Carnival, fireworks and lava flows: photos of the day – Thursday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Lava flows from Mount Merapi during foggy weatherPhotograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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Grindavík, Iceland
Lava spills on to the road close to the exit for the Blue Lagoon. A volcano in the south-west of the country has erupted for the third time since DecemberPhotograph: Marco Di Marco/AP
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Sanaa, Yemen
Participants take the oath of allegiance to the Houthi movement during a paradePhotograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
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Kimhwa, North Korea
The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, inspects a bottling plant in Kangwon provincePhotograph: KCNA via KNS/AFP/Getty Images
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Karachi, Pakistan
A polling officer marks the thumb of a voter with indelible ink at a polling station during the general electionPhotograph: Rehan Khan/EPA
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Los Angeles, US
A supporter of the Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley at an election rally at the Hollywood American LegionPhotograph: Allison Dinner/EPA
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Khiyam, Lebanon
An Israeli bomb strikes a village in the south of the countryPhotograph: Rabih Daher/AFP/Getty Images
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Rafah, Gaza
Palestinians mourn the dead after an Israeli strikePhotograph: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
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Mexico City, Mexico
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reads the self-penned Gracias! in his office at the National PalacePhotograph: Mexico Presidency/Reuters
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Handan, China
Performers throw molten metal to create a fireworks display during a traditional dashuhua performance in Hebei province for the lunar new year of the dragonPhotograph: AFP/Getty Images
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Bangkok, Thailand
A gold seller holds a dragon ring at a shop in the city’s Chinatown before the lunar new year celebrationsPhotograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Corina Mrazek González is crowned carnival queen in the Canary IslandsPhotograph: Ramon de la Rocha/EPA
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Lucerne, Switzerland
Masked Guggen (brass and percussion) bands at the Urknall (Big Bang) at Kapellplatz, marking the start of carnivalPhotograph: Urs Flueeler/EPA
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Cologne, Germany
Revellers shelter from the rain as they arrive for women’s carnival dayPhotograph: Sascha Schuermann/AFP/Getty Images
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Riga, Latvia
A pedestrian braves the weather on Aleksandra Čaka Street during heavy snowfallPhotograph: Toms Kalniņš/EPA
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Mexico City, Mexico
A visitor views an artwork at Zona Maco, the largest contemporary art fair in the country, at the Banamex CentrePhotograph: Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP/Getty Images
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Buxton, UK
Walkers enjoy the snow in the Peak District. Up to 25cm of snow is forecast in parts of England and Wales, as the Met Office issued weather alerts and warned of disruption to travelPhotograph: Peter Byrne/PA
