A Chinese light show and an Epstein bracelet: Tuesday's top photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Main image: Guangzhou, China Buildings illuminated for a light festival Photograph: VCG via Getty Images

  • Beirut, Lebanon

    Protesters flee from security forces after cutting through a security barrier near the government palace
    Protesters flee from security forces in Beirut, Lebanon

  • Hong Kong

    A protester crawls into a sewer to try to find an escape route from the police siege of the university campus
    A protester crawls into a sewer in Hong Kong

  • Sacaba, Bolivia

    A man walks past a blockade set alight by supporters of the former president Evo Morales
    A man walks past a burning blockade in Sacaba, Bolivia

  • Santiago, Chile

    A demonstrator is hit by a police water cannon during an anti-government rally
    A demonstrator is hit by a police water cannon in Santiago, Chile

  • Washington, US

    Michelle Obama holds hands with eight-year-old Kaitlyn Saunders, who is accompanied by her mother, Katrice Saunders, at a book signing
    Michelle Obama at a book signing in Washington

  • North Korea

    Kim Jong-un visits a fishery station at an undisclosed location
    Kim Jong-un visits a fishery station at an undisclosed location in North Korea

  • Los Angeles, California

    ‘Jane Doe 15’, who alleged Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her as a child, wears a bracelet saying ‘Epstein didn’t kill himself’ during a press conference
    A Jeffrey Epstein accuser at a press conference in LA

  • Sydney, Australia

    A thick blanket of smoke from bushfires hangs over the city
    A thick blanket of smoke from bushfires hangs over Sydney, Australia

  • Guangzhou, China

    Buildings are illuminated during an international light festival
    Buildings are illuminated during an international light festival in Guangzhou, China

  • Beijing, China

    A visitor jumps to look at an installation called Sectional Body Preparing for Monadic Singularity during an exhibition of the work of Anish Kapoor at the CAFA Art Museum
    An installation at the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, China

  • Oslo, Norway

    The city mayor, Marianne Borgen, left, and Ruth Bush, the lord mayor of Westminster, fell a tree in a forest east of Oslo. Norway has given a Christmas tree to the UK every year since 1947 to thank it for its support during the second world war
    Officials fell a tree in a forest east of Oslo

  • Donetsk, Ukraine

    A serviceman smokes a cigarette during a break at the Butivka mine, situated between government-controlled Avdiivka and temporarily occupied Donetsk
    A serviceman smokes a cigarette during a break at the Butivka mine near Donetsk, Ukraine

  • Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland

    Barges fitted with solar panels float on the Lac des Toules. The solar panel station consists of 36 barges carrying 2,240 sq metres of solar cells. The station aims to deliver 800,000 kWh per year, equivalent to the annual power consumption of approximately 220 homes
    Barges fitted with solar panels on the Lac des Toules in Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland

  • Jeju, South Korea

    A rescue vessel searches for missing people near a fishing boat that caught fire. One fisherman was confirmed killed and 11 were missing
    A rescue vessel searches for missing people near a fishing boat that caught fire off Jeju, South Korea

  • Paris, France

    Turtle lanterns at the National Museum of Natural History
    Turtle lanterns at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France

  • New Brighton, Merseyside

    A fisherman digs for bait on a beach in front of the Liverpool skyline
    A fisherman digs for bait on a beach in front of the Liverpool skyline
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