A cyclone, ice skating and historic lamps: photos of the day – Wednesday
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The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world. Selected by Natasha Rees-Bloor. Wed 18 Dec 2024 13.53 GMT. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images. Photograph: Devi Rahman/AFP/Getty Images.
![[Soham, UKA Christmas light display at the home of Helen and John Attlesey in Cambridgeshire, who decorate their house every year to raise money for three charities that supported their grandson Jacob who was diagnosed with epilepsy]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7f7a566f32a03c53be5b87c78c899bfee415fdb1/0_0_4000_2295/master/4000.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=aab7f02d36ce18f69ea19e4ea7138d4c)
Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters. Photograph: Reuters. Photograph: Clarens Siffroy/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Dia Images/Getty Images. Photograph: Lisa Marie David/Reuters.
![[Essen, GermanyPeople skate on an ice rink at what was once the hottest place in the city, the former coking plant Zollverein]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6ff925be136fa24ac3e07f296d7169c7dd4ad7a2/0_0_5480_3653/master/5480.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=9d39044a407e0bb6166e2a7d373c2c85)
