Obedient police dogs and a foam fight: photos of the day – Monday

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:30:36 GMT

First-year students at St Andrews University enjoy themselves during the foam-flinging fun of the yearly Raisin Monday tradition. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Cambridgeshire, UK. People punt along the River Cam

Manchester, UK. King Charles III meets local people during a visit to Heaton Park synagogue. The monarch is visiting the city to show his support for the Jewish community after it was

Kathmandu, Nepal. Police dogs perform obedience drills and stunts with their handlers during the canine division’s Kukur Tihar celebrations: a festival in which people worship dogs

Jakarta, Indonesia. Rina Kishi of Japan competes in the women’s vault exercise of the 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The Alps, France. Early snow falls on the hillsides at Col de la Bonette

Tokyo, Japan. The ruling Liberal Democratic party president, Sanae Takaichi, prepares to sign a policy agreement forming a coalition with the Japan Innovation party (JIP) leader, Hirofumi Yoshimura, at the Diet. The move should allow Takaichi to become the country’s first female prime minister

Paris, France. People queue outside the Louvre after reports that priceless historic jewellery belonging to Napoleon and Empress Josephine has been stolen from the art museum

Bangkok, Thailand. A dragon dance is performed during the nine-day vegetarian festival that coincides with the annual celebration of the nine Chinese emperor gods

Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan devotees light oil lamps during Diwali celebrations at a Hindu temple

Deir al-Balah, Gaza. Aid trucks, carrying food and fuel, under UN supervision, enter Gaza thanks to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas

Sana’a, Yemen. Guards carry the coffin of the military chief of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Mohammed al-Ghamari, during a funeral procession for him, his 13-year-old son, Hussein, and two bodyguards

Suqian, China. A technician works on chip processing equipment at a semiconductor manufacturing plant

Hanoi, Vietnam. Delegates attend the opening ceremony of the 10th session of the country’s 15th national assembly

Debrad’, Slovakia. Stargazers look at the comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as it shines among the stars

St Andrews, UK. Students gather on Lower College lawn to take part in the university’s annual Raisin Monday foam fight

New Jersey, US. Workers harvest cranberries at Pine Island farm during the annual cranberry harvest, where they wade through flooded bogs to collect the bright red berries