Eid al-Fitr and a rope climber: photos of the day – Wednesday

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Jiangsu province, China

Employees work at a converter station in Suzhou

People at work on a tall structure

Kigali. Rwanda

Muslim women gather for a special morning prayer for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at Kigali Pelé Stadium

Muslims gather for morning prayer at a football stadium

Nashville, Tennessee

Gun reform activists gather in the state senate gallery to protest against a measure that would authorise teachers, principals and other school personnel to carry a concealed handgun on school grounds

Protesters in red T-shirts sit in the state senate gallery

Nairobi, Kenya

A Muslim girl attends Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground

A girl holds her hands together in front of her mouth

Dorset, UK

An aerial view of a large cliff fall at Hive Beach in Burton Bradstock

An aerial view of a large cliff fall

Kathmandu, Nepal

People from the Newari community carry chariots of three goddesses – Kankeshwori, Bhadrakali and Sankata – during a religious festival

A crowd of people dressed in bright colours

Cape Canaveral, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy lifts off from the Space Force station

A rocket blasts off

Jakarta, Indonesia

Muslims ride on a wooden boat to attend mass prayers for Eid al-Fitr

People in a small boat pass a larger vessel

New York City, New York

People pray outside the Masjid At-Taqwa mosque in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

New York City, New YorkPeople pray outside the Masjid At-Taqwa mosque in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

San Sebastián, Spain

A surfer falls from his board into the sea

A surfer falls from his board into the sea

Paris, France

Anouk Garnier climbs up a rope under the Eiffel Tower during an attempt to beat a rope climb record

A woman climbs up a rope under the Eiffel Tower

Selangor, Malaysia

Children play with fireworks as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr

Children play with fireworks

Kathmandu, Nepal

Security personnel use water cannon to disperse demonstrators demanding the restoration of the monarchy and the country’s status as a Hindu state

Security personnel use water cannon against demonstrators

Najaf, Iraq

An aerial picture shows Muslim worshippers visiting the graves of relatives at the Wadi-al-Salam cemetery

Aerial view of a built-up cemetery

Inner Mongolia, China

Builders work at the construction site of a railway in Baotou

Builders work at the construction site of a railway in Baotou

Upper Galilee, Israel

A fox approaches a calf in a forest

A fox approaches a calf in a forest

Washington, D.C.

U.S. Navy sailors pose for a group photo in the South Lawn of the White House

Washington, D.C.U.S. Navy sailors pose for a group photo in the South Lawn of the White House

Vatican City

Pope Francis during his Wednesday general audience in St Peter’s Square

Pope Francis rides in the popemobile

Seoul, South Korea

Supporters of the ruling People Power party raise their phone torches during a campaign rally

A crowd of people hold up phone torches

Bucharest, Romania

A Muslim man plays with a baby at the end of Eid al-Fitr prayers

A man playfully throws a child into the air
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