A volcanic eruption and a worm moon: photos of the day

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

Main image: Lava and smoke plumes spewing from a volcano near Grindavík, Iceland, are illuminated by the northern lights. Photograph: Marco di Marco/AP

  • Beijing, China

    Visitors pose for a selfie at a national development forum
    Beijing, China. Visitors pose for a selfie at a national development forum

  • Hyderabad, Pakistan

    Revellers try to form a human pyramid from which they will break earthen pots as part of Holi celebrations
    Hyderabad, Pakistan. Revellers try to form a human pyramid from which they will break earthen pots as part of Holi celebrations

  • Jerusalem

    People in costumes mark Purim. The carnivalesque holiday is celebrated with parades and parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them during the Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the Book of Esther
    Jerusalem. People in costumes mark Purim

  • Beijing, China

    Models wear Xiangqiao Sheng designs on the runway at China fashion week
    Beijing, China. Models wear Xiangqiao Sheng designs on the runway at China fashion week

  • Shanghai, China

    Models walk animals on the catwalk during Petjoy fashion week, Yangpu district
    Shanghai, China. Models walk animals on the catwalk during Petjoy fashion week, Yangpu district

  • Holyhead, UK

    The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, Jo Stevens, the shadow secretary of state for Wales, and the first minister, Vaughan Gething, tour Excalibur, an offshore jackup platform for wind turbine construction and maintenance
    Holyhead, UK. The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, Jo Stevens, the shadow secretary of state for Wales, and the first minister, Vaughan Gething, tour Excalibur, an offshore jackup platform for wind turbine construction and maintenance

  • Cumbria, UK

    The prime minister, Rishi Sunak (left), and the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, visit BAE Systems’ submarines academy. Sunak announced a £200m investment package aimed at securing the future of the UK’s nuclear industry
    Cumbria, UK. The prime minister, Rishi Sunak (left), and the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, visit BAE Systems’ submarines academy

  • Gaza

    An aircraft drops humanitarian aid on the northern Gaza Strip, as photographed from central Gaza
    Gaza. An aircraft drops humanitarian aid on the northern Gaza Strip, as photographed from central Gaza

  • Kyiv, Ukraine

    Rescuers work at the site of a building damaged by a Russian missile strike
    Kyiv, Ukraine. Rescuers work at the site of a building damaged by a Russian missile strike

  • La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

    A fresco made of solar panels representing a portrait of the late Swiss-French architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, who lived in the city
    La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. A fresco made of solar panels representing a portrait of the late Swiss-French architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, who lived in the city

  • Singapore

    A plane flies past the rising full moon, known as a worm moon
    Singapore. A plane flies past the rising full moon

  • New York, US

    Donald Trump sits with his lawyer, Susan Necheles, before the start of a hearing at the criminal court. The former US president’s hush-money case is poised for a crucial hearing on Monday
    New York, US. Donald Trump sits with his lawyer, Susan Necheles, before the start of a hearing at the criminal court

  • Grindavík, Iceland

    Lava flows and smoke plumes are illuminated by the northern lights. Eruptions from the volcano in south-western Iceland continue
    Grindavík, Iceland. Lava flows and ash plumes are illuminated by the northern lights. Eruptions from the volcano in south-western Iceland continue

  • Hong Kong

    Continuous, an installation by the Japanese art collective teamLab that features about 200 large ovoid objects that change colour to music, in Tamar Park
    Hong Kong. Continuous, an installation by the Japanese art collective teamLab that features about 200 large ovoid objects that change colour to music, in Tamar Park
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