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Highlights of the day

  • A girl puts on a santa hat on the head of a child

    Singing kings and a corpse flower: photos of the day – Tuesday

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A reveler takes part in the unofficial kick off of Rio’s Carnival

    Epiphany Day swimmers and the Golden Globes: photos of the day – Monday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photos from around the world
  • Deir el-Balah, Gaza - Women mourn their relatives who were killed by Israeli bombardment.

    New Orleans vigil and mourning in Gaza: photos of the weekend

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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  • Firefighters run down a street as a brush fire burns

    Wildfire in Pacific Palisades, California – in pictures

  • Joe Alwyn shot for OM

    Quirky cardigans and comfy knits: the cosy side of Brutalist star Joe Alwyn – in pictures

  • Trudeau waves to supporters

    Justin Trudeau’s life in politics – in pictures

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    What to wear to the cinema – in pictures

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The picture essay

  • Chibs Ekeiwu at HMP Maidstone

    A day in the life of a prison officer at HMP Maidstone

  • Monica (red t-shirt) and Larisa (green jumper) bathe Elias while Larisa's boyfriend (left) holds a phone with a flashlight and a phone to video call Monica and Larisa's parents; Monica's boyfriend claps to distract the baby's attention at their home in Vătava, Mureș on October 18, 2023. Most of her life updates are shared with her parents via video calls after they finish work in Spain.

    Warmth amid absence: life of Romanian children whose parents work abroad – photo essay

    Alexandra Corcode documents daily life in Romania in this portrait of the trauma experienced by young people whose parent or parents work abroad
  • Supporters of former Ghana President and presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama

    From Gaza to Ghana: celebrating the agency photographers of 2024

    The Guardian and Observer team of picture editors highlight the work of a number of photojournalists working for news agencies worldwide whose images have made an impact and contributed to our journalism during 2024
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From the agencies

  • Overhead view of ballet dancers in a line during a performance

    The Nutcracker ballet in Nairobi – in pictures

  • A herd of elephants consisting mainly of females and their young arrive at a watering pond for a drink at the Ngutuni wildlif conservancy on the outskirts of Voi in Kenya

    The bee project helping to tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya – in pictures

    Loved by tourists, elephants are, however, often loathed by farmers. A long-running project is using African honeybees to deter elephants, reducing clashes with humans
  • Prisoners talk to other prisoners through the gaps of a cell

    Life inside Paraguay’s overcrowded prisons – in pictures

    Paraguay has launched an operation to address the problems plaguing its prison system, including internal gang control, but one problem in particular has proven difficult to deal with: overcrowding. Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd gained access to five different prisons to see how their inmates live
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