Grief in Gaza and balloons from North Korea: photos of the day – Tuesday

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

Main image: Nairobi, Kenya Protesters climb a police water cannon truck. Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

  • Deir el-Balah, Gaza

    A woman and a man try to comfort an injured boy mourning the loss of his father who was killed in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment in al-Maghazi, in the central Gaza Strip, at the morgue of the Aqsa Martyrs hospital
    A boy with a bandage round his head cries as a woman and man try to comfort him

  • Bnei Brak, Israel

    Police detain a protester as they try to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a highway during a protest against possible changes regarding the laws on the military draft, from which the community has traditionally been exempt
    A dishevelled man in ultra-Orthodox attire is escorted by men in uniform

  • London, England

    A screengrab captured from a video shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being released from a UK maximum security prison. He is expected to plead guilty to a single count of violating a US espionage law, as part of a plea deal that will enable his return to Australia
    A blurry shot of Julian Assange

  • Hong Kong, China

    LGBTQ+ couples celebrate at a mass wedding ceremony carried out by a pastor online from Utah in the US, as same-sex marriages or civil unions are not recognised in Hong Kong
    Wedding couples, some wearing rainbow face masks

  • Japakeh, Indonesia

    Wives of soldiers from the Indonesian army’s 112th raider infantry battalion attend a ceremony at a military base in Aceh province ahead of their husbands’ deployment to Papua province
    Women wearing the same green outfits and head scarves, sitting in lines of chairs

  • Donetsk, Ukraine

    A Ukrainian soldier, Anton, of 43rd artillery brigade, at the frontline in Donetsk region, displays a tattoo
    A solider shows off a tattoo on his arm showing the Ukrainian flag and a weapon blasting into the sky

  • Ukraine

    Russian soldiers fire a 152-mm howitzer in an undisclosed location in Ukraine
    Soldiers cover their ears after firing an artillery weapon

  • Nairobi, Kenya

    Protesters chant anti-government slogans and some climb a police water cannon truck during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and other proposed changes
    Men climb on a truck spewing a jet of water. One punches the air

  • London, England

    Pastor Lorraine Jones speaks to the Labour leader, Keir Starmer (R), who is joined by British actor Idris Elba (C), as they talk to the families of children who have been lost to knife crime, at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith. Jones lost her son Dwayne when he was 20. He was stabbed in the heart trying to protect a friend in 2014
    A woman gestures while talking to Idris Elba, who holds her hand, and Keir Starmer

  • Srinagar, Kashmir

    Muslim women pray as a priest displays a holy relic, said to be the hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar
    A person holds up a see-through embroidered black scarf while women pray in the background

  • Seoul, South Korea

    Soldiers check a balloon carrying rubbish, presumably sent by North Korea, that was found in Seoul. About 100 such balloons have been discovered so far, according to military and police sources, adding that they contained trash and other waste
    People in white hazmat suits and masks look at pieces of paper on the ground

  • Inner Mongolia, China

    Officials prepare to recover the landing module of the Chang’e-6 moon probe after it landed carrying samples from the far side of the moon
    People inspect a burnt metal object on the ground. A China flag flutters in the wind next to them

  • New Orleans, US

    Supporters of former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gather on the day he attends a campaign fundraiser in Louisiana
    Smiling people look at a child who is carrying a cutout of the face of Donald Trump on their back

  • West Palm Beach, US

    A protester holds a sign during a pro-abortion rights rally on the second anniversary of the supreme court ruling to overturn Roe v Wade, in Florida
    A woman holds up a sign to traffic which says: 'Abortion is healthcare'

  • Mexico City, Mexico

    A homeless man pulls a cart with his personal belongings along the road
    A man on crutches walks amid traffic, pulling a large cart stuffed with belongings behind him

  • Rabat, Morocco

    Gazo & Tiakola perform during the Mawazine international music festival at the Ulm Souissi theatre
    Two men perform on stage which has images of diamonds projected on to it

  • Paris, France

    A model presents a creation by Chanel as part of their haute couture fall/winter 2024-2025 collection show
    A model walks the catwalk, wearing a long cream frilly cape and a bejewelled corset
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