A market ablaze, a Philippine earthquake and a dairy show: photos of the day – Wednesday

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:29:41 GMT

Firefighters in Kharkiv, Ukraine try to extinguish a blaze in the city’s Barabashovo market after a Russian airstrike.

Bogo City, Philippines. A motorcyclist and passenger pass a collapsed building after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, which killed at least 69 people

London, UK. Anti-immigration protesters from the Pink Ladies group demonstrate outside Downing Street

London, UK. People take part in a Women Against the Far Right counter-protest in response to the Pink Ladies demonstration

Taipei, Taiwan. Members of Peta take part in a protest before the mid-autumn festival. The animal rights group is urging people to choose vegetarian options or avoid live-animal grilling during the harvest festival

Sidoarjo, Indonesia. Search and rescue team members carry a relative of a person killed after the collapse of a school building in East Java

Athens, Greece. Protesters take part in a nationwide 24-hour strike as trade unions demand higher wages and the withdrawal of a bill proposing changes to working hours

Shepton Mallet, UK. Cattle are prepared for judging at the Dairy Show at the Bath and West showground

New Delhi, India. Australia’s Vanessa Low competes during the women’s long lump T63 final on day four of the World Para Athletics championships. Low went on to win gold in the event

Seoul, South Korea. People walk though a field of yellow cosmos flowers at Olympic Park

Balıkesir, Turkey. A flock of pelicans congregate on the shore of Lake Manyas (Manyas Gölü in Turkish), where decreasing water levels caused by severe drought are threatening the habitats of migratory birds

Sydney, Australia. France’s Lucie Prioux competes in the women’s canoe final at the 2025 ICF Slalom World Championships at the Penrith Whitewater stadium

Xuyi County, China. A girl walks through a historical and cultural area of Jiangsu Province after officials introduced a series of measures to increase tourism during the National Day holiday

Encinitas, US. A surfer rides off the top of a wave at Cardiff State beach in California

Varanasi, India. Hindu devotees perform Dhunuchi Naach, a traditional dance, in front of an idol of Durga, a principal deity in Hinduism, during the Durga Puja festival

The Ciénegas del Lerma, Mexico. Workers try to clear a flooded road after heavy rains in the Mexico City metropolitan area

Kharkiv, Ukraine. Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze in the city’s Barabashovo market after a Russian airstrike, which injured as least six people

Dnipro, Ukraine. Firefighters attend a blaze at a block of flats after Russian drone attacks damaged about 20 residential buildings, as well as a medical centre, a children’s dental clinic, a museum, a high schools and university buildings

Khan Younis, Gaza. Four-month-old Mohammed Abu Salah, who was born with a hole in his heart and is suffering from malnutrition, is held by a family member in their makeshift tent

Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza. Civilians displaced by the Israeli offensive in the northern part of the Palestinian territory gather water distributed from tankers

Deir al-Balah, Gaza Warning: graphic content. The family of a Palestinian man killed in an Israeli strike mourn over his body outside al-Aqsa hospital