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Monkeys in Nepal and snow in the UK: photos of the day – Wednesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

A monkey climbs up a tree in a forest area of Kathmandu, Nepal. Photograph: Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Eithne Staunton

Wed 19 Nov 2025 14.54 CET

Last modified on Thu 20 Nov 2025 13.11 CET

Four women stand close together looking at the ground. One woman, in a red jacket and blue surgical gloves, clasps her hands and closes her eyes — Ternopil, Ukraine
Paramedics stand in front of a residential building that was heavily damaged by a Russian strikePhotograph: Vlad Kravchuk/AP
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Smoke billows from a tall turquoise apartment block, part of which has been entirely destroyed. The building is surrounded by bare trees and a fire engine is positioned next to the building — Ternopil, Ukraine
The aftermath of a Russian missile attack an on apartment blockPhotograph: Andriy Bodak/Reuters
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A long, winding, concrete border wall, spanning from the foreground of the image to the far distance — Israel-Lebanon border
A blue line marker stands near a concrete wall constructed by Israel at its frontier with LebanonPhotograph: Ariel Schalit/AP
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A wide aerial shot of huge mounds of rubble and the shells of destroyed buildings — Gaza City
Destruction in Gaza City amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and HamasPhotograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters
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A girl sits in a tent made of white tarpaulin. Another girl sits next to her, writing on a notepad. There are a pair of crutches in the foreground — Khan Younis, Gaza
Asil al-Najjar, 11, and her 10-year-old sister, Cena, are living in a tent months after being severely injured in an Israeli attack. Asil lost a leg and Cena suffered a serious knee injury. Both are still waiting for medical treatmentPhotograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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An auditorium completely filled with rows of people wearing green and white shirts — Yangon, Myanmar
Members of the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development party (USDP) attend an election campaign event. The Myanmar junta has touted polls starting on 28 December as a path to peace, but rebel-held enclaves will be blocked from voting and monitors are dismissing it as a ploy to disguise continuing military rulePhotograph: Sai Aung Main/AFP/Getty Images
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An aerial shot of a large urban street completely filled with people wearing red shirts — Panama City, Panama
Fans celebrate in the streets of Panama City after Panama qualified for the 2026 Fifa World CupPhotograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images
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A group of men celebrating, holding the Haitian flag — Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Fans celebrate Haiti’s qualification for the 2026 Fifa World Cup after a match against NicaraguaPhotograph: Odelyn Joseph/AP
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A small monkey on a tree silhouetted against the sun — Kathmandu, Nepal
A monkey climbs up a tree. Nepal is home to four monkey species: the Rhesus macaque (red monkey), Assamese macaque (pahare monkey), and two types of langurs – Nepal langur and Tarai langur. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list, the Assamese macaque and Tarai langur are endangered, while the Rhesus macaque and Nepal langur are classified as species of least concernPhotograph: Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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An aerial shot of a large snow-covered area of countryside, with a church and graveyard in the middle — Kiln Pit Hill, UK
Overnight snow covers a churchyard in Northumberland. Snow and ice warnings have come into force across the UKPhotograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
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A robin perches on a tree covered in snow — Newtonmore, UK
A Robin perches on an icy tree in the CairngormsPhotograph: Jane Barlow/PA
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An aerial shot of orange coloured trees on a green lake, with a small boat in between — Suqian, China
Farmers feed crabs under Metasequoia trees at the Sihong county ecological breeding base in Jiangsu provincePhotograph: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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A large shelf covered in bright orange slices of sweet potatoes. Behind it, a man wearing a face mask is adding more potatoes — Zunhua City, China
A farmer dries sliced sweet potatoes at a courtyard in the north of Hebei provincePhotograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock
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A person walks in the far distance amid clumps of salt deposits on a large lake — Aksaray, Turkey
A man walks amid salt masses that have formed in Lake TuzPhotograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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Three women wearing brightly coloured clothes walk along a path as one of them scatters seeds — Kathmandu, Nepal
Nepali Hindu devotees scatter Sat-bij, a sacred mix of seven seeds, around the Shivalinga at the Pashupatinath temple in the capital, as part of the Bala Chaturdashi rituals performed in memory of departed loved onesPhotograph: Sanjit Pariyar/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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Smoke fills the top half of an image of lots of dead leaves on the ground in the foreground, with a woman stoking a bonfire in the background — Srinagar, India-controlled Kashmir
Kashmiris burn fallen Chinar leaves to make charcoal for traditional firepots, known as kangris, to keep warm during winterPhotograph: Mukhtar Khan/AP
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Mount Fuji silhouetted against a dramatic sunset of varying shades of orange, with tall trees silhouetted in the foreground — Chiba, Tokyo
People on the beach in Chiba, a suburb of Tokyo, as the sun sets over Mount FujiPhotograph: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
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