Spring lambs and lockdowns: Wednesday's top photos

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

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Main image: Paris, France

  • Warwick, UK

    Students help with the newborn spring lambs at Moreton Morrell college
    Warwick, UK. Students help with the newborn spring lambs at Moreton Morrell college

  • Beijing, China

    Paramilitary officers wearing face masks walk along a street
    Beijing, China. Paramilitary officers wearing face masks walk along a street

  • Volgograd, Russia

    Second world war veteran Vladimir Turov celebrates his 100th birthday
    Volgograd, Russia. WWII veteran Vladimir Turov celebrates his 100th birthday

  • London, UK

    A traveller wearing a protective suit moves her luggage through Heathrow airport
    London, UK. A traveller wearing a protective suit moves her luggage through Heathrow airport

  • Singapore

    A traffic jam on the Causeway as Malaysians rush to enter Singapore hours before a travel ban enforcement began
    Singapore. A traffic jam on the Causeway as Malaysians rush to enter Singapore hours before a travel ban enforcement began

  • Alaska, US

    Thomas Waerner, of Norway, arrives in Nome as he wins the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
    Alaska, US. Thomas Waerner, of Norway, arrives in Nome as he wins the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

  • Bangkok, Thailand

    Volunteers use disinfectant to clean Wat Traimit temple which is home of 5.5 tonnes of pure gold Buddha statues and attracts thousands of tourists each day
    Bangkok, Thailand. Volunteers use disinfectant to clean Wat Traimit temple which is home of 5.5 tonnes of pure gold Buddha statues and attracts thousands of tourists each day

  • Frankfurt, Germany

    Icelandic stallions play at a stud farm in Wehrheim
    Frankfurt, Germany. Icelandic stallions play at a stud farm in Wehrheim

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Passengers cramped inside a public bus
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Passengers cramped inside a public bus

  • Kent, UK

    Sunrise, photographed by drone, over Leeds Castle
    Kent, UK. Sunrise, photographed by drone, over Leeds Castle

  • San Francisco, US

    A man exercises dogs in Bernal Heights park, one of the few reasons people are allowed out during a shelter-in-place legal order directing residents to stay at home except for essential reasons
    San Francisco, US. A man exercises dogs in Bernal Heights park, one of the few reasons people are allowed out during a shelter-in-place legal order directing residents to stay at home except for essential reasons

  • Paris, France

    A police vehicle is parked in front of the Barbes market as people arrive to do their grocery shopping, during a strict lockdown prohibiting all but essential outings
    Paris, France. A police vehicle is parked in front of the Barbes market as people arrive to do their grocery shopping, during a strict lockdown prohibiting all but essential outings

  • Islamabad, Pakistan

    A young boy sells face masks at a market on the outskirts of the city
    Islamabad, Pakistan. A young boy sells facemasks at a market on the outskirts of the city

  • New York, US

    A drone photo shows school buses fill a parking area, as all schools in the area are closed
    New York, USA drone photo shows school buses fill a parking area, as all schools in the area are closed

  • Paris, France

    A child plays in a park with flowering cherry trees in Romainville as France is under lockdown
    Paris, FranceA child plays in a park with flowering cherry trees in Romainville as France is under lockdown

  • Ein Hemed, Israel

    Roni Ben-Ari and Yonatan Meushar, dance as they get married at Ein Hemed Forest. The venue is offering free, small scale weddings for couples whose weddings cannot take place as planned due to restrictions imposed by the government to fight the coronavirus
    Ein Hemed, IsraelRoni Ben-Ari and Yonatan Meushar, dance as they get married at Ein Hemed Forest. The venue is offering free, small scale weddings for couples whose weddings cannot take place as planned due to restrictions imposed by the government to fight the coronavirus
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