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Vegetables for the gods and moving Messi’s statue: photos of the day
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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- Rowell Fair Proclamation Day celebrated with disarming of halberdiers after charter reading.
- Ethiopians voted in parliamentary elections under umbrellas.
- Pilgrims arrived at the Prophet’s mosque after completing Hajj.
- People fled southern Beirut after Israeli military orders to attack targets.
- The White Angels police unit searched for drones during civilian evacuations.
- Smoke rose from an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon; Iran stated a ceasefire is key for US deal.
- People paddleboarded in Iran with vessels visible in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Protesters demonstrated against a proposed US Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia airbase.
- Agricultural machines harvested wheat in Jiangsu, China.
- Children participated in the 76th anniversary of International Children’s Day.
- A man shielded himself from the sun in Beijing.
- A statue of Lionel Messi was removed for reinstallation in a safer location in India.
- The Indiana Teahouse at Cottesloe beach was pictured after a storm.
- The Tenggerese people carried vegetable offerings to Mount Bromo during the Yadnya Kasada ritual.