Red maples and a medical train: Wednesday’s best photos Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Selected by Natasha Rees-Bloor Main image: Wuzhou garden in Chongqing, China Wed 1 Apr 2020 09.28 EDT Last modified on Thu 21 Jan 2021 10.42 EST Paris, FranceA member of the medical team watches from the platform as a patient infected with the Covid-19 virus is put on a train at Gare d’Austerlitz, ready to be transferred to a hospital in Brittany Photograph: Thomas Samson/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Chatsworth, South AfricaShoppers queue at a grocery store in a township in South Durban during the lockdown Photograph: Rogan Ward/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rochester, UKPolytunnels cover seasonal fruit such as raspberries and strawberries at a farm in Kent. Concerns over the short supply of seasonal workers are growing with an estimated 90,000 positions, usually filled by workers from eastern Europe, remaining empty Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Hyderabad, IndiaPeople sit inside marked areas on a street as they wait to receive free rice from a government store Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Bangkok, ThailandBuddhist monks wear masks as they head to a market to collect alms Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Prague, Czech RepublicA municipal worker sprays disinfectant along the Vltava river to curb the spread of coronavirus Photograph: David W Černý/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Beirut, LebanonVolunteers from Hezbollah’s Islamic health unit gather to sanitise streets in Beirut’s southern suburbs Photograph: Aziz Taher/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Marseille, FranceA resident of a block of flats is passed food by his neighbours using a rope made of blankets Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Barcelona, SpainTwo attendees watch a cemetery worker place a coffin in a niche in Santa Margarida de Montbui Photograph: Susanna Saez/EPA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Bristol, UKA man peers out of his window during the second week of lockdown Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Bazhong, ChinaStudents walk on to the campus of a high school in Sichuan province, as more than 450,000 final year students returned to school on Wednesday Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Chongqing, ChinaA woman walks through the red maples at Wuzhou gardens Photograph: Chen Chao/China News Service/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaWorkers take time to pray before starting a disinfection operation Photograph: Lim Huey Teng/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Beijing, ChinaParamilitary police officers cross a street Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics World news Photos of the day Photography