Penguin poop and a Hanoi festival: Wednesday's best photos

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

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Main image: Geladas at a zoo in Stuttgart, Germany.

  • St. Petersburg, Russia

    A visitor photographs a portrait of Princess Maximilian of Hesse, the bride of Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich by German artist Josef Karl Stieler during the exhibition ‘Nicholas I’ at the State Russian museum.
    St. Petersburg, RussiaA visitor photographs a portrait of Princess Maximilian of Hesse, the bride of Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich by German artist Josef Karl Stieler during the exhibition ‘Nicholas I’ at the State Russian museum.

  • Doha, Qatar

    Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit in action during the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
    Doha, QatarEstonia’s Anett Kontaveit in action during the Qatar Open at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.

  • Skopje, North Macedonia

    Bystanders and rescue personnel gather near the wreckage of a bus. At least 13 people died and more than 20 were injured after a bus rolled over on the Skopje-Tetovo highway.
    Skopje, North MacedoniaBystanders and rescue personnel gather near the wreckage of a bus. At least 13 people died and more than 20 were injured after a bus rolled over on the Skopje-Tetovo highway.

  • Berlin, Germany

    Greta Fernandez and Natalia de Molina attend the “Elisa Y Marcela” premiere during the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival.
    Berlin, GermanyGreta Fernandez and Natalia de Molina attend the “Elisa Y Marcela” premiere during the 69th Berlinale International Film Festival.

  • Harbin, China

    A newly born seal cub at Polarland plays with a floating ball.
    Harbin, ChinaA newly born seal cub at Polarland plays with a floating ball.

  • Caracas, Venezuela

    A supporter of the opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, at a rally in the city
    A supporter of Venezuela's opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, at a rally in Caracas

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    Young monks are distracted by a drone as they watch a traditional dance at Triten Norbutse monastery
    Young monks are distracted by a drone at Triten Norbutse monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Deir ez-Zor, Syria

    Women and children gather in a field after fleeing the town of Baghuz during an operation by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to expel Islamic State jihadists
    Women and children gather in a field after fleeing the town of Baghuz in Syria

  • Mandalay, Myanmar

    Police escort students after a court sentenced them to three months in jail with hard labour for burning portraits of officials
    Students leave court after being sentenced to three months in jail for a protest over campus safety in Mandalay, Myanmar

  • Hanoi, Vietnam

    Villagers take part in the Trieu Phuc festival, which commemorates the 8th-century king Phùng Hung
    Villagers take part in the Trieu Phuc festival in Hanoi, Vietnam

  • Lemaire Channel, Antarctica

    Turkish scientists watch from deck as they pass through the channel
    Turkish scientists watch from deck as they pass through the Lemaire Channel in Antarctica

  • Ardley Island, Antarctica

    A scientist collects stool samples from penguin colonies
    A scientist collects stool samples from penguin colonies on Ardley Island, Antarctica

  • Naivasha, Kenya

    A worker packs roses at Wildfire Flowers company. Kenya accounts for 38% the roses imported by the EU
    A worker cleans and packs roses at Wildfire Flowers company in Naivasha, Kenya

  • Gaza City, Gaza Strip

    Friends mourn at the funeral of a 17-year-old Palestinian boy who was hit in the head by an Israeli teargas bomb in the Bureij refugee camp last week
    Friends in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, mourn a 17-year-old Palestinian boy who was hit in the head by an Israeli teargas bomb

  • Prayagraj, India

    A man transports a statue of a cow on the back of his bike as he passes the banks of the Ganges during the Kumbh Mela festival
    A man transports a statue of a cow on the back of his bike in Prayagraj, India

  • Lagos, Nigeria

    Police detain an alleged thief in Tafawa Balewa Square, as the official opposition holds a rally in the run-up to elections
    Police detain an alleged thief in Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, Nigeria

  • Stuttgart, Germany

    Gelada monkeys at Wilhelma zoo
    Gelada monkeys at Wilhelma zoo in Stuttgart, Germany
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