The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world. Elena Goodinson. Thu 27 Feb 2025 13.49 GMT. Photograph: Michaela Stache/AFP/Getty. Photograph: AFPTV/AFP/Getty. Photograph: PJ Heller/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty.
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Photograph: Anadolu/Getty. Photograph: Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA. Photograph: Carlos Ortega/EPA. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty. Photograph: Bienvenido Velasco/EPA. Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty.
![[An aerial view of people gathering on a promontory surrounded by green water ]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/49bb2d4e147b3b62ae0fc9af339ef00d627d2bfb/0_0_2283_1522/master/2283.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4cdd5608ca43a451fba9586e48557018)