverPhotograph: Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images
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Agra, India
A tourist takes a picture of the Taj Mahal amid heavy smogPhotograph: Pawan Sharma/AFP/Getty Images
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Guatemala City, Guatemala
A landslide in Las Calaveras neighbourhood. At least six people are missing from the area where poor families live in precarious houses, civil protection officials saidPhotograph: Bomberos Voluntarios/AFP/Getty Images
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Moscow, Russia
A unique designer carpet, depicting Vladimir Putin in the style of Andy Warhol’s iconic portraits, made by Russia’s designer carpets factory Imperial-Style, is presented at the annual Russian Antique Salon. Carpets from the factory can be found in Kremlin halls, state residences, and luxury hotelsPhotograph: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images
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Dalian, China
Cars navigate heavy snowfall in China’s north-eastern Liaoning provincePhotograph: AFP/Getty Images
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Oakland, US
Visitors to Oakland zoo’s Glowfari, a lantern festival with more than 100 animal lanterns. The real animal exhibits at the zoo in California are closed during the festivalPhotograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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Dungeness, UK
A group of people are brought ashore in Kent onboard an RNLI lifeboat following a small boat incident in the ChannelPhotograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
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Shrewsbury, UK
Tributes are left at Shrewsbury Abbey for Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Fitchett and Hugo Morris, four teenagers who died in a car crash in Snowdonia, north WalesPhotograph: Jacob King/PA
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New York, US
The Macy’s inflation team works on giant balloons as they prepare for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day paradePhotograph: Anadolu/Getty Images