Best photos of the day: from skywalkers to skaters

Our picture editors choose their favourite images from the past 24 hours, from demonstrations in Athens to a Latvian light festival

Main image: A boy plays on the glass at Thailand’s first skywalk in Bangkok Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

  • Cali, Colombia

    A model presents a creation by Colombian designer Laura Campo at BioFashion Show, which seeks to raise awareness around conservation and sustainability
    Cali, Colombia: a model presents a creation by Colombian designer Laura Campo at BioFashion Show, which seeks to raise awareness around conservation and sustainability

  • Kuwait City, Kuwait

    An Italian air force aerobatic team performs as part of the celebration of Italian week in Kuwait
    Kuwait City: An Italian air force aerobatic team performs as part of the celebration of Italian week in Kuwait

  • Hangzhou, China

    A float decorated with a high-speed train marks the 40th anniversary of China’s economic reform as part of a parade in Zhejiang province
    Hangzhou, China: a float decorated with a high-speed train marks the 40th anniversary of China’s economic reform as part of a parade in Zhejiang province

  • Nottinghamshire, UK

    Canada geese fly over a misty River Trent near Gunthorpe
    Nottinghamshire, UK: Canada geese fly over a misty River Trent near Gunthorpe

  • Caen, France

    Demonstators from the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement block traffic, a day after a protest against high fuel prices. Police removed two blockades on Caen ring road after more than 400 people were hurt, 14 seriously, in a day amid fuel price protests around the country
    Demonstators from the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement block the traffic on Caen’s circular road

  • Doncaster, UK

    Marlie Parker of England is tackled by Courtney Holtkamp of Canada during the Quilter International match between England Women and Canada Women at Castle Park
    Marlie Parker of England is tackled by Courtney Holtkamp of Canada during the Quilter International match between England Women and Canada Women at Castle Park

  • Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain

    The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the Andalusian regional president, Susana Diaz, at an Andalusian election campaign rally
    The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and the Andalusian regional president, Susana Diaz, at an Andalusian election campaign rally

  • Moscow, Russia

    Figure skater Alexander Majorov of Sweden in action during the ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup
    Alexander Majorov of Sweden in action during the figure skating ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup in Moscow

  • Mexico City, Mexico

    Robbie Williams kisses a fan during his performance at the Corona Capital music festival
    Robbie Williams kisses a fan during his performance at the Corona Capital music festival in Mexico City

  • Riga, Latvia

    Spectators enjoy the interactive installation Kaleidoscope Time Machine at the Staro Riga light festival
    Riga, Latvia: spectators enjoy the interactive installation Kaleidoscope Time Machine at the Staro Riga Light Festival

  • Athens, Greece

    The aftermath of a petrol-bomb explosion during clashes between demonstrators and police following a rally commemorating the 1973 student uprising against the US-backed military junta
    Athens, Greece: the aftermath of a petrol-bomb explosion during clashes between demonstrators and police following a rally commemorating the 1973 student uprising against the US-backed military junta

  • Tijuana, Mexico

    Migrants rest at a temporary shelter near the US-Mexico border. Some of them have travelled for more than a month through Central America and Mexico
    Migrants rest at a temporary Tijuana shelter near the US-Mexico border. Some of them have travelled for more than a month through Central America and Mexico

  • Prague, Czech Republic

    A couple light a candle at a memorial to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, when the brutal suppression of a student demonstration led to the fall of the communist regime in the then Czechoslovakia
    Prague, Czech Republic: a couple light a candle at a memorial to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution

  • California, US

    Evacuees sift through a pile of donated clothing at an encampment in a Walmart parking lot in Chico. More than 1,000 people remain missing in the worst-ever wildfire to hit the state
    Evacuees sift through a pile of donated clothing at an evacuee encampment in a Walmart parking lot in Chico, California

  • Bangkok, Thailand

    A boy plays on the glass at Thailand’s first skywalk
    A boy plays on the glass at Thailand’s first skywalk in Bangkok
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