Tahiti, French Polynesia

The US surfer Kelly Slater jumps into the water at Teahupo’o during the World Surf League Shiseido Tahiti pro-surfing event

Hainan province, China

The 2023 Tanmen Sea Catching festival kicks off in Qionghai

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

A pig coated with a thick greenish film sniffs the ground while foraging near the shore. Pollution around Lake Maracaibo, one of Latin America’s largest lakes, is the result of decades of oil exploitation, inadequate maintenance and a lack of investment to improve an already obsolete infrastructure, say environmentalists

London, UK

England fans celebrate the second England goal scored by Lauren Hemp during a screening of the Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 semi-final between Australia and England

Tottori, Japan

Workers stand on a caved-in road after Typhoon Lan hit the area

Madrid, Spain

The procession of La Virgen de la Paloma parades through the streets of Madrid

Hanoi, Vietnam

A shackled elephant at the Hanoi public zoo. The treatment of two elderly elephants has outraged animal rights advocates across Vietnam

London, UK

A person lies in the shade on Primrose Hill, London

Peshawar, Pakistan

A vendor selling dolls waits for customers on a roadside

Gansu province, China

A 12.5-metre-high sculpture of Emperor Wu of Han in Guazhou. The main material is red sandstone which was carved in blocks using 3D scanning and digital technology

Toronto, Canada

Ducks are cleaned in a soap bath at a Toronto wildlife centre. After an industrial fire in Etobicoke led to contamination in Mimico Creek, nearly 80 ducks have been treated and housed at the Toronto charity

Ventimiglia, Italy

Refugees and migrants try to reach France via Ventimiglia but are often pushed back by French police. They wait to try to cross again under a bridge 8km from the border for unknown periods in hard conditions as there is nothing to sleep on, no food, water or electricity

Dead Sea, Israel

An aerial picture shows patterns formed by crystalised minerals and sinkholes on the surface of a dried-up area of the Dead Sea near the southern Israeli Neve Zohar resort. The Dead Sea has lost a third of its surface area since 1960, with the blue water receding about a metre every year, leaving behind a lunar landscape whitened by salt and perforated with gaping holes

Hodeida, Yemen

Youths collect recyclable items at a rubbish dump in Yemen’s Red Sea port city