Rum-soaked saint and an egg and flour fight: photos of the day - Thursday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Main image: People throw rum at a statue of San Benito during a festival in Cabimas, Venezuela. Photograph: Davide Bonaldo/Rex/Shutterstock

  • Stalybridge, UK

    Damaged roofs on a row of terraced houses after Storm Gerrit hit the country
    Stalybridge, UKDamaged roofs on a row of terraced houses after Storm Gerrit hit the country

  • Valparaiso, Chile

    Sea lions congregate in front of a police car obstructing the path of riot police during clashes with fishermen who are protesting against the government following the repeal of the existing fishing law and the non-payment of promised bonuses
    Valparaiso, Chile Sea lions congregate in front of a police car obstructing the path of riot police during clashes with fishermen who are protesting against the government following the repeal of the existing fishing law and the non-payment of promised bonuses

  • Marienburg, Germany

    Castle Marienburg surrounded by flooded fields. After heavy rainfall, the Leine River has overflowed in Lower Saxony
    Flood water partially submerges a bridge across the river, with the castle on a hill behind

  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza

    Ammar and Iman al-Masri, displaced Palestinians who fled their home in Beit Hanoun to escape Israeli bombardment, hold three of their quadruplets as they shelter at a school in the central Gaza Strip. The fourth was being treated in hospital
    Ammar and Iman al-Masri hold three babies while sitting on the floor, as two older children sit behind

  • Buffalo, US

    Buffalo Sabres’ right wing Jack Quinn (22) escapes with the puck during the team’s NHL ice hockey game against the Boston Bruins in New York state
    Jack Quinn skates with the puck with three opposition players behind

  • San José, Costa Rica

    A woman takes part in a carnival parade as part of festivities in the run-up to New Year’s Eve
    A woman wearing white face paint, with red lips and nose, holds a red balloon

  • Beijing, China

    People ride sledges on a frozen lake at the Summer Palace
    Overhead view of people riding sleds, with the 17-arch bridge over the lake behind

  • Rafah, Gaza

    A Palestinian woman sits on a stone with a child as Palestinian families, seeking refuge from Israeli attacks on Gaza, set up makeshift tents
    A Palestinian woman sits with a young boy on one side and bags on the other

  • Cabimas, Venezuela

    People throw rum at a statue of San Benito as a sign of devotion. The festivity of San Benito is celebrated in parts of Venezuela and especially in the city of Cabimas in Zulia state
    Rum splashes into the air as a man pours it from a bucket held over his head, while others reach forward to place their hands on the statue

  • Ayodhya, India

    A boy stands at the doorstep of a temple
    A boy with a painted forehead looks out from between two partially opened doors. Above him are ornate coloured carvings

  • Bormio, Italy

    Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde speeds down the course during a men’s World Cup downhill race
    Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is airborne while skiing downhill

  • Moscow, Russia

    Russian poets Artyom Kamardin (L) and Yegor Shtovba (R) stand inside a glass cage in court after being sentenced to prison terms by Russian authorities, who have cracked down on any criticism of the military operation in Ukraine
    Artyom Kamardin waves from inside the glass cage alongside Yegor Shtovba, as a police officer stands in front

  • Jerusalem

    Armed with M16 automatic guns, ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of the Ger Hasidic dynasty and part of the first-response tactical team of their community, stand guard during a wedding event
    A bearded man wearing a black fur hat stands in the foreground carrying an M16, as another armed man shakes hands with a person in the background. Other Jewish men wearing traditional outfits stand around them

  • Khan Younis, Gaza

    Palestinians who lost their loved ones in Israeli attacks mourn as they say goodbye at Nasser Hospital
    Khan Younis, GazaPalestinians who lost their loved ones in Israeli attacks mourn as they say goodbye at Nasser Hospital

  • Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

    Tourist boats sailing in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh. Ha Long Bay is losing its famous turquoise hue as pollution and overdevelopment threaten wildlife and its picture-perfect image
    Overhead view of tourist boats sailing among the many limestone islets

  • Alicante, Spain

    Revellers dressed in mock military garb take part in the ‘Els Enfarinats’ battle in the town of Ibi, south-eastern Spain. During this 200-year-old festival, participants dress in military clothes and stage a mock coup d’etat as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers
    Flour and eggs burst over two crouching revellers, as another flour-covered man carries eggs towards the battle

  • Kunming, China

    People feed birds in south-west Yunnan province
    People watch from behind railings as gulls fly at the edge of a lake
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