A crushed Tesla and George W Bush’s paintings: photos of the day – Thursday

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

Main image: The opposition presidential candidate María Corina Machado addresses supporters in Guacara, Venezuela. Photograph: Leonardo Fernández Viloria/Reuters

  • Tel Aviv, Israel

    Demonstrators block the main highway as they hold banners and posters with the faces of female hostages held in Gaza since 7 October
    Demonstrators block the main highway as they hold banners and posters with the faces of female hostages held in Gaza since October 7

  • Khan Younis, Gaza Strip

    Smoke rises during an Israeli ground operation, seen from a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah
    Smoke rises during an Israeli ground operation in Khan Younis, seen from a tent camp sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah

  • Deir al-Balah, Gaza

    The bodies of Palestinians who lost their lives in Israeli attacks in Bureij refugee camp are brought to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital
    The bodies of Palestinians who lost their lives in Israeli attacks in Bureij refugee camp are brought to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital

  • Gaza

    Aid packages fall over northern Gaza, after being dropped from a military aircraft, as seen from Israel’s border with Gaza in southern Israel
    Aid packages fall over northern Gaza, after being dropped from a military aircraft, as seen from Israel’s border with Gaza in southern Israel

  • Valparaíso, Chile

    Houses burn amid a wildfire
    Houses burn amid a wildfire in Valparaiso

  • Guacara, Venezuela

    The opposition presidential candidate María Corina Machado addresses supporters during a rally in Carabobo state
    The opposition presidential candidate María Corina Machado addresses supporters during a rally in Carabobo state

  • North Korea

    Kim Jong-un (C) salutes personnel during a military training competition at an undisclosed location
    Kim Jong-un (C) salutes personnel during a military training competition at an undisclosed location

  • Washington DC, US

    The secretary of state, Antony Blinken, speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the state department
    The secretary of state, Antony Blinken, speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the state department. He appears blurred with a photographic effect leaving a superimposed image of his face in the foreground

  • Srinagar, Kashmir

    Muslims offer prayers on a roadside during the third day of the fasting month of Ramadan
    Muslims offer prayers on a roadside during the third day of the fasting month of Ramadan

  • Patan, Nepal

    A worker paints the eye of Lord Buddha before the procession of the Samyak Mahadan festival, an alms-giving festival offering worship at the painted idol of Lord Buddha, brought from various temples, for world peace and human welfare
    A worker paints the eye of Lord Buddha before the procession of the Samyak Mahadan festival

  • Chiang Mai, Thailand

    The former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is photographed with a supporter next to his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra (R) as they visit the Royal Park Rajapruek
    The former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is photographed with a supporter next to his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra as they visit the Royal Park Rajapruek

  • Yorba Linda, US

    The former president George W Bush tours an exhibit of his paintings of military veterans at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in California
    The former president George W Bush tours an exhibit of his paintings of military veterans at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in California

  • Paris, France

    A sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan of Hitler kneeling, looking like a child, is displayed prior to an exhibition of work from the Pinault collection
    Paris, France A sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan of Hitler kneeling, looking like a child, is displayed ahead of an exhibition of work from the Pinault collection

  • London, UK

    The model and photographer Pattie Boyd displays photos she took of the Beatles during a trip to India, at Christie’s before a sale of items from her collection
    Model and photographer Pattie Boyd holds up photos she took of the Beatles during a trip to India

  • Cambridge, UK

    Gallery technicians install Zipporah by Barbara Walker at the Fitzwilliam Museum, which is reopening its five main painting galleries to the public after a major refurbishment and redisplay project
    Gallery technicians install Zipporah by Barbara Walker at the Fitzwilliam Museum

  • Mexico City, Mexico

    An artwork by Chavis Mármol of a Tesla 3 car being crushed by a nine-tonne Olmec-inspired head
    An artwork by Chavis Mármol of a Tesla 3 car being crushed by a nine-tonne Olmec-inspired head

  • Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Staff and people in costumes of Tintin characters pose with the new Belgium away kit, inspired by The Adventures of Tintin comic book by Hergé
    Staff and people in costumes of Tintin characters pose with the new Belgium away kit, inspired by The Adventures of Tintin comic book by Herge

  • Cheltenham, UK

    Racegoers arrive on St Patrick’s Thursday
    Cheltenham racegoers arrive on St Patrick’s Thursday, with one person in a green suit and another in a South Park suit
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