Hot-air balloons and a dewy cobweb: photos of the day – Thursday

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 12:34:34 GMT

Hot-air balloons fly over the fairy chimneys and valleys of Cappadocia in Turkey, a Unesco world heritage site. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty

New Delhi, India. Catherine Debrunner of Team Switzerland competes in the Women’s 100m - T53 Final during day six of the World Para Athletics Championships New Delhi 2025 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Nantes, France. Protesters release coloured smoke during a day of nationwide strikes and protests against the government and possible budget cuts

Marajó Island, Brazil. A man drives a herd of water buffaloes

Jedburgh, Scotland. Members of the Kingdom of Kubala, a self-styled tribe, are led away by immigration enforcement. The group, which has been camping in the area since May, recently moved to council-owned land after being evicted from private land nearby

Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A woman walks a girl to school as the academic year begins after a UN vote to expand a security mission in a capital largely controlled by armed gangs and where conflict has displaced 1 million people

Dunsden, UK. Dew-covered cobwebs on a misty morning in Oxfordshire

Orlando, US. Muscovy ducklings swim in a pond at Lake Eola Park

Madrid, Spain. A demonstrator holds a smoke flare at a march to support Palestinians in Gaza and to condemn the Israeli force’s interception of vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla

Nevşehir, Turkey. Hot-air balloons fly over the fairy chimneys and valleys of Cappadocia, a Unesco world heritage site

Manchester, UK. People gather near the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, where there were fatalities and injuries after a stabbing and car attack on Yom Kippur in the suburb of Crumpsall

Manchester, UK. Emergency personnel work at the scene after an attack in which a car was driven at pedestrians and stabbings were reported near a synagogue

Nagpur, India. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteers wait to take part in the Hindu nationalist organisation’s centenary celebrations at Reshimbagh Ground

Russian-occupied Ukraine. A Russian Giatsint-S self-propelled gun fires towards Ukrainian positions from an undisclosed location

Bursa, Turkey. Among migratory bird species, Black-naped Terns stop to rest in the Kocaçay Delta at the beginning of the autumn season. The birds compete with each other to perch on dry tree branches

Deir al-Balah, Gaza. Displaced Palestinians wait to collect water from tankers as the water crisis deepens. The water shortage has intensified as the number of displaced Palestinians in central and southern Gaza increases amid Israeli strikes

Deir al-Balah, Gaza. Relatives of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike mourn as bodies are brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital

Salé, Morocco. A boy runs behind riot officers amid youth-led protests calling for healthcare and education reforms

Belgrade, Serbia. Protesters light up smartphone torches during a march marking 11 months since the tragedy of Novi Sad railway station. The disaster became a symbol of entrenched corruption and ignited nationwide protests