An abbey abseil and frozen bubbles: Wednesday's best photos

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

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Main image: Stonemason James Preston abseils from Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire, England. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

  • Chennai, India

    A boy plays a drum beside bonfires lit in the street to celebrate the Hindu harvest festival of Ponga
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    A boy plays a drum beside a bonfire in Chennai, India

  • Kathmandu, Nepal

    Protesters are detained by police during a demonstration against the dissolution of parliament
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    Protesters are detained by police in Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Seaham, England

    Sunrise at Chemical beach on the Durham coast
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    Sunrise at Chemical beach in Seaham, England

  • Beijing, China

    Bubbles frozen in the ice of a lake at Beigong national forest park
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    Bubbles frozen in the ice of a lake at Beigong national forest park in Beijing, China

  • Neom, Saudi Arabia

    Toyota’s Nasser al-Attiyah of Qatar and co-driver Mathieu Baumel of France during stage 10 of the Dakar rally, between Neom and Alula
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    A Toyota car during stage 10 of the Dakar rally, between Neom and Alula in Saudi Arabia

  • Mumbai, India

    A potter at his workshop in the Dharavi slums
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    A potter at his workshop in the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, India

  • Karachi, Pakistan

    A labourer dismantles old shoes for recycling at a workshop
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    A labourer dismantles old shoes for recycling at a workshop in Karachi, Pakistan

  • Bandung, Indonesia

    A health worker delivers containers of Covid-19 vaccines from a cold store
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    A health worker delivers containers of Covid-19 vaccines from a cold room in Bandung, Indonesia

  • Edinburgh, Scotland

    Nicola Sturgeon speaks during first minister’s questions at the Scottish parliament in Holyrood
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    Nicola Sturgeon speaks during first minister’s questions at the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh

  • Idlib, Syria

    Children warm their hands around a fire at a refugee camp
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    Children warm their hands around a fire at a refugee camp in Idlib, Syria

  • Assam, India

    Villagers participate in a community fishing event during Bhogali Bihu harvest celebrations at Goroimari Lake
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    Villagers participate in a community fishing event at Goroimari Lake in Assam, India

  • Helmsley, England

    Stonemason James Preston abseils from Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire as English Heritage prepares to carry out vital conservation work on the abbey, which was built in 1132
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    A stonemason James Preston abseils from Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire, England

  • Huai’an, China

    Ships carry coal along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
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    Ships carry coal along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai’an, China

  • Washington DC

    Members of the National Guard take a rest in the Rotunda of the US Capitol. Thousands of National Guard have been deployed to the capital ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration next week
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    Washington DCMembers of the National Guard take a rest in the Rotunda of the US Capitol. Thousands of National Guard have been deployed to the capital ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration next week

  • Washington DC

    Members of the National Guard try to get some sleep inside the US Capitol
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    Washington DCMembers of the National Guard try to get some sleep inside the US Capitol

  • Washington DC

    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi leads the final vote of the impeachment of President Donald Trump
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    Washington DCSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi leads the final vote of the impeachment of President Donald Trump

  • Sagar Island, India

    A health worker wearing a protective suit is seen after conducting a Rapid Antigen Covid-19 coronavirus test on a Sadhu (Hindu holy man) at a temporary isolation ward of the Sagar Hospital, during the religious festival of Makar Sankranti
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    Sagar Island, India A health worker wearing a protective suit is seen after conducting a Rapid Antigen Covid-19 coronavirus test on a Sadhu (Hindu holy man) at a temporary isolation ward of the Sagar Hospital, during the religious festival of Makar Sankranti
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