Photos of the day
Pumpkins, powder protests and Paris fashion: photos of the day – Wednesday
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
by Natasha Rees-Bloor · the GuardianQuito, Ecuador
A courier rides away from a wildfire. The city has been hit by the worst drought in six decades and forest fires that have affected about 40,000 hectares
Photograph: Karen Toro/Reuters
Barcelona, Spain
Demonstrators throw coloured powder at riot police during a protest about the housing crisis
Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images
New York, US
Police officers arrest a man during a Flood Manhattan for Lebanon protest. The demonstration follows Israeli airstrikes that killed at least 558 people on 23 September, according to the Lebanese health ministry
Photograph: Paul Frangipane/AFP/Getty Images
Srinagar, India
A soldier stands guard as women queue to vote at a polling station during the second phase of assembly elections in the Kashmir district
Photograph: Yawar Nazir/Getty Images
Nouméa, New Caledonia
People dive from a platform into the sea at sunset
Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images
Wraxall, UK
Staff at Noah’s Ark zoo farm harvesting 10,000 pumpkins that have been sustainably grown using elephant and rhino dung as fertiliser
Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
Mumbai, India
A mural painted on a wall. The city is renowned for its colourful street art
Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images
Paris, France
A model wearing a Germanier creation walks the runway at Paris fashion week
Photograph: Julien de Rosa/AFP/Getty Images
Helsinki, Finland
Red paint stains pillars at Parliament House after a climate protest against state-owned peat mines
Photograph: Emmi Korhonen/Reuters
Pokrovsk, Ukraine
A woman walks past a destroyed building. Russian forces have intensified their efforts to capture the mining city
Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images
Kfar Rouman, Lebanon
A smoke plume rises as Israeli airstrikes bombard the southern village
Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP