A festive maze and a giant marmot: Thursday's best photos

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

Main image: The Boss Baby balloon is deflated as it ends its appearance during the modified Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Photograph: Craig Ruttle/AP

  • Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Mourners wait to see the casket containing the body of Diego Maradona outside the presidential palace
    Mourning for Diego Maradona outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • Gaza City, Gaza Strip

    A teacher leads an online class from home
    A teacher leads an online class from home in Gaza City, Gaza Strip

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    A student arrives for lessons at Yuba Pratibha school. The headteacher has started to conduct classes for students who cannot afford the equipment for online learning
    A student arrives for lessons at Yuba Pratibha school in Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    Passengers in hazmat suits arrive at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood airport. Travellers have been advised to avoid Thanksgiving holiday travel as Covid-19 cases surge across the US
    Passengers in hazmat suits at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood airport in Florida

  • Béthune, France

    Members of the Charitable Brotherhood of Saint-Éloi carry a coffin during a funeral ceremony at Saint-Vaast church. The confreres have been responsible for burial services in the Béthune cemeteries for more than 800 years
    A funeral ceremony in Béthune, France

  • Xiamen, China

    Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the Golden Rooster awards
    Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the Golden Rooster awards in Xiamen, China

  • Mumbai, India

    A man feeds pigeons at sunrise
    A man feeds pigeons at sunrise in Mumbai, India

  • Alton, England

    A 16ft marmot called Marmite is illuminated outside the town’s assembly rooms as part of the MarmART trail
    A 16ft illuminated marmot called Marmite in Alton, England

  • Rome, Italy

    Starlings fly over the synagogue
    Starlings fly over the synagogue in Rome, Italy

  • Charleston, Oregon

    Waves crash ashore on the south Oregon coast. The national weather service issued a high surf warning for the area
    Waves crash ashore near Charleston on the south Oregon coast

  • West Bretton, England

    Henry Moore’s Large Two Forms returns to Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The work will soon be joined by another of Moore’s returning bronzes, Large Spindle Piece
    West Bretton, England Henry Moore’s Large Two Forms returns to Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The work will soon be joined by another of Moore’s returning bronzes, Large Spindle Piece

  • Malvern Hills, England

    A walker observes the fog and mist at dawn
    A walker observes the fog and mist at dawn from the Malvern Hills looking over Worcestershire, England

  • Stirling, Scotland

    Sisters Lottie (left) and Jasmine Muir explore a Christmas tree maze at the Blair Drummond Smiddy farm shop
    A Christmas tree maze at a farm shop near Stirling, Scotland

  • Harbin, China

    Saint Sophia Cathedral coated in snow
    Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin, China, coated in snow

  • Huntington Beach, California

    People silhouetted against the sunset
    People silhouetted against the sunset at Huntington Beach, California

  • London, UK

    Artist Sian Bliss inside her installation named ‘Aurora Arbour’, London’s tallest LED Christmas tree featuring 100,000 lights, at the launch of Wembley Park’s Christmas display
    London, UKArtist Sian Bliss inside her installation named ‘Aurora Arbour’, London’s tallest LED Christmas tree featuring 100,000 lights, at the launch of Wembley Park’s Christmas display

  • New York, US

    The Boss Baby balloon is deflated as it ends its appearance during the modified Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The annual parade went ahead on but only after great changes as compared to previous years
    New York, USThe Boss Baby balloon is deflated as it ends its appearance during the modified Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The annual parade went ahead on but only after great changes as compared to previous years
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