Tomatina, Venice film stars and fog: photos of the day – Wednesday

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Berlin, Germany

Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, and Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, hold a joint press conference at the chancellery

Olaf Scholz and Keir Starmer speak at a conference at the chancellery in front of British, German and EU flags

Frankfurt, Germany

A bee covered in pollen flies towards a sunflower in a field

A bee covered in pollen flies towards a sunflower in a field in Frankfurt

Kherbet Karkour, Israel

Relatives and friends of freed Israeli hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi welcome him as he returns to his village near the southern bedouin city of Rahat

A freed Israeli hostage is surrounded by friends and family

West Bank

An Israeli soldier operates during a raid in the Nur Shams camp, where Palestinian refugees are sheltering near the city of Tulkarm

An Israeli soldier runs with a gun in a street with grit on the road, near two military vehicles

Kardzhali, Bulgaria

A shepherd dog stands next to its flock on the bed of the dried up Studen Kladenets (cold well) reservoir dam. Southern and eastern Europe are faced with ‘persistent and recurrent drought conditions’, according to the latest report by the EU Science Hub

A shepherd dog stands next to its flock on a bed of cracked earth

Venice, Italy

Monica Bellucci arrives at the 81st Venice international film festival

Monica Bellucci blows a kiss to the camera as she arrives at the Venice Film Festival

Kandahar, Afghanistan

Girls read the Qur’an at a madrasa, a religious school

Girls wearing red hijabs read the Qu’ran

Buñol, Spain

Revellers take part in the Tomatina annual food battle in the eastern town, where people gather to throw tomatoes

People throw tomatoes in a street which has been covered in juice and pulp from the food battle

Vatican City

People waving Senegalese flags, as Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience

People gather in Vatican City and wave Senegalese flags

Melbourne, Australia

A woman and her dog are blasted by sand from a Port Phillip Bay beach as strong winds buffet the city

A woman and her dog are blasted by wind and sand

California, US

An aerial view shows fog surrounding the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

Parts of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco poke out from thick fog

Illinois, US

Lightning strikes after a severe storm passed over Chicago on Tuesday

Lightning bolt strikes the city
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