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A dolphin protest and a lightning strike: Wednesday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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Main image: A Xironda, Spain: locals dress up to celebrate Entroido, an ancient rural carnival celebrated in the run up to Ash Wednesday.

Wed 22 Feb 2023 14.54 GMT Last modified on Wed 22 Feb 2023 15.49 GMT

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Lightning hits the hand of the Christ the Redeemer statue during a storm on Corcovado mountain

  • San Juan Chamula, Mexico

    Members of the Indigenous Tzotzil community perform a dance during the last day of the carnival known as K’in Tajimoltic

  • Bogotá, Colombia

    Members of feminist groups commemorate the first anniversary of the decriminalisation of abortion up to 24 weeks of gestation in front of the supreme court

  • Dunfermline, Scotland

    Teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union on the picket line outside Queen Anne high school during a strike

  • Snettisham, England

    Thousands of knots gather on a lagoon in Norfolk during what is known as the Snettisham Spectacular, a time when high tides push the wading birds off their feeding ground on the Wash to a lagoon, where they wait for the tide to recede to continue feeding

  • Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

    Earthquake survivor Fatma Var remains in her house, despite its partial collapse, to care for her seven cats

  • Aleppo, Syria

    A family drink coffee in the remains of their home, in a building damaged by the earthquakes

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Bin bags pile up during a strike by rubbish collectors who are demanding better pay

  • Paris, France

    An onlooker stands amid 400 placards depicting dolphins displayed on the Esplanade des Invalides by members of an animal rights group

  • Hamilton, New Zealand

    Portugal’s players celebrate scoring during a match against Cameroon, as Portugal qualified for the Fifa Women’s World Cup

  • London, England

    An employee cleans the floor near an artwork by Andy Warhol entitled Debbie Harry at Sotheby’s, where the painting is expected to fetch in the region of £3m to £5m at auction next month

  • Wuxi City, China

    Workers check the cables on the world’s highest transmission tower

  • A Xironda, Spain

    Locals dress up in masks, cowbells and whips to celebrate Entroido, an ancient rural carnival celebrated in Galicia in the run-up to Ash Wednesday
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