This article is more than 8 months oldThe Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the worldPeople wave Palestinian flags during a protest in Gaza City. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPAEithne StauntonThu 21 Aug 2025 18.57 CESTFirst published on Thu 21 Aug 2025 14.51 CESTNairobi, KenyaThe leader of the opposition Democracy for Citizens party, Rigathi Gachagua, reacts as his security team pushes back supporters welcoming him at Jomo Kenyatta international airportPhotograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty ImagesColinas del Campo de Martín Moro Toledano, SpainPeople battle a wildfire in Igüeña municipality in the province of León. More than 403,000 hectares (996,000 acres) have burned in Spain this year, according to the European Forest Fire Information SystemPhotograph: César Manso/AFP/Getty ImagesParis, FranceScattered leaves next to Parc des Buttes-Chaumont in the 19th arrondissement. Trees are shedding leaves as a stress response to extreme heat and drought. Species such as plane trees and chestnuts, common in Paris, are particularly affected, with leaves falling as early as August due to heatwaves and minimal rainfallPhotograph: Remon Haazen/Getty ImagesAlexandria, EgyptA crane pulls an artefact from the water in Abu Qir Bay as part of work to recover sunken antiquitiesPhotograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty ImagesLviv, UkraineA resident walks along a road near the site of a Russian missile strike in the village of Sknyliv, on the outskirts of the cityPhotograph: Roman Baluk/ReutersGaza City, GazaRelatives of people killed by Israeli military fire while waiting for aid grieve at al-Shifa hospitalPhotograph: Saeed MMT Jaras/Anadolu/Getty ImagesLagoon Nebula, SagittariusAn image composed by the integration of four hours of photographic exposures shows Messier 8, also known as the Lagoon Nebula, taken from La Hayuela, Cantabria, Spain. Messier 8 is a giant emission nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius, 5,000 light years awayPhotograph: Pedro Puente Hoyos/EPASouth Aceh, IndonesiaFirefighters and disaster management workers tackle a blazePhotograph: BNPB/ShutterstockTel Aviv, IsraelProtesters hold cutout pictures of hostages and signs demanding a ceasefire and the release of the hostagesPhotograph: Ronen Zvulun/ReutersKhan Younis, Gaza StripPeople wait to receive food from a charity kitchenPhotograph: Hatem Khaled/ReutersBeijing, ChinaDelivery couriers for the Chinese shopping platform Meituan disperse after a briefing before the start of their shift near a mallPhotograph: Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty ImagesLondon, UKJoshua Boado, 16, and Rahnai Henricus, both 16 and students at Harris Academy Merton, collect their GCSE resultsPhotograph: Hannah McKay/ReutersBhaktapur, NepalNewar Buddhist devotees worship Dipankara Buddha during the Panchadaan festival. Known as the festival of five summer gifts, Panchadaan is a sacred ritual in which devotees honour Dipankara Buddha and offer five traditional alms in monastic courtyards and community squaresPhotograph: Safal Prakash Shrestha/Zuma Press/ShutterstockGaza City, GazaPeople wave Palestinian flags during a protest in Gaza CityPhotograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA