The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world. Selected by Natasha Rees-Bloor. Wed 26 Feb 2025 12.45 GMT Last modified on Wed 26 Feb 2025 13.01 GMT. Photograph: Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images.
![[horizontal statue suspended above the ground ]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0830e6aa4dd6b21415b290f66cb34cace18149b7/0_0_8496_5664/master/8496.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3f890770b4daada3235da7d310cae460)
Photograph: Andre Coelho/EPA. Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA. Photograph: Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images. Photograph: Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu/Getty Images. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images.
![[Paddleboarders on the sea under a bright sun]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3b010db14f86e8c2ae0385fe9530e98872fd721c/0_0_3600_2400/master/3600.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dd153f59841e21b5cd945dc948c69dd7)
Photograph: Tomer Appelbaum/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Gripas Yuri/Abaca/Rex/Shutterstock. Photograph: Juancho Torres/Anadolu/Getty Images. Photograph: Chema Moya/EPA. Photograph: Shahzaib Akber/EPA. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA.
![[A staring brightly painted face]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f46bb6b3a0cea7eef0bc31264fe3c6a1f505d8f2/0_0_2190_1448/master/2190.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7a18136c34d99c64a15d421e7dec421c)