Firefighting in Iraq and a Swat team rescue: photos of the day – Thursday

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

Warning: graphic content

Main image: Flames rise after a fire broke out at an oil refinery in Erbil, Iraq. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

  • Beit Lahiya, Gaza

    A young Palestinian walks between the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israel’s military offensive
    A young person wheels a trolley behind them on a clear path between destroyed buildings

  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza

    Injured Palestinians, including children, are brought to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital for treatment after an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp
    A man holds an injured baby in his arms as a doctor examines the baby

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina

    A protester eats next to a wall of police during a demonstration in front of the country’s national congress, as the senate narrowly voted to approve the first set of austerity measures proposed by the president, Javier Miliei
    A man holds a piece of a roll in his hand as he sits on a bench next to a line of police holding up riot shields

  • Antwerp, Belgium

    Emergency services check a building after an explosion in the city’s Hoboken district
    An emergency service worker standing on an aerial platform reaches out to inspect the damage to the building

  • Erbil, Iraq

    Flames rise after a fire broke out at the asphalt storage warehouse of an oil refinery
    A silhouetted person looks on as smoke and flames billow from an oil refinery

  • Fasano, Italy

    The British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, greets his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, at the welcome ceremony of the G7 summit in Puglia
    Rishi Sunak and Giorgia Meloni make joking expressions as they clasp each other's hands

  • Liuzhou, China

    A truck passes the site of a landslide after storms in the south-western Guangxi province
    A truck drives around a section of road covered by earth from a landslide

  • Hollywood, US

    A Swat team member helps Alex Treacy from a truck after an evacuation from a flooded area in the Florida city
    A Swat team member carries a smiling woman next to a truck

  • New York, US

    Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visit New York Creates, an innovation and R&D hub
    Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander, wearing white protective clothing, face in opposite directions

  • Bangkok, Thailand

    An activist representative of sex workers takes part in a demonstration calling for the legalisation of prostitution, outside the ministry of social development and human security
    A demonstrator in high heels stands behind a large red fan that reads: 'Sex work is work'

  • Shanghai, China

    People try out sleep capsules at the International Exhibition of Senior Care, Rehabilitation Medicine and Healthcare at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre
    Three people lie down with eyes closed on partly covered beds

  • Narathiwat province, Thailand

    A museum worker preserves an old copy of the Qur’an at the Museum of Islamic Cultural Heritage, which exhibits dozens of scriptures that are up to 1,000 years old
    A museum worker wearing latex gloves applies preservative with a brush to a page of a copy of the Qur'an

  • California, US

    Some of the 249 flags planted in Dana Point on Flag Day
    View from above of furled US flags planted in a lawn

  • London, England

    England flags fly in Bermondsey’s Kirby Estate. The England men’s football team will play their first match in the Uefa Euro 2024 tournament on Sunday, when they face Serbia in Gelsenkirchen
    England flags flutter on lines between buildings in a housing estate

  • London, England

    Christie’s gallery assistants adjust a gown from the Dressed To Scale autumn/winter 1998-1999 collection during a photocall for the auction Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection
    Gallery assistants adjust a gown of taupe silk taffeta on a mannequin in a room with oil paintings lining the walls

  • Fujisawa, Japan

    A demonstration of an AI-driven smartphone application jointly developed by the tech startup Carelogy and researchers at Nihon University that claims to tell when a cat is feeling pain
    A hand gestures towards a screen showing 15 photographs of cats

  • Omaha, US

    A severe thunderstorm hits the Nebraskan city
    A large dark cloud formation looms over detached houses on a suburban street
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